Spam Musubi – a Hawai’ian snack featuring the infamous (but surprisingly delicious) canned meat.

The Daring Bakers’ November challenge: caramel cake with a browned butter and caramel frosting, served with a mocha sauce.

Italian prune plums pflaumenkuchen, or German plum cake.

Chicken with roasted lemons, heirloom black cherry tomatoes, green olives, and capers.

A dessert pizza, featuring Nutella and crushed salted roasted almonds, for this month’s Daring Bakers’ challenge.

A gift of heirloom tomatoes, fresh from California. Help us out – do you know what variety this is?

Locally-grown Japanese eggplant for an eggplant caponata, an accompaniment for sesame lavash crackers.

Ham, cheddar, and peach slices on a nutty ten-grain bread, with dijon-laced arugula.

Fresh, locally caught wild striped bass, cooked en papillote with grape tomatoes and capers.

A garden-fresh salad of cherry tomatoes and green beans, with herb vinaigrette dressing.

Another creative (and tasty) way to use fresh local summer produce.

Cinnamon Carrot Muffins, with just the right blend of cinnamon, ginger, allspice, and brown sugar.

Fresh, regional produce from sustainable sources at the third meeting of NYC’s New Amsterdam Market.