I haven’t made it out to pick apples this fall, but I did recently endeavor to do the next best thing: picking apples from among the mounds of varieties in wooden crates that line the tents just outside the Eastern Market on weekends. The apples — Gala, Jonagold, Golden Delicious, and Fuji – are trucked in [...]
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Iced Apple Coffee Cake
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Desserts, Farmers Markets, Fruits and Vegetables, Recipes, tagged apples, Baking, Breakfast, coffee cake, dessert, Eastern Market, farmers market, fruit, Recipes on October 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“The Brick” at Market Lunch
Posted in Breakfast, Farmers Markets, Recommended Meals, Restaurants, tagged bacon, Breakfast, breakfast sandwich, cheese, Eastern Market, eggs, potatoes, Restaurants on October 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re a breakfast fan, the Market Lunch at Eastern Market on Capitol Hill is the place to be on a Saturday or Sunday morning. The food counter, on the north end of the South Hall, is a huge draw; but don’t be intimidated by the long line that snakes around the kitchen’s single long [...]
Eastern Market on Capitol Hill
Posted in Farmers Markets, Fruits and Vegetables, tagged capitol hill, dc, Eastern Market, Farmers Markets, washington on September 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Every great American city has a grand, central marketplace that reflects its unique history: In New York, it’s Fulton Fish Market; in Chicago, it’s Walter Street Market; and in New Orleans, it’s the historic French Market. And since 1873 in the nation’s capitol, Eastern Market is where District natives have been coming for fresh regional [...]
Greenmarkets NYC
Posted in Farmers Markets, Tips, tagged apples, farmers market, Greenmarket on September 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As a newcomer to New York City, one of the things I’ve enjoyed about living here is the prevalence of fruit stands and street markets. They are everywhere, and the produce is wonderfully displayed and very fresh (most of the time!). The Greenmarket once a week near the Columbia University campus is particularly impressive, with [...]
Crazy for Crepes!
Posted in Farmers Markets, Uncategorized on July 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have mentioned before that I have a bit of an obsession with crepes, and I believe I even posted about the time when I got on my crepe kick — making crepes for breakfast in the morning and dessert in the evening for several days in a row. It was a problem! And yet [...]
