Overheard at the Union Sq Green Market

I didn't tape record it but it went something like this:

Kitchen Slave: Do you have these greens with the whole plant?

Windfall Farms Farmer: We don't harvest that way because it destroys the plant so we pick this part.

Kitchen Slave: I am from Bouley, I assume for us you'll do it the way we want it.

So much for sustainability when fancy plating is at stake.