Archive for September, 2009

Greenmarket Grub: Concord Grapes

This isn’t a word I use often, but I must ask: aren’t they just gorgeous?

If you’ve only ever tasted supermarket grapes (as I had until last year), you have no idea what you’re missing. It’s an intensely… grapey flavor. After one grape, you will suddenly understand what artificial grape flavor is striving towards and yet never really getting it right. Those grapes are from Wager’s Cider Mill from out near the Finger Lakes in upstate New York.

I have to admit, I love the grape people. They sell from a small table on the outer edge of my neighborhood Greenmarket, and spur you to try the grapes (knowing, as I just said, you’ll be amazed at how they taste). I’ve had Concord as well as Seneca and Yates varieties of grapes from them so far, all slightly different but equally delicious.

Still, my usual Greenmarket problem arises: my urge to buy grapes can often outstrip my ability to eat said grapes in a timely manner. So, what to do with all these lovely grapes?

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Tags: baked goods, fruit, pie!
Category Greenmarket Grub, Recipes |

Push Start To Begin Fall

No matter how well I think I’ve planned for it, the start of a new school semester always throws my life into chaos.

And this semester, not only am I scrambling to drop my new class times into place, now there’s also my kid’s activities as well: put Girl Scout meeting here; put photo class there; weekly field trip to museum goes there; online class can go here, here, and here…

Then, after a couple weeks, I finally get that long orange piece — the moment where things even out, and life is returned to order again. Until then (and at the risk of extending an already tenuous metaphor), blog posts are like one of those Z-shaped pieces: great if I can fit them in, but sometimes you just can’t make it work out.

Have a nice long weekend, everyone. See you in a week or so!

Category Life in Maison Gezellig |