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At the New Amsterdam Market: pistachio rhubarb bread from Bouchon Bakery, sweet basil ice cream from The Bent Spoon, and a blueberry and yogurt popsicle from The People's Popsicle.
If you didn't substitute lunch in New York yesterday with bites of artisan breads and broken hunks of 80% cocoa dark chocolate, you missed out. Here are some of the tasty things we sampled at New Amsterdam Market on the South Street Seaport and the much more cramped Unfancy Food Show in Williamsburg. (A few things, we did pay for however, and they were totally worth it.)
Besides the gourmet flavors at these temporarily rained-on events, each had a grassroots community spirit. At the New Amsterdam Market, long pieces of butcher paper, or the market's "petition," filled up with signatures in an effort to persuade the city that these stalls should be permanently moved into the empty Fulton Fish Market behind them. Across the river at the second-annual Unfancy Food Show, organizer Tom Mylan of Diner and Marlow & Sons said yesterday's attendance doubled last year's, and he expects the third annual to easily double that. Peruse photos after the jump.
Some favorite tastes at New Amsterdam Market included: pistachio rhubarb bread from Bouchon Bakery, birch beer from Heartland Brewery, sauerkraut sourdough-esque bread from
Over at the Unfancy Food Show, we scarfed down spicy relish and brine-based Bloody Marys from McClure's Pickles, sea salt with almond chocolate from the Mast Brothers, beer floats with sweet cream ice cream from Blue Marble and meat pâtés from Gabriel's Handmade in Brooklyn.
Photographs at the New Amsterdam Market by Robyn Lee; photographs at the Unfancy Food Show by Erin Zimmer.
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5 Comments:
I went there yesterday early. so awesome. the bent spoon really needs to get itself a store in nyc. I was very impressed with the cheese mongers and the bread stands. It was pretty cool to get a taste of all those fancy restaurants too. We'll definitely be checking out Rosewater on union st. because of it.
robotjohnny at 1:41PM on 06/30/08
Erin, it was nice to meet you yesterday at the Unfancy Food Show. I think my favorite item was the Salvatore Brooklyn ricotta. Ate it straight out of the container with just a drizzle of honey.
alizinha at 3:51PM on 06/30/08
I have to agree with alizinha. The ricotta drizzled with honey from Salvatore Brooklyn was pretty rockin.
Zach Brooks at 3:59PM on 06/30/08
But did you guys try it with the olive oil AND honey? Wow. I was also pretty impressed with Gabriel's Handmade, especially the chicken liver mousse and pork rillettes.
Blake Royer at 4:21PM on 06/30/08
The breads from all the venders were very, very good. Thanks Jimmy! The nut & rhubarb from Boucheron, Daniel's guy, Jimmy (the Lemon & Kalmatta way cool) & this new to come KO Kafe with the sauerkraut bread is going to make a reuben happy. I second the Bent Sponn & that awesome Ricotta ice cream. Man, that with a little caramel sauce & whipped cream....send me home!!!
hondo3777 at 8:08PM on 06/30/08