What's Great at Your NY Farmer's Market?

[pax]

I live in Ithaca, and I love our market. In addition to some really fabulous foods, it's set on Cayuga Lake, is covered for rain and too too hot sun, has busking musicians, and some gorgeous crafts.

Today's quickie stop in:

Today's lunch- Crusty baguette from http://www.fatboybakery.com/ with Garlic Greens Pesto from the Gardens of Earthly Mirth, and yummy cheese from http://www.northlandsheepdairy.com/

Blueberry wine that danced on my tongue. http://www.glenhavenfarm.com/

Background setting provided by local musicians, Cayuga Lake, huge stalls of flower sellers, an the amazing smells of fantastic foods. Weather, perfect.

Ithaca...batting 1000.

[rlibkind]

Northland makes some of the best sheep cheese to be found anywhere. Though I'm blessed by a plethora of farmers' markets in the Philadelphia area, as well as the great Reading Terminal Market (a public as opposed to farmers' market), I do miss the Ithaca market. It's here I learned of Northland, and tasted many, many varities of antique apples. And the breakfast of South Asian fritters kept me going 'til dinnertime.

Maryrose Livingston (below) is maintaining the great tradition of Northland started by Jane and Karl North.

[docsconz]

The outdoor market in Saratoga Springs opened today. There are plenty of great products, but I was excited to see a new vendor - Dancing Ewe Farm. I love their fresh sheep's milk ricotta. Kilpatrick Family Farm had beautiful fiddleheads still, while Sheldon Farm had great ramps.

[weinoo]

For the first time this year (I know, but been busy), I made it to the Union Square green market last week. Of course, ramps are in season, local asparagus, greens of any and every variety, mushrooms, radishes, fingerling potatoes, and glorious seafood.

For dinner, as an appetizer I simply pan seared some of the sweetest scallops and then had stir fried squid with asparagus and ramps. A night or three later, the haul of littleneck clams got cooked, along with a link or two of Spanish chorizo.

[pax]

Oooh, Weinoo, I am three hours north of you and salivating. Last week we had mostly greenhouse started leafy stuff and potted herbs, and the staple wine and cheese and meats, but no real produce other than leafy greens. I am hoping to see asparagus and rhubarb soon!

[Corinna]

Pax- I bought rhubarb today at Countryside Produce (wonderful Amish shop in Interlaken), but have yet to see local asparagus. Can't wait though!

[MelissaH]

At our farmer's market: nothing. Ours doesn't start till the last week in May.

MelissaH

[kathryn]

Union Square Greenmarket in NYC has ramps, fiddleheads, rhubarb, asparagus, tomatoes (hydroponic), radish/sunflower/pea shoots, overwintered spinach, sorrel, sunchokes, burpless cucumbers, leeks, and a few baskets of early strawberries. I'm also fond of the local honey available from hives in the East Village. Morels coming soon, hopefully!

Lucy's Greenmarket Report is a good resource for keeping up with the Union Square Greenmarket, as is their Twitter account.

http://greenmarketstuff.blogspot.com/

http://twitter.com/unsqgreenmarket