Grist for the Mill: July–August 2014
Edible Manhattan editor Gabrielle Langholtz has two words for you: solar cooker.
July/August 2014: Issue No. 36
In the Frenetic Financial District, Battery Urban Farm Sits Quietly
At the corner of State and Pearl streets, a lush little one-acre plot sits quietly rimmed by a crosshatch bamboo fence and overseen in part by its plumed permanent resident: a wild turkey named Zelda.
Weed Eater Ava Chin Finds Nourishment Everywhere She Looks
It’s not just the labor of finding the fuzzy-leafed lamb’s-quarters, heart-shaped wild violets, wild alliums or toothy tangles of dandelion, but a lifetime spent looking just a little bit harder at the city’s undergrowth and overgrown lots.
Solar Cooking: The No-Fuel, No-Emissions Way to Make Dinner
When the sun’s high in the sky, solar cookers sizzle in the developing world and on the city sidewalk.
People’s Pops Offers an Alternative to the Conventional Dessert
Revolution on a stick.
At Harlem Shambles, the Meat Is Worth the Trip
Up-market meat, uptown.
Approaching 40, the Natural Gourmet Institute is Fresher Than Ever
In 1977, Annemarie Colbin opened the Natural Gourmet Cookery School out of her Upper West Side apartment, where she could accommodate 12 students around her kitchen table.
Print Serves Up Indelible Eats in an Unlikely Locale
Everyone thought Adam Block was nuts to open an ambitious eatery on far West 48th between 11th Avenue and the West Side Highway, also know as nowheresville.
RECIPE: Blueberry and Sorrel Salad with Sweet Onion Vinaigrette from Fruitful
Try this new summer recipe from Sarah Huck, a cookbook author who sold fruit at Red Jacket’s stand for five summers and now co-owns Park Slope’s Kos Kaffe.
RECIPE: Spiced Ice Coffee with Honey from the Rooftop Beekeeper
In addition to inspiring you to get your own urban hive, Paska’s new book includes a collection of ways to cook with your comb.
RECIPE: Simple Watermelon Salad from The Forest Feast
Artist Erin Gleeson, a former F.I.T. professor who married a rabbi and moved to the woods outside Silicon Valley, shot every dish in the forest, but don’t picture sprout salad or tofu casserole.
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.
