Tapenade Pt 2

There were quite a few recipes for tapenade. Each recipe varied slightly but the basic ingredients were about the same. Some called for kalamata olives, others for green olives or mixed olives. Some recipes added red peppers, artichoke hearts, asparagus, or anchovies. While searching foodnetwork.com and came across the following recipe by Alton Brown. (He’s [...]

Tapenade Pt 1

Tapenade is an olive based spread generally made with black olives, capers, and olive oil. There are variations on the recipe. Tapenade is sometimes flavored with garlic, herbs, lemon juice, and/or anchovies. Tapenade is often served as a spread on a baguette of some sort, as a dip, as a spread in sandwiches, as a [...]

Pineapple Fried Rice 2.0

In an earlier post, I attempted to make Thai Pineapple Fried Rice. It came out pretty well the first time and I was impressed. I decided to retry this dish, but this time with a few variations in the ingredients. I will also be using an amazing cast iron wok! Ingredients: Carrots Fried tofu Vegetarian [...]

Union Square Farmers Market (Photos) cont.

At the farmers market, I also came across the White House Organic Farm Project bus. They road trip around the country in a yellow school bus, fund raising and promoting the concept for the next President to start an organic farm at the White House. Excerpt from their website: “TheWhoFarm Project is a non-partisan, petition-based [...]

Union Square Farmers Market (Photos)

Yesterday I was passing by 14th Street and Broadway and I came across the farmers market at Union Square. The farmers market can be found every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, from 8am to about 6pm. Here you’ll find bunch of local farmers, food suppliers, bakers, gardeners, etc. selling organic fruits and vegetables, freshly baked [...]