Gallery: This Week at Serious Eats World Headquarters

Greenmarket bounty!
Greenmarket bounty!

It's the peak of summer here in NYC, so we stopped at the Union Square Greenmarket for some lunch ingredients: squash blossoms, herbs, cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes, corn, and apricots.

Teensie tomatoes!
Teensie tomatoes!

Look how cute!!

Mix it all together
Mix it all together

Lunch is served.

Watermelon drums
Watermelon drums

Does the sound a watermelon makes have anything to do with ripeness? Niki tried to find out, but got a little carried away.

Speaking of nature's bounty...
Speaking of nature's bounty...

TRIX ON WATERMELON. Trust us, it's surprisingly delicious.

So colorful
So colorful

The next new food trend...put Trix on EVERYTHING.

Daniel's birthday spread
Daniel's birthday spread

We picked up a few things from DespaƱa for Daniel's birthday...

Sniff test
Sniff test

We played a fun game: Guess the Canned Fish.

What's in the can??
What's in the can??

Mmmm...briny.

Sniff, sniff.
Sniff, sniff.

That's definitely cat food, says Tracie.

The big reveal.
The big reveal.

Canned octopus, sardines, clams, scallops, lobster terrine, and cod-stuffed peppers.

Interesting...
Interesting...

This one IS a little like cat food.