The New Greenmarket Cookbook: Recipes And Tips From Today’s Finest Chefs — And The Stories Behind The Farms That Inspire Them

"I’ve been cherry-picking appealingly fresh recipes from this book, organized by season, since it came out in the spring. Winners include an unusual limy Spicy Sweet Potato Salad and Mark Bittman’s beautiful-to-behold Green Tomato Upside-Down Cake. Roasted Bluefish With Pickled Peaches, Sweet Corn, and Opal Basil will have to wait until next summer, but Bill Telepan’s Carrot Pancakes With Maple Pears can help fill the void. An added bonus are miniprofiles of some of the farmers who bring their produce to market in New York City every week, helping to cultivate the farm-to-table mania that has spread across the country in the past few decades like — well, an invasive plant, but a good one."