Posted: 18 Sept 2014 by David Lebovitz
Just got back from a covert trip to
New York. It was so top-secret that even I didn’t know about it. The trip
happened in a flash and I barely got to see anyone. It was work, work, work. But
a guy has to eat, right? And I think it says somewhere in the constitution of
the United States that we all have the right to have abundant access to corn on
the cob in the summer. And I dove into as many ears of it as I could, as well
as heirloom tomatoes, that I picked up at the resplendent New York City greenmarkets.
After my memory card failure from my
last trip, I decided to go camera-less, and go light – and safe(r) – and only
brought along my trusty iPhone. I indulged in blueberries by the handful, sweet
corn on the cob slathered with butter and salt, cheddar cheese, Korean food,
and Concord grapes.
Sharp-eyed botanists, or would-be
botanists, will see they weren’t quite Concord grapes, but Niabells. I used to
work with a French chef in California, and when he saw me making something with
Concord grapes, he looked at the bunches in the crate, and said, “I do not like those.”
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how cool.
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