Endless Knots

Farmers marketing...at Grand Army Plaza

New York was ahead of the curve with green markets. I remember going to my first such more than 20 years ago in Union Square. Now there are green markets all over the boroughs, my current fave, due to its proximity to the daughters and son-in-law, is at Grand Army Plaza in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.

I wondered if it would be teeming with people on July 4 and whether all the farmers would come in. They did and the vegetables, fruits, flowers, eggs, fish, meats, and mushroom purveyors were out in force.

Snap peas (which I just snapped - delicious)

 

Eat too many and you'll have cherry belly

 

Summer's here when its namesake squash appears

I should have made strawberry shortcake

 

My mother, born and raised but two miles from here, loved geraniums

 

Swan River Daisy (Brachycome)

To market, to market (via Public Radio Kitchen)

Our local public radio station (ok, one of them but the one I listen to) is doing all kinds of fun stuff with its interactive social urges, as per my post about Ken George, the station's New Media Director, a few weeks ago. Today comes the news that some dedicated soul at WBUR spent the weekend putting together this "play with me" map of all the farmers' markets in Massachusetts. Take a look and get out your baskets, folks. It won't be long now (she says, longingly, knowing it's another nearly three months before the ones in my hometown open).

While we're at it praising WBUR's initiatives, let's point toward Public Radio Kitchen itself, the site for "public radio fans passionate about food." Enough said. This is making me hungry and I have one more conference call before I eat.