Next time scup is on offer at the dock, make fish tacos. Plenty for 2 flour tortillas: ½ cup finely shredded red cabbage 1 lime (half for squeezing, rest for wedges) salt 4 – 5 small cherry tomatoes, quartered 2 tsp. chopped red onion ½ tsp. minced jalapeno pepper 2 tsp. chopped cilantro, plus a few extra leaves 2 Tbs. […]
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Spanking fresh bluefish is often available from the Machaca. For this week’s sandwich, we’re giving the fish a hint of smoke and pairing it with summer corn. Corn salad, enough for 2 sandwiches: 1 ear of fresh corn squeeze of lime juice 1Tbs. sliced scallion greens 1 Tbs. mayonnaise, home-made or Hellmann’s 1 Tbs. sliced cilantro leaves For each sandwich: […]
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What gets everyone excited at the start of each season are the “The Firsts.” The first ripe strawberries, the first young peas—telling us, yes, summer’s on the way. Both strawberries and young peas, we’re told, will show up this Thursday, along with early cucumbers and zucchini. Peachtree Circle Farm will have its big beautiful peony flowers. Flowers alone are worth […]
Read moreOur third market at Bigelow Marine Park, and we hope you are enjoying the change of scenery. We have a new market manager, too: Natasha Miskovsky. Do come and say hello. This week the Vela Foundation joins us at the market to introduce Rooting For Health, its new nutrition education program. Using greens plucked from the market, the Vela team […]
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Welcome to Natasha Miskovsky, the new market manager. Natasha stepped into Kate Mahoney’s shoes last week. The market is run by a volunteer board and the board can’t thank Kate enough for all the work she did to establish this market eight years ago and make it so successful at Peg Noonan Park. Now, as we pitch tents at the Bigelow […]
Read moreFresh cod with Ginger-scallion sauce One pound of fresh fish Half bunch of scallions, cut into 1/4’ slices at the white end and going up to 2’ for the green 2-3 inch chunk of ginger root, grated 3 Tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons butter One quarter lemon Broil the fish about 5-8 minutes each side, or until flaky and just-cooked. […]
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