Meet the Woman Behind the City’s Most Extensive Mezcal Selection
At Atla, Bronx native Yana Volfson has built one of the city’s most notable mezcal selections.
Aftertaste
Drinking Alone at The World’s Fair
Taken at a bar within the 1939 World’s Fair, the woman in the picture is smoking, drinking and looking a bit melancholy.
The Story Behind The Shot
While working on this issue, we shared our favorite photos online and asked readers to choose the best, promising to share its backstory. Here it is.
Like Etsy for Coffee: Vega Cuts Out the Middleman to Help Quadruple Farmer Earnings
An eye-opening coffee company brings beans to your mailbox and a living wage to farmers.
A Sidewalk Vineyard at Trattoria Casa Di Issaco
Ten years ago when Issac Elvis planted grapevines in the tree pit in front of his Trattoria Casa Di Issaco on 9th Avenue near West 40th Street, people on the block teased him, asking if he had a permit.
At Bubby’s, Ingredients Inspire Plates and Dining Room Walls
Bubby’s proprietor Ron Silver is excited about flavor, and also about form.
At NYU, a Different Kind of Food Lab
As NYU’s purple empire expands, high-tech, multimillion-dollar concrete buildings encircle Washington Square Park. But on an eighth of an acre at the corner of Houston and Wooster, something green has sprouted, too.
A Cocktail Writer Walks Into a Bar
At Kara Newman’s Think.Drink events, pros like Talia Baiocchi of Punch magazine read their original works out loud.
How Nutmeg Spiced the Big Apple’s History
Once a year, nutmeg goes from unsung hero, to center stage, providing an indispensable seasoning to holiday staples from eggnog to pumpkin pie.
“Vermont Sail Freight” Project Hoists Anchor
At the end of September, Erik Andrus will take his handmade sailing barge on a 10-day journey down the Hudson River to deliver Vermont potatoes, apples, maple syrup and the like to hungry New Yorkers, an event that will be remarkable only because this is 2013.
Make Mine a (small-batch, locavore) Manhattan
Now in its fourth year, the Manhattan Cocktail Classic is like a Davos for distillers and drink makers.
Soho-Based Charity Brings Clean Water to Those in Need
A smart Soho nonprofit helps bring clean water to the world.
