Gotham’s Greek dining diaspora now embraces all styles
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Farmers from around our region were hit hard by Hurricane Irene. To help them, please participate in Dine Out Irene on September 25, when participating restaurants around the city will donate up to 10 percent of their sales to Just Food and GrowNYC to benefit NY area farmers hard hit by the hurricane.
South African wine is the face at the cocktail party that nobody can quite place
The folks behind the Pig Island fest next weekend at Governor’s Island have decided to offer our readers a whole durn pig: a 50 to 70 pound gutted and cleaned local, free-range porker.
Edible Manhattan is by definition a hyper-local publication. But at heart we’re international food lovers, fans of Caribbean turtle stews and Spanish boquerones. Hence our first-ever travel issue and our first-ever travel party on the LES: Edible Escape on October 19 is your ride to culinary destinations near and far.
In the past few days news of serious and continued flooding, power outages and other serious damage in agricultural areas outside of the city have come to light. Many acres are still underwater–but there are a few places that are already collecting donations or gathering help.
The next installment in our How-To series will help you master home coffee-making. The experts from Dallis Bros. will show you how to pull shots of espresso, Blue Bottle will talk about better brewing methods, and Gorilla will show you how to roast beans in an ordinary frying pan.
For 15 years The Lower Eastside Girls Club on 56 E. First Street has served as a place where inner city chicks between the ages of 8 and 23 can go to improve their bodies and minds and work on their resumes, through yoga, photography, filmmaking, museum trips, book clubs or working for the Club’s bakery and CSA program.
As Reports of Farm Damage Roll in, GrowNYC Has Set Up a Donation Page Earmarked for Hurricane Relief
As we mentioned yesterday, GrowNYC is just beginning to hear about Irene-related damages from Greenmarket farmers throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Wind, water and flooding may not have affected us so much here in Manhattan, but they have taken their toll on many areas just outside of the city.
We haven’t yet had a chance to hit the Union Square Greenmarket — which opened as per its normal schedule this morning — so we’re wondering if any readers who have might fill us in on a crop report. Unlike farmers in Eastern North Carolina — who took a serious wallop to their fields — we’re hoping Irene spared our foodshed.
What better place to learn about beer-making than in a brewery? On Wednesday night, home…
