Small Bites

from Barbara Davis: “Grand Market Serves Up Food, Fun & Entertainment www.NewRochelleGrandMarket.com Date Saturdays, June 1 – October 26 Time 9 a.m. til 2 p.m. Where Library Green (Lawton St.) The BID’s weekly New Rochelle Downtown Grand Market on the Library Green is off to a fast — make that… Read More →

For the people that know me well, “looking back” is not part of my thought process. Moving and looking forward is how I live my life each and every day. However, taking stock of what you accomplished seems to be appropriate for all of us, at the end of the… Read More →

Every now and then I need to write a post “on the fly.” Today is just that day. I was planning on doing a story about flatbreads, but Liz (my fearless Editor) decided to save her flatbread story for a few weeks so I decided the same. Whenever I can,... Read More →

Maria Reina with her Chipotle Black Bean Burger! The Small Bites Throwdown challenged two of our food bloggers, JL Fields and Maria Reina, to create recipes that showcased summer onions from Amawalk Farm in Katonah. Fields, who writes the “I Eat Plants” column, created the a Cucumber-Onion-Quinoa salad, and Reina,... Read More →

In the height of summer, farmers markets are brimming with tomatoes, corn and melons. But did you know onions are also seasonal? They’re hardly sweeter or more beautiful than when plucked from the ground on a warm summer day. The challenge, though, is how to use the bumper crop. Sure,... Read More →

It’s been a very exciting couple of weeks for me. This coming Saturday I will be competing against fellow blogger JL Fields in a Farmers Market Throwdown. The evolution of this event was somewhat random and then took on a life of it’s own! A few weeks back I created… Read More →

On a recent Sunday morning, after a hot, hot, hot bike ride, I made my way to the Rye Farmers’ Market. It was early in the season so I didn’t walk out with much but what I did find was lovely. From the farmers’ market I made my way to… Read More →

Maria Reina here coming to you with the story of ramps. Ramps: what on earth are they? Certainly not a mainstream ingredient, that’s for sure. My first introduction to ramps was in the kitchen of Tarry Lodge several years ago. One Spring day Andy Nusser returned from a morning of “foraging” with an armload of… Read More →

Radishes. Just thinking of them sends a message to my brain that tingles my tongue. Crisp, peppery and delicious. Radishes are usually the first thing I pick up on a crudité platter, if present. There is just something so appealing about them for me. I love eating them raw, but… Read More →

Hello, my name is Maria Reina.  In addition to occasionally blogging over the past three years for Small Bites I am a personal chef for three families in Westchester and Fairfield Counties, have a small catering business called Bella Cucina Maria, and teach cooking classes at Tarry Market. Last summer with a little… Read More →

Local food? In winter? It can be done: all you have to do is shop at the Palisades Indoor Farmers Market, which is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays through May 19. Hearty greens, fish, breads and sweets are all available. Weekly vendors include Pura Vida Fisheries —... Read More →

Kasha Bialas, whom you’ll find working the Bialas Farm stand at the Pleasantville Farmers Market each Saturday, has a great memory of a great garden snack: kohlrabi. Kohlrabi, in case you aren’t familiar with it, is a greenish-white (or sometimes purplish-white) vegetable in the cabbage family. It looks a little… Read More →

Doesn’t food always taste better when you know who raised it? And these days, getting to know your farmers has been getting easier and easier. Since 2000, according to the United States Department of Agriculture, the number of farmers markets has grown 150 percent in more than a decade, from… Read More →

My back deck is in bloom with flowers in a rainbow of colors.  It’s definitely the perfect spot for some outdoor entertaining.  Patrice Costa, back again, to share this recipe which I feel is the epitome of summer flavors (courtesy of Bon Appétit).  Green and yellow zucchini, sliced as thin… Read More →

Just because it’s winter doesn’t mean we can’t shop local. Indoor winter farmers markets are becoming as popular as the summer ones. And two of the monthly markets — White Plains and Hastings — are happening this weekend. Of course, you can expect farmers to bring root vegetables and preserves,... Read More →

Many farmers markets are closing after this weekend, so it’s your last chance to buy local for Thanksgiving and stock up for the winter. Some foods like apples, squash and potatoes can keep for weeks and even months if you store them properly in a cool dark place — especially… Read More →

One of the area’s newest farmers markets is on Anderson Hill Road just past the entrance to Pepsico across from Purchase College in Purchase. It’s there on Tuesdays, which is a convenient midweek day for those of us who might run out of our local vegetables and meat after our… Read More →

Hello all, guest blogger Margaret Nafz here reporting on the Tarrytown Farmer’s Market. Opening every spring on May 29th, the Tarrytown Farmer’s Market small but bustling.  Located in Patriot’s Park on Route 9, it offers the towns of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow the opportunity to sample wares from farms in… Read More →

Hi all. I think we’ve got a lot to keep you entertained and informed in today’s section. We start off with a profile on Mario Giuseppe LaPosta, the pizzaiolo — that’s pizza-maker in Italian — at Tarry Lodge in Port Chester. He’s heading to the World Pizza Championships next week… Read More →

So what you can’t get juicy red tomatoes and delicate sweet blackberries. No reason you can’t still shop from local farmers during winter. As you can see from my list of indoor farmers markets and all their vendors here and Katherine’s report on the Briarcliff Manor market here, these markets… Read More →

Today in print, Chris Serico has a really cool story about the rise in popularity of growlers — those half-gallon jugs used to transport craft beer from its tap to your fridge. Here’s a link to Chris’s story. I’ll also post it in its entirety, after the jump. (BTW, I… Read More →

Good morning and happy Monday! Everyone enjoy the game last night? I spent it at Restaurant X in Congers (with tons of food!), but more on that in a minute… On Friday night, I met some friends at Cafe Barcel in Nyack. And just before the big NYT review, too…. Read More →

Hi, everyone—guest blogger Katherine Curry again. Last Saturday morning, I stopped in the Briarcliff Indoor Farmers’ Market, which is held at the Briarcliff  Congregational Church. The market runs every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through May 22nd (it’s closed April 24th).  I wish I’d gotten there earlier, because… Read More →

A chicken roasting in the oven warms the house with great smells — and the meal is just that much more satisfying if you know it’s a locally raised chicken. Good to know, then, that just because it’s winter doesn’t mean we can’t still shop local. Farmers, fishers, cheesemakers and… Read More →

If there’s a more beautiful place to hold a farmers market I’d like to know about it. The Hastings Farmers Market, held in the library’s parking lot, overlooks the Hudson and the Palisades behind it. It’s super busy and full of neighbors who know each other: Here’s a look around…... Read More →

Here’s a look at today’s and last week’s food coverage. Fine dining on $20. (The pizza and wine at Tarry Lodge. Tania Sayavan/TJN) I love this story. We called around to 25 of Westchester, Rockland and Putnam’s best restaurants and asked the chefs and owners: What would YOU order off… Read More →