Food waste is a global problem. Currently, about 24 percent of all calories produced for human consumption are lost or wasted. To focus the international food movement’s attention on this vital issue, Food Tank has organized an already sold out gathering of food movement leaders set for September 19.
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“Serious fun for hungry minds” is the slogan for Cook n’ Scribble’s LongHouse Food Revival 2013, which will take place this weekend in Rensselaerville, NY.
When New Yorkers think Italian fare, they typically think pasta or pizza—but one little restaurant in the East Village is looking to change that. Opened this spring by a Verona-based family of farmers, it’s got just about one thing on the menu: rice.
Rather than hot-and-sour soup and General Tso’s, dinner here might include chanterelle-stuffed spring rolls shaped like flowers or succulent, anise-kissed free-range chicken.
By late summer, the kitchen tool I swear by isn’t even something I cook with. It’s my fruit fly trap.
Having began as a café near Union Square back in 1996, Irving Farm Coffee Roasters knows a thing or two about the coffee business. They moved up the Hudson Valley to start their own roastery back in 1999, but managed to establish a urban-country balance by both supplying and operating cafés throughout the city.
Searing temperatures can’t scorch our fun — and to get in the spirit of the season, we teamed up with the Brooklyn Brewery for How To BBQ, an event where we gathered an A-list team to share their smoky, spicy, meaty expertise when it comes to all things related to barbecue.
The LIE just got a lot more interesting — may we present to you Edible Long Island!
The USQ Greenmarket turns 37! Come celebrate with produce a plenty, great music, Brooklyn beer, and a bumper crop of delicious eats.
Wouldn’t it be great if we had a Slow Food New York spirits cocktail hour every week? We can dream — and check out the slideshow from Wednesday night’s thirst-quenching event.
