Happy Labor Day!

What better way to celebrate Labor Day than with an all-American dinner of steak, spinach salad, tomatoes, cucumbers & corn on the cob?

Since most of yesterday was spent nursing the mother of all hangovers and I've been eating like crap all week last week, I decided to hit myself to a dinner courtesy of the Union Square Greenmarket. Monday's not the best day to hit the market, but I managed to snag some fresh, crisp cucumbers and a few super ripe Jersey tomotoes.

Corn on the cob came courtesy of the Garden of Eden market (not a decent corn purveyor to be had) and my skirt steak came from the always delightful (note sarcasm here) Food Emporium.

As the corn was boiling away I finely minced 3 cloves of garlic with some fresh rosemary to almost a paste-like consistency. After giving my steak a quick squirt of olive oil spray (for the calorie conscious) I generously seasoned with kosher salt, fresh ground pepper and rubbed my garlic & rosemary into the slivers I had cut into the meat.

Unfortunately my NYC apartment is not grill-friendly so the steak was cooked on the stovetop, 5 mins or so on each side. Oh to have a grill!

The produce was fresh, crisp and certainly makes one appreciate all the fresh food that New York has to offer. The steak was cooked to perfection - red on the inside, not too tough, not too rare and quite flavorful. I paired this with a 2005 California Zinfandel which had enough depth to stand up to the beef but not to strong to overpower the veggies!

What a fantastic end to a long weekend!