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There's more to life than burgers… sorta.

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I’ve been fielding some complaints about the fact that I have expanded my purview to include food items beyond hamburgers.  There are a few reasons for this disgression on my part:

1) Hamburgers are a great, but not so great during the summer months, when the burgerboy has to hang out in swimming trunks on occasion.  No one wants to see my hamburger buns spilling over the top of my speedo.

2) My food passion has shifted slightly from hamburgers to local sustainable food over the years.  I’ve been hitting the farmers market like a fiend for about 2 years now, and I’ve been englightened to the ways of the local farm.

3) My time at the French Culinary Institute taught me a lot of things about the restaurant and food business, sowhy limit myself to burgers?

4) My paranoia tells me that my cholesterol is through the roof.

5) Pizza and hot dogs are also really good.  And mac and cheese.  And heirloom tomatoes.  And ramps.  And garlic scapes.  And shishito peppers.  And the list goes on…

But, do not give up hope.  I’ve still got burgers on my mind.

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A shout-out to Ronnybrook Farm

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I’m sitting here in my apartment, wishing really for nothing more than another pint of Ronnybrook farm’s blueberry ice cream.  I managed to snag the last pint of the day a couple of weeks’ back at the Union Square Farmer’s Market and I’ve been hooked ever since.  I managed to get another pint at the market at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (from my girl who knows I love me the coconut yogurt, too), but much to my chagrin haven’t had it since.

To say that the ice cream is far superior to any other ice cream product is a stretch, but it is pretty frigging good.  Any good New York foodie knows that the Ronnybrook secret is the quality of the life of their cows.  I mean, these cows have a better life than I do.  They are way beyond organic there, and I dig everything that they are doing.  Check out their website for more information here.

Anyway, I feel bad for any of you who can’t buy the stuff.  And at the same time, I don’t.  I actually enjoy the fact that if I plug in a California address into the “Store Locator,” the closest location is Balducci’s in Chelsea.  And I want more ice cream for myself.

The ice cream is up there with hamburgers in terms of my love for it.  First of all, it’s only available when blueberries are in season, which happens to have been over the last couple of months.  Second, it incorporates the best damned heavy cream that you’ve ever tasted.  Third, it has a fair amount of sugar, which always helps 🙂

The ice cream is rich without being heavy, and the flavor of blueberries permeates in your mouth.  What’s that, you bit down on an ice chunk?  Oh, wait, that was a whole fresh blueberry!  This stuff is legit.  I wish I had some right now.  Since I’m going to be away from the market for a couple of weeks, it’s not looking good.

I’ll have to move on to their fall seasonal flavors soon.  Like… figs?

Speaking of, where the hell are the figs this year?  I love those things.

Ronnybrook Farm
Available at Greenmarkets around NYC
7 out of 7 cows (pun intended).


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