As long as you’re already headed to Brooklyn this weekend for the Farm City Fair, you might as well stick around, right? This weekend the written word will be feted in the Borough of Kings thanks to the massive free Brooklyn Book Festival, which features readings, panels and discussions from authors upcoming and long-standing. It’s held downtown [...]
Each fall the French Institute Alliance Francaise (or FIAF) runs a festival called Crossing the Line, one of those amazing multidisciplinary type things where artists and musicians and poets and professors all work together in ways they often don’t get to without a big chunk of grant money and a very forward-thinking project manager.
This year’s [...]
Speaking of winemakers, did you know that this country’s oldest continually operated winery is just 60 miles north of the city? (Actually readers of Edible Brooklyn might: It was covered it back in the fall of 2007 in a story on the Hudson Valley wine region.)
It’s called Brotherhood Winery, established complete with castle-like [...]
The Winemaker:
Richard Olsen-Harbich, Long Island wine pioneer and new winemaker at Bedell Cellars
What He Does:
This summer Richard Olsen-Harbich was appointed winemaker of Bedell Cellars, a long-time leading winery of the North Fork of Long Island, which with its sister, Corey Creek Vineyards, produces nearly 10,000 cases a year. (Side note for artsy types: Bedell’s owner [...]
Listen up DIYers! The Greenmarket’s next Educated Eater panel is for blossoming food bizzes, or those who want to run them. It’s at the Brooklyn Kitchen Labs at 100 Frost Street near the Lorimer L stop in Williamsburg on Tuesday from 6:30-9pm, and tickets are $25. Panelists — bios courtesy Greenmarket below, and including Rick of [...]
If you missed the past few episodes of The Food Seen — a show on Heritage Radio Network about the intersection of food and art, don’t worry, they’re archived here. In the past month a handful of inspiring, insightful, and influential “food artists” have made appearances, starting with Cat Kramer of CallMeCat.com and Zack Denfeld of [...]
The Brewmaster:
Kelly Taylor, Kelso of Brooklyn
What He Does:
He makes beer. (Jealous much?) But seriously, brewmaster Kelly Taylor got his start homebrewing in a dorm room and worked his way up at gigs with Karl Strauss in California and Whidbey Island Brewing Company in Seattle. With a knack for making fresh, drinkable beers, he now [...]
The Restaurant:
Mas
What They Do:
This Greenwich Village spot–whose name translates to ‘farmhouse’– dishes up French-inspired, New American fare in the tradition of real farmhouse cooking, using what is in season and grown nearby–including flowers from chef Galen Zamarra’s yard. The plates are elegant, yet simple, always striving to respect the freshness and integrity of the ingredients [...]
Wow. Just wow. Until last week, I thought my world of dual flavordom was already complete: Wine and cheese, peanut butter and jelly, bacon and chocolate, peaches and cream. But when I tried a flight of beers paired with sorbet and ice cream at Jimmy’s No. 43 last week (one of dozens of similar tastings [...]
We already had a big old crush on Brooklyn Based, the email newsletter that delivers Brooklyn-based news, ideas, events or just incredibly interesting ideas to your inbox. But now we know it’s love, after the invite we just got to their kitchen junk swap, one of the first of many trading events they’re going to [...]
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The Restaurateur:
Bill Telepan, chef and owner of the eponymously named Telepan.
What He Does:
After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America, Bill Telepan spent the [...]
The Company:
Cayuga Pure Organics
What They Do:
If you’ve limited your local lexicon to produce and animal products, consider your pantry now complete—as locally-grown beans, flours [...]
‘Tis the season for farm-stand cocktails–one of our 11 Eat Drink Local week ingredients of the day. So we’re going around our towns (meaning our [...]
The Winemaker:
Richard Olsen-Harbich, Long Island wine pioneer and new winemaker at Bedell Cellars
What He Does:
This summer Richard Olsen-Harbich was appointed winemaker of Bedell Cellars, a [...]
The Product:
The Simple Tomato Sandwich
Who Makes It:
Breadzilla, the nondescript bakery and sandwich lab just off Montauk Highway in Wainscott, Long Island (in perfect [...]
From September 26th to October 6th Edible Manhattan, Edible East End and Edible Brooklyn — in conjunction with Edibles statewide and GrowNYC — present Eat [...]
