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New Dishes Announced for Edible Escape!

We’re counting down the days until we “escape” Manhattan with international flavors from some of our favorite restaurants and vendors! New details seem to emerge daily, and here’s the latest menu update.

Harvest Home Markets

Harvest Home Market Defies the Fresh Food Gap

Harvest Home has worked to bring fresh produce from local farms into low-income neighborhoods. And now as the food stamp program — or SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — is under attack in Congress, their mission is more important than ever.

What Are the World’s Greatest Chefs Talking About? Seeds.

For more than a decade Dan Barber has been among the most influential chefs working at the intersection of ecology and gastronomy. Last Monday, with a veritable United Nations Security Council of the world’s top chefs as his allies, he exhorted cooks to think not just about how and where their food is grown, but about what forces are influencing the very DNA of our ingredients.

Taste Spain’s Finest Olive Oils Across the City

We’ve got travel both on the brain and on the calendar as of late. Not only did we just release our annual travel issue, but we’ve got a couple of events lined up that bring the best of what’s abroad to a doorstep near you including this Friday’s Citywide Tasting of Olive Oil from Spain.

Championed by Senator Gillibrand, New York Farm Day Hosted on Capitol Hill

One of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s latest efforts to support New York producers took place on Capitol Hill earlier this week when she hosted a “New York Farm Day” in an effort to “tastefully remind Congress, the Administration and others that New York is a major agricultural state, and agriculture is a major part of the state’s economy.”