Recipes Gone Wild: Tamarind-Curry Apple Chips
Illustration by Libby VanderPloeg Stopping at a gas station upstate the other weekend, I had my first taste of this fall’s apple crop. A lady had set up a fruit stand just outside the food court, and...
View ArticleRecipes Gone Wild: Never Enough! Roasted Garlic
Nothing is easy. Especially not figuring out what to make for dinner, which can actually feel like sort of a chore if you cook a lot. Having said that, I’ll admit that few things make me as happy as...
View ArticleRecipes Gone Wild: New Amsterdam Clam Chowder
Clams have feelings too, you know…maybe? Disturb them and they’re liable to spit right in your eye. Such an action, so uncouth, so impulsive, warrants a long vacation in the soup pot, if you get my...
View ArticleRecipes Gone Wild: Eva Schmidt’s Heart-Warming Borscht
Today marks the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and what better to celebrate the opening ceremony than with a big bowl of borscht? I’ll admit that I until recently I never really...
View ArticleRecipes Gone Wild: Dan Valen’s Risotto with Asparagus, Leeks, and Shell Peas
Rainy days and Mondays…sigh… Let us consider today’s weather as an answer to yesterday’s summer-y heat and a reminder that it’s still spring, friends. I only wish I liked my raincoat more. In other...
View ArticleFarmers, Fishers, Bakers, Makers: Meet Scott Bridi of Brooklyn Cured
Brooklyn Cured is this week’s featured vendor at Greenpoint’s McGolrick Park Down-to-Earth Market, (open Sundays, 11 am- 4pm). This week, I caught up with BK Cured’s top dog, Scott Bridi, to learn more...
View ArticleFarmers, Fishers, Bakers, Makers: Meet Eli Kaplan of Mom and Popsicles
Orange Souchong, Black Sesame and Raspberry, Honeydew Lemongrass, Salted Caramel. These are just some of the flavors that Greenpoint’s local popsicle company, Mom & Pospsicles, has been sharing in...
View ArticleSunday Snaps – McCarren Park Greenmarket!
“Our farm is in West Pawlet, in southern Vermont. We sell a variety of raw cow’s milk and goat’s milk cheeses, also maple syrup!” – Yvette of Consider Bardwell Farm “We are a third generation farm...
View ArticleHere’s How and Where to Compost Your Pumpkins!
Epic display of jack-o-lanterns on Java Street. Photo by Megan Penmann Farewell, Halloween—time to finish off the candy corn before it goes stale, sweep up the cobwebs and deflate your giant spiders....
View ArticleDomino Park Greenmarket Returns Sunday, June 6
North Brooklyn is gaining another Greenmarket this weekend! Beginning on Sunday, June 6, and continuing through Sunday, November 21, the Domino Park Greenmarket will bring local shoppers together to...
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