Yesterday, several New Jersey farms at the greenmarket had Chandler strawberries, an early variety. They were smallish and sweet-tart. We took those puppies home and made shortcakes.
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In the dark, wet slog that is New York today, there is a bright spot, and it is green. Asparagus has arrived at the Union Square Greenmarket—the first I've seen this year. The woman (who was huddling in her truck) from Race Farm told me that theirs had just been picked this morning and was the first harvest of the season. Philips Farm also had great-looking bunches on offer.
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Springy weather always arrives well before springy produce at the farmers' market. A string of 70-degree days and blossoming flowers for sale notwithstanding, the Union Square stalls still feature mainly apples, onions and greens.
But this morning, I did find some green garlic, a tasty harbinger of spring, at the John D. Madura Farm stand. What to do with it? Here's a good recipe.
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At the Union Square greenmarket last week, I met Andrew Coté, of Andrew's Local Honey.
Andrew raises bees in Westchester and Fairfield counties, and he's a new addition to the greenmarket. His honey is delicious, especially the dark, almost bitter buckwheat variety, which is especially good on blue cheese. Andrew's double life, after the jump.
It turns out that for the past six years Andrew has traveled to Iraq, India, Nigeria and Guatemala to teach beekeeping, which provides otherwise impoverished people with honey, a cash crop. He's been doing it on his own dime, but now he's starting a non-profit called Bees without Borders to help fund his program in Cuba and the Ukraine.
Stop by the Union Square greenmarket March 19th and April 2 to ask Andrew about the project, and to taste his honey.
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