Category: Vegetables

Red Spring

May 6, 2013 | Uncategorized, Vegetables | Comments Off

PRODUCE LOVERS: What does your May taste like?

Probably mouth-watering pies, grilled vegetables and tangy salads – in whichcase, you’re in luck, because we’ve just gotten a barrelful of radishes (pink beauty, red ball and French breakfast) and luminous local rhubarb. (We also have new bunched spinach baby bok choy, baby sweet hakurei turnips, and lots of wild foraged ramps, but those are green – and green and red don’t go together in May.)

All these rubies are from Lancaster County in Pennsylvania, and go with the season – so we advise you to bet on red immediately!

Sprung!

April 16, 2013 | Vegetables | Comments Off

It is said that a good writer never opens with the weather, but the heck with it: spring is here, even if it’s been dragged in one curmudgeonly blossom at a time.

Thusly, it’s our pleasure to introduce (with the consultation of our dynamo produce department) the first fresh greens of spring: organic, locally foraged fiddlehead ferns from D’artagnan, wild ramps and mustard greens from Lancaster Organics. (Which are flying off the shelves as we speak.) Get used to it – but first, enjoy it!

Soul Kofa-ing

March 19, 2013 | Food, Vegetables | Comments Off

Can one say “vegan butcher”?

Come by Provisions this Friday night as we welcome Brooklyn’s faux-meat caterer extraordinaire Soul Kofa to the tasting arena, sampling his deliciously crispy meat-free chicken nuggets and tangy BBQ ribs. Drawing on African vegetarian tradition, they’re perfect slathered on a grilled cheese sandwich, between burger buns or tossed into a salad. He’ll be here from 6 to 8pm.

Why-droponic?

February 24, 2013 | Uncategorized, Vegetables | Comments Off

No, the locally-grown, perfectly ripe, full-flavored tomatoes in our produce section this February are not a beneficial bi-product of global warning.  They are the ingenious brainchild of Shushan Valley Hydro Farm, a husband and wife farming team that needed a solution to the meager economics of a small dairy farm.  Their solution?  Hydroponically-grown, pesticide-free, natural stream-fed greenhouse tomatoes, an effort we are contributing to by being the first store in NYC to feature their products.

We hope you appreciate this ethical alternative to going tomato-less or buying blander, more well-traveled varieties. $5.99/lb and we will have them in stock until summer!

A Note on California Produce

January 16, 2013 | Food, Fruit, Vegetables | Comments Off

As you may have noticed, certain out-of-region items have gone up significantly in price over the past few weeks. We proudly source our broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus, broccoli rabe and plenty of fruits from the central valley in California, which has experienced a serious freeze, significantly affecting crop production. What this means for us here at the Greene Grape is lower availability and higher prices. A reminder of how we fit into the natural world and are subject to mother nature’s whims, perhaps; to avoid these frustrations, we recommend shifting your dinner menu to include items that are grown locally this time of year. New York state is still supplying fabulous cabbages, potatoes, mushrooms, onions, winter squash, and much more! If you haven’t tried our local  aquaponic salad greens and hydroponic tomatoes, we do solemnly swear you’ll be impressed!

 

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