Tuesday, September 21, 2010

IS IT TUSCANY OR SANTA FE?

When you are lucky enough to be invited for lunch  at restaurateur Erin Wade’s Farmhouse in Nambe, New Mexico, expect  vistas, charming tablescapes, and glorious food.  Erin owns Vinaigrette, a two-year old restaurant in the heart of Santa Fe that specializes in salads - amazing, luscious salads that make you wonder why anyone would want to eat anything else. And all the salad fixn’s  are grown  on her three-acre Nambe farm where members of Slow Food got to take a tour and have a memorable lunch under Erin’s lovely portal.


Her gardens are filled with flowers, herbs, scads of tomato vairieties, and gorgeous, leafy, succulent greens...
Lunch began with Hibiscus water and small bites...
Radishes and cucumbers napped with a beautiful dressing of mint, basil, buttermilk, sour cream and mayonaise.
The farm kitty

We had a choice of chicken or artichoke salad. The chicken was etherial and the artichokes were pan fried and so full of flavor you wanted to cry they were so amazing. The arugula,  just nipped from the garden, was perfect!

And the sweet ending for this lovely day?

Apple Crisp with vanilla ice cream. It is her Grandmother's recipe! 

Friday, September 17, 2010

THE SANTA FE FARMERS MARKET

I'VE MOVED BACK TO SANTA FE....BUT WILL BE CONTINUING MY MARKET JOURNEY IN THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT.  THIS WEEKEND I'LL BE TOURING ERIN WADE'S  WONDERFUL FARM IN NAMBE, NM AS PART OF A SLOW FOOD EVENT.  ERIN OWNS THE AMAZING RESTAURANT - VINAIGRETTE IN SANTA FE - AND GROWS ALL THE PRODUCE SHOWCASED ON HER DELICIOUS MENU. 

Saturday, August 14, 2010

EYE CANDY AT THE MARKET

MOUSE MELONS TO SQUASH BLOSSOMS, THE MARKET IS BRIMMING WITH DELICOUS SURPRISES!

Saturday, July 31, 2010

FRUIT AND OTHER DELIGHTS

EACH WEEK I HAVE SUCH RESOLVE TO INTERVIEW VENDORS, TAKE ONLY A FEW PHOTOS AND THEN SHOP.  BUT  THE VISUAL PULL OF THE MARKET IS IRRESISTABLE AND I SNAP MY WAY AROUND THE SQUARE, RUN HOME, DOWNLOAD , PHOTOSHOP, AND THEN POST THE AMAZING VISUAL BOUNTY ON THIS BLOG. ENLJOY!



AND THERE IS SO MUCH MORE...



AH BITTER MELON. YES, THE TASTE IS BITTER. BUT IF YOU SLICE OR DICE THEM UP, SLIP THEM INTO A POT OF SOUP, THE TASTE GETS MORE MELLOW.  THEY'RE ALSO WONDERFUL IN STIR FRY.



AND LOVELY EGGPLANT





 THIS KOHLRABI IS A HYBRID. IF IT WERE POLISHED
AND A FEW HOLES WERE DRILLED JUST SO...IT WOULD MAKE A DANDY BOWLING BALL.




A BUTTERSCOTCH MELON IS DIMINUTIVE. THE TASTE IS SWEET AND IT IS WONDERFUL CUT IN HALF AND FILLED WITH A LUSCIOUS SORBET...




AND I LOVED THE CONTRAST OF THIS DELICATE BOUQUET WITH THE DEMOSTRATIVE SUNFLOWERS!