Septemnber 11th, 2021

From smooth hand-turned bowls made with the wood from local-fallen trees to Sangria (and pies!) made with fruit from local orchards, to artful bento boxes made by a Japanese chef from Brooklyn and hand-crafted caramels made with local salt, Saturday's market will honor both the beauty and bounty of our region.

Yes, our part of the world was torn asunder last week. But New Yorkers bounce back. Especially our farmers and food producers.

Saturday will mark a sad anniversary for New Yorkers to be sure, but let's remember to appreciate all that is good about our beautiful Hudson Valley region, especially our markets which bring us joy and comfort, and help us put meals on our family table that we can feel good about.

If you buy a whole chicken from SOVA Farm, to make Mark Bittman's simplest roast chicken you should know that farmers Rose and Ed McNamara go out of their way to raise hens that are as happy as they are healthy, on soy-free, organic grain with ridiculous amounts of space to free-range, scratch, dig and peck.

When you buy smoked trout from Hudson Valley Fisheries, you can feel hopeful about their mission to find new sustainable ways to raise fish without depleting our oceans. Need inspiration to cook their trout? Try this recipe from one of their favorite customers at the Union Square Greenmarket.

A new gluten-free vendor joins us this week: 3x3 Kitchen, based in Spuyten Duyvil. They will be joining us twice a month and will be bringing gluten-free quick breads, quiches and muffins all made with bold and interesting ingredients like coriander, fermented yellow squash, saffron and honey. I can't wait to try their corn and shishito pepper muffins and their black bean, purple Peruvian potato and coffee turnover.

I like anything Gabrielle Hamilton cooks or writes but I particularly enjoyed her piece (and recipe) about "sous chef" salad this week in the NYT.

La Petite Occasion is back for the fall season and confectioner Michele Kim is of course, bringing, bringing her cider caramels. John from Homespun Chili is attending a wedding this weekend but will return on Sept. 25th.

And the crowd-pleasing Richard Cortez Jazz Band is back this Saturday. Did you know that the lead crooner's "day job" is working with homeless LGBTQ teens in the city.

And this, my friends, is why we love New York.

See you at the market!