Via Carota is one of those neighborhood restaurants that is adored by both New Yorkers and out-of-town pilgrims who are willing to wait for a seat in the tiny Grove Street trattoria. Co-owned and co-helmed by chefs Jody Williams (of Buvette) and Rita Sodi (who together also run the likewise beloved I Sodi and their latest, the Commerce Inn), it focuses on simple but elevated pasta and seasonal vegetable dishes including some of the best renditions of fava beans and artichokes west of Florence. Our favorite example of this just might be the Insalata Verde, a tall pile of tender-crisp green leaves with the most delicious herby dressing that we’ve never been able to replicate at home. But now we can, because their cookbook recently came out: Via Carota: A Celebration of Seasonal Cooking from the Beloved Greenwich Village Restaurant (Knopf). (The book was also beautifully co-created by a few super talented colleagues from our Martha Stewart days—recipes developed with Anna Kovel, styled by Ayesha Patel and photographed by Andrea Gentl & Martin Hyers.) Could the magic ingredient in the dressing be…warm water??
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