Almost everyone knows that Via Carota, which is tucked away on Grove Street in the West Village, has become a standby for locals who want to eat really well – we have friends who are true regulars, and I was, too, before Covid. It’s really with good reason — though perhaps it’s becoming more common, it’s still a rare restaurant that does more than pay lip service to seasonality. But Via Carota not only uses seasonal ingredients — it has an uncomplicated feel, doesn’t come off as precious, and, well, the food’s great.
This week’s guests on Food with Mark Bittman are Via Carota owners Jody Williams and Rita Sodi. They met at Sodi’s much-admired other restaurant, I Sodi — Williams owns Buvette — and are now partners both in life and in work. Via Carota could be described as their love child; it’s a restaurant I’ve liked for years, and it’s one of Kate’s favorite restaurants, so she and Melissa talked with Williams and Sodi about vegetables, and seasons, and favorite foods, and the duo’s recent cookbook, Via Carota: A Celebration of Seasonal Cooking from the Beloved Greenwich Village Restaurant. It’s a conversation that will no doubt leave you eager to cook — and to go out to eat.
Please listen and subscribe, and please review on Apple, as it really helps. Today’s podcast recipe — the Carote from Via Carota — is here.
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