GASTRONORMOUS

Ain’t this pie a beaut’? The photo accompanies a story on the Bitten blog about a pizza made with Vermont-made Ricotta di buffala and fresh, local asparagus. Yum! The ricotta sounds a lot better than the Polly-O variety, light a fluffy, rather than dense and curdy. Asparagus is on of my favorite vegetables, and (good) pizza is one of my favorite meals. If ever I am inspired to make my own pizza dough, I will just have to give this combination of flavors a try.

I have never eaten at the Shake Shack at Madison Square Park, though have always wanted to go (mostly for the sundaes, which I saw a picture of in a magazine story after the place first opened, and I have been dreaming of since). Every time I stop by the lines are horrendously long enough to discourage me from staying, but Artichoke Heart reports that there is a Shake Shack outlet at the new Citi Field and though the line can be long, it moves quickly and offers a view of the game. I am not a baseball fan, though I do occassionally enjoy a live game. It might just be the time to take me out to the Shake Shack, er, ball game.

This olive oil and herb tart crust from Chocolate & Zucchini looks like a divine way to start a summer vegetable tart: say, one made with tomato and basil, zucchini and goat cheese, or, dare I say, asparagus and ricotta di buffala? I can also see the tart made with less salt, a bit of sugar, and either thyme or basil, with a sweet lemon filling (I love sweet lemon with those herbs). Now, if only I had a tart pan…

In case you have been saving parmesan rinds because Lidia Bastianich told you to, but have no idea how you actually might use them, why not give this delicious-looking soup from over at Cook, Eat, Fret a try? I love simple, homey soups like this one. It doesn’t exactly scream “summer,” but is nonetheless appealing.

Eat It: Brooklyn had a good lookin’ meal over at the BKLYN YARD last weekend; a meal featuring my favorite pizza from the entirety of 2008, which I enjoyed siting on an Atlantic Avenue curb last fall. Pizza Moto (f/k/a Lunetta’s pizza truck) is at the YARD, along with some of the seemingly omnipresent Red Hook ball fields vendors, a juice purveyor that whips up some intruiging concoctions, and! the Van Leeuwen Artisanal Ice Cream Truck, which I have been itching to seek out. (What I want to know is, though, are the food vendors there every Saturday and Sunday? And what are the hours? Neither of these pieces on information are on the poorly designed website for the YARD. Harumpf.)

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