Ice Cream Three Ways

Some glamour-shots of ice creams past, before the weather gets too cold....

Peach soft-serve from Milk Bar

Mine: Ginger gelato and lemon sorbetto
Lizzie's: Frozen yogurt (world's best) and unidentified chocolate flavor
From Grom

Black sesame from Chinatown Ice Cream Factory

Huarache in the City

Ever since I read David Byrne's description of the Red Hook vendors several years ago, I'd been longing to see them for myself. Since the ball field is a manageable walk from my apartment, I headed over there over Labor Day weekend. The crowds were small at 11AM on Sunday. All the better to observe the offerings of each truck, and make a careful decision.

I ended up with a shrimp huarache and some horchata, which I sat down to enjoy at an empty picnic table. The huarache, on a giant, handmade, masa, tortilla-like structure, disintegrated quickly and as I had failed to ask for a fork, I ended up eating it with my fingers. It was delicious but very messy and I was glad no one was sitting next to me... Until a little old lady sat down with her arepa and looked over and said, "Bueno?" To which I enthusiastically responded "Si!" and then continued contentedly to stuff my face with saucy bits of huarache.

Park Slope Farmer's Market

I wouldn't exactly call South Park Slope a "food desert," but it is a bit tricky to find good produce, and next to impossible to find organic fruit and veggies. The PS Farmer's Market, which takes place on Sundays, is not all organic, but the produce is largely pesticide free, and beautiful. They also have a few vendors of prepared foods...

A Finnish "rye"

Kale and chard

Corns

Beans

Collards?

Purty eggplants and peppers