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The Market:
Union
Square Greenmarket
17th Street and Broadway
New York City
Mon., Wed., Fri., and Sat.
8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tompkins
Square Greenmarket
E. 7th Street and Avenue A
East Village, New York City
Sunday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(212) 788-7476
Market-Goer: Mark
Thompson
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Union
Square Greenmarket |
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My last three visits to New
York, in December, January and March, coincided with
snow and ice storms and/or winter blasts of temperatures
in the single digits. This weekend, in stark contrast, spring
was in full bloom. It was sunny and in the 70s. The
farmers markets were a bit bare -- a sure sign that
winter has only recently passed -- at least in contrast
with the farmers markets at home in Southern California,
such as the Hollywood market I visited last
weekend. But New York City markets have one thing
I've never seen in a California farmers market: ramps. |
Tompkins Square Greenmarket
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What I Bought:
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Ramps I
had heard of ramps, but I had never seen or tasted
them before. They were
all over the Union Square market on Saturday. I was
flying back to Los Angeles on Sunday and therefore,
couldn't buy much. But a bunch of ramps was a must.
Within a day of returning to L.A., I wished I
had bought more. They held
up well in transit, and I had only begun to experiment
with some of these five ramp
recipes when my supply ran out. The ramp pesto I
concocted, using some of the shallots I bought at the
Tompkins Square greenmarket on Sunday, will definitely
become a springtime tradition in my household from now
on, as long as I'm in a place where I can get my hands
on some ramps. They're only available for a month or
so in spring. They'll be gone by the time I make it back to New York
in about six weeks. Guess I'll have to wait until next
year to resume my experimentation, and to try out some
pickled ramps.
Price: $3/bunch
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Shallots
and Adirondack red potatoes
Price: $3/lb. for shallots
$2.50./lb. for potatoes
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Three
kinds of raw milk cheese
Price: $16-20/lb.
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Apples,
including Mutsu and Empire (bottom two)
Price: $2/lb.
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