- May 15, 2006
- Morels
As fleeting as ramps, as spring-fever-inducing as fiddlehead ferns, and as pricey as a tankful of gas, fresh wild morels have swooped into town.
- May 8, 2006
- Leeks
In Spain, springtime is welcomed with a calçotada, the annual flame-licked ritual of grilling calçots, a sort of sweet, tender spring onion, over an open fire.
- May 1, 2006
- Burdock
Scrub one down and try it in this recipe for kinpira, a traditional Japanese dish, from the East Village izakaya Kasadela.
- April 24, 2006
- Trout
Get out your fly rods and woolly buggers: It’s trout season. If you can’t picture yourself maneuvering a swift-flowing Catskills stream in hip waders, there’s always the Union Square Greenmarket, where Dave Harris of Max Creek Hatchery sells brook and rainbow trout every Wednesday.
- April 17, 2006
- Lobster
Although summer is peak lobster season, local trappers like Phil Karlin of the Greenmarket’s PE&DD Seafood begin hauling in their pots from Long Island Sound at a steady clip right about now.
- April 3, 2006
- Pineapples
Although pineapples are available year-round, aficionados say that the Hawaiian variety is at its best from spring through early summer—which makes the wait for local warm-weather fruit a little bit sweeter.
- March 6, 2006
- Jerusalem Artichokes
Neither from Jerusalem nor an artichoke, this misunderstood native American tuber is actually a kind of sunflower, or girasole in Italian.
- February 27, 2006
- Sardines
These silver-bellied members of the herring family are loaded with fat (the good omega-3 kind), not to mention flavor.
- February 20, 2006
- German Butterball Potatoes
A favorite among potato farmers and fancy chefs alike, the German Butterball (no relation to the turkey) is an heirloom variety known as a “butterless” potato; because it’s so good, you don’t need butter.
- February 13, 2006
- Meyer Lemon
Native to China and widely planted in California, the Meyer lemon is a cross between a lemon and an orange, sweeter and more fragrant than the former and tarter than the latter.

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