A locavore distributor finds success in a New York State of wine.
Cooking Up a Future
At Food & Finance High, students gain skills for the kitchen—and beyond.
Offal Good
Chef Takashi Inoue likes his meat rare—in more ways than one.
Burdock
The vegetable in plain sight.
EDIBLE EVENTS: BBQ, Beer & Bluegrass and What Hot Dogs Tell Us About America
Comment | May 24, 2013 By The Editors
Hungry? Our events calendar has loads of Edible events around the city, like this night of BBQ, Beer & Bluegrass at Fort Reno. Here’s what’s happening this week.
IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE: Foraging for Burdock Stems
Comment | May 23, 2013 By The Editors
In our current issue, Marie Viljoen, mistress of edible weeds, waxes eloquent about the flowering stems of the burdock plant. “Those who eat burdock typically cook only the root. But the fast-growing stems are a delicious wild food. Cooked, they are a semantic and gustatory marriage of globe and Jerusalem artichokes,” she writes.
DIY DRINKS: Rhubarb Soda Syrup
1 comment | May 23, 2013 By The Editors
Rhubarb! The first glimpse of those fibrous red stalks reminds us that winter is long gone and food is once again growing in these parts. If you’re already a home carbonating fanatic, you’ll love this simple, easy recipe for Rhubarb Soda Syrup.
Video Recap: Here’s What You Missed at Food Media 101
1 comment | May 22, 2013 By The Editors
If you missed our amazing panel of food writers and journalists at last month’s Food Media 101 at Brooklyn Brewery, you’re in luck. We caught a few of their expert tips for making a career in food media on video and, generous beings that we are, decided we’d share them with you!
The Good Stuff at Brooklyn Uncorked!
Comment | May 21, 2013 By Amy Zavatto
It’s time for one of my all-time favorite wine events of the year, Brooklyn Uncorked – a sipping and swirling smorgasbord of Long Island’s fab vinified offerings. But this year in particular is pretty special because it marks a moment in Long Island wine country history – the 40th Anniversary. A glass raised to that.
Join Us for a Backyard Pig Roast This Summer with ‘wichcraft
Comment | May 20, 2013 By The Editors
In honor of Eat-Drink-Local week, our annual 8-day celebration of our foodshed, we’re teaming up with ‘wichcraft for a backyard pig roast in Bryant Park. Aside from the obvious, a pig–this one sustainably raised at Niman Ranch–we’ll have loads of Greenmarket fixings and ‘wichcraft’s award-winning oatmeal cream’wiches, plus Long Island wines, New York state beers and music.
EDIBLE EVENTS: A Porgy Lunch and Sustainable Seafood Supper Club
Comment | May 17, 2013 By The Editors
Hungry? Our events calendar has loads of Edible events around the city, like this Sustainable Seafood Supper Club at Brooklyn Commune. Here’s what’s happening this week.
DIY DINNER: Classic Roasted Leg of Lamb
Comment | May 16, 2013 By Gabrielle Langholtz
Long Way on a Little: An Earth Lover’s Companion for Enjoying Meat, Pinching Pennies and Living Deliciously is my new bible on grass-fed meat. Much more than a cookbook, it’s a serious text on buying, cooking and overall understanding pastured meats. Joel Salatin says the book, “should grace every omnivore’s kitchen – open, stained, spattered and loved.” I plan to get mine splattered pronto, starting with this recipe.