After being out of town for the last two weekends, I was pretty happy to get back to the market this Saturday.
I was crossing my fingers that the rainy forecast was going to pass, which it did, and it ended up being a perfectly humid day to walk around the Capitol square. We also had visitors in town—my parents and grandfather came up to Madison to say hello to Theo (grandfather for the first time). With four generations to carry home vegetables, we could have gotten a lot more, but I restrained myself this week knowing that I’ve been grossly overbuying lately.
Starting from the top left:
- I’ve been dreaming about making this spinach salad again. Or perhaps I’ll go with a different salad—with avocados, mangoes, cucumbers, and tomatoes. I just can’t bring myself to cook the spinach when it’s so good raw.
- Have you ever heard of agretti? I hadn’t until this week. The strange looking leafy green is an Italian succulent and tastes like like a cross between “fennel fronds, rosemary, and grass.” From what I’ve read so far, cooking it lightly it olive oil and topping with lemon juice is the simplest and most common preparation, but then I came across this Pinterest board of agretti recipes from Wake Robin Farm in New Hampshire and I have so many more ideas.
- Jason bagged these purple viking potatoes from Butter Mountain Farm, which have a pinkish-purple skin but are creamy white on the inside. I’m likely going to mash these and make him happy, but have you guys ever done anything more creative with this variety?
- I have not yet had my fill of rhubarb this year so I’m thinking pie, cake, or ice cream. Or maybe I should stop eating like I’m still pregnant and try something like Ottolenghi’s rhubarb and beet salad. Or curd. I can always make rhubarb curd.
- Last but not least, a pretty variety of radishes to julienne into a salad with some cucumbers, fennel, and artichoke hearts (inspired by an amazing lunch at Gates and Brovi).
What’s happening in your kitchen this week?
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