Dirty Veggies

I like my vegetables dirty...

The best thing about the local Green Markets around New York City is the locally grown produce straight from the dirt...

We're talking black, rich, gorgeous dirt...

And there's mud still lodged near the celery heart, caked around the crown of a fresh pepper, or dried along the skin of a royal red tomato... Then you know you got the real deal...

So, you wash... You see a few blemishes... Perfect! Means it's not pesticided to death...

And the taste... ? So worth it!!

The days before the frost are numbered... So I'm scarfing down as many from the Green Market at 57th Street and Ninth Avenue as I can...