The Dirty Plate

La Marqueta Olvidada

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:01:00 -0400

So now that I have moved into my new borough, I decided it was time to explore the places I neglected while living on the island. First stop today was the Moore St. Market or better known as La Marqueta de Williamsburg. As I made my way through the neighborhood on foot, the scene screamed San Juan, but it also screamed forgotten. The market entrance is easy to miss, with its lack-luster sign, and the market itself, well, not quite the bustling commercial center it once was. There were as many empty vendor booths as there were occupied ones. But what it lacked in size, it made up for in variety and geniality.

The few vendors were selling everything from tamarindo and savila(aloe) to fresh ground spices and prayer candles. The one fishmonger had a small, but fresh selection of seafood, the tilefish looked especially good. Per usual, I started to get hungry and cruised over to a few of the prepared food vendors. I ended up chatting with Maria, an owner of one the vendors specializing in candles, who offered me free coffee and dulce de coco. Other vendors were preparing empanadas and pasteles for lunch time while a few old men waited outsde a barber shop in the back of the market. I even found a great belt for $2.

As the day was warming outside, things inside were slow, easy and tranquilo. I would not say it is the best market I have been to in the city, but it does have a certain character that is sometimes hard to find in the chaos of the city.

Moore Street Market

110 Moore St., East Williamsburg Mon-Thur 8-6 Fri/Sat 8-7 Sun 10-5

J to Flushing, L to Montrose

My new hood

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:45:00 -0400

My new hood

marklow: series-of-contradictions: Attention Whole Foods...

Fri, 14 May 2010 21:23:45 -0400

marklow:

series-of-contradictions:

Attention Whole Foods Shoppers - Stop obsessing about arugula. Your “sustainable” mantra — organic, local, and slow — is no recipe for saving the world’s hungry millions. Foreign Policy Journal.

While I am not in agreement, this article does raise some important points (as well as a personal conundrum). First, the Sustainable Food Movement must be diligent about avoiding an elitist attitude and perspective. When people are hungry, nothing else really matters. However, it is unwise to sell as system that then must be corrected when hunger is alleviated but public health and climate and environmental damages become an institutionalized problem. I hope both sides of the argument will stop just dismissing the other’s opinions and realize they must work together to find a common solution to one of the world’s most perplexing problems.

Well said, Tom.

You Tell Me

Tue, 11 May 2010 13:53:24 -0400

ffffood:

nutritionista:

Which is the farm-fresh egg and which is the grocery store egg?

Chocolate Tete de Moine (Monk’s Head)-Typically an aged...

Thu, 06 May 2010 15:54:31 -0400

Chocolate Tete de Moine (Monk’s Head)-Typically an aged swiss cheese, this is the pistachio-chocolate dessert version. I was more enthralled with the device but the chocolate was delicious.

Barbados Dinner Party

Sun, 02 May 2010 12:38:35 -0400

The spread

Tuna Carpaccio-Olive Aioli-Chimichurrii

Sea Scallop-Pork Belly

Barbados Dinner Party

Huck Huck Boom Boom Photographer Throwdown

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:55:00 -0400

Huck Huck Boom Boom Photographer Throwdown:

Rider:Billy Nielson

The third annual Island Lake Lodge Photo Shootout was wet and wild, with all types of weather. But everyone stepped up their game and used Island Lake’s super playful terrain to their advantge. Giddy Up!

Ok, well maybe I haven’t completely escaped from the food...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:38:51 -0500

Friday night dinner party

Duck Goulash Roulades

Ok, well maybe I haven’t completely escaped from the food world

Hiatus-So I have taken a break from the food world in a way,...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:03:37 -0500

Hiatus-So I have taken a break from the food world in a way, basically I am too absorbed with my life in the mtns, which consumes me 16hrs/day, 7days/week. But I will be back on track in the spring, dispatching from Australia.

chemicalfreeskinny: ORGANIC FARMING The future of farming and...

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:51:41 -0500

chemicalfreeskinny:

ORGANIC FARMING

The future of farming and food at the Eco Farm Conference…

Oh Canada!

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:28:38 -0500

Oh Canada!

Just finished In Defense of Food; good but regurgitated much of...

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:29:00 -0500

Just finished In Defense of Food; good but regurgitated much of what was said in Omnivore’s Dilemma. Food Rules seems to be just another extension, but if it gets Americans back on track with a healthy, sensical diet, then Bravo Mr. Pollan.

chemicalfreeskinny:

Michael Pollan Offers 64 Ways to Eat Food

Work-why BC is one of the best places on Earth

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:27:28 -0500

Work-why BC is one of the best places on Earth

Dallas Green- Comin’ Home

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:17:01 -0500

Dallas Green- Comin’ Home

Tiffanys move over!

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 07:05:53 -0500

Tiffanys move over!

The conversation is already rolling, but it is an important...

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 07:01:41 -0500

The conversation is already rolling, but it is an important one.

chemicalfreeskinny:

THE GREAT DEBATE: BIG AGRI-BIZ VS. LOCAL ORGANIC FARMERS

Russ Parsons on launching a civil, inclusive food-system debate

Dumpster divers

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:14:29 -0500

Dumpster divers:

Xmas dinner, canadia style! (a bit late, but I’m busy)

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:53:03 -0500

Xmas dinner, canadia style!

(a bit late, but I’m busy)

John Mackey and Whole Foods: newyorker.com

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:47:31 -0500

John Mackey and Whole Foods: newyorker.com:

series-of-contradictions:

After reading about Mackey, I definitely now consider Whole Foods a unfortunate necessary evil that I will try to avoid when possible.

Boycotted, 2 years and counting

Courses from last night’s Xmas Dinner Party

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:10:53 -0500

Courses from last night’s Xmas Dinner Party