Welcome back to our series Market Fresh, in which we take a look at one ingredient that's showing up in the city's Greenmarkets right now and tell you what to do with it. Last week, we looked at peaches, and today we're cooking with corn. more ›

Today we learn that the battle for vegetal supremacy over the state of New York has (almost) come to an end, with corn poised to secure the coveted title of official state vegetable from the underground underdog, onions. Although the winner hasn't been officially announced, gambling men and government insiders are placing a strong handicap on zea mays in advance of the Senate's final word. more ›

Who doesn't love a good tree pit? This one in Washington Heights may not be the prettiest, but it's producing food! A reader sent in these photos, taken at 187th Street and Broadway (right across from Key Foods), where corn is growing right there on the sidewalk. Earlier this year we pointed to an App that allows you to find fruit growing wildly in the city, so perhaps it's not too shocking that other foods are growing out there, too. more ›

Apparently the residents of Boerum Hill got themselves some fancy sidewalk extensions to make the place more pedestrian-friendly (jealous, UWS?)—but then the added sidewalk added "a huge swatch of ugly gray to the neighborhood." Will people ever be happy? Anyway, to combat this problem the Boerum Hill Blog reports that artist Christina Kelly "has submitted plans to the city to plant native northeastern varieties of corn throughout Boerum Hill, where Native Americans used to grow corn. The first spot she has submitted is for the northwest corner of Smith and she expects the planters to be raised off the pavement in 5′ x 5′ planters." If approved the corn will be sprouting by next May; but won't this make the sidewalks less pedestrian-friendly again? more ›