Cheesemonger’s Report: A Swiss-Style Raclette Made Just One State Away
The newest cheese on the counter at Lucy’s Whey in Chelsea Market is the Reading Raclette, it’s a raw cow’s milk cheese from Spring…
Food & Dining
Super $2 Midtown Cinnamon Buns and the Swedish Secret to Great Glögg
Earlier this week we stopped in at the beautiful Swedish Seamans Church (aka Svenska Kyrkan) in Midtown, at 5 East 48th Street, a place whose…
Whether You Call it Tourtiere or a Canadian Meat Pie, This is Where to Buy Em
We were lucky enough to reserve a seat at the game feast held last weekend at M. Wells, the Montreal style diner Sarah Obraitis…
Three Chances to Help Save Two of the City’s Best Farmers; Starting with an Auction Tonight
For those willing to travel to Brooklyn to support excellent farming practices, not to mention the farmers themselves and the produce they grow, tonight,…
Incredible Chops (& Heart-Attack Sauce) from the Red Wattle Hog
Beyond Almond chef Jason Weiner’s housemade sauerkraut — cured en maison then heated through with a little wine and a few juniper berries —…
Chocoholics, Avert Your Eyes: Our Photo Slidehow of the Brooklyn Blackout Cake is a Killer
Our colleagues at Edible Brooklyn just profiled the world-famous, chocolatey-chocolate pudding-slathered Blackout cake made famous by Ebinger’s bakery, which closed in 1972. Luckily plenty of…
Forget Locavore or Farm-to-Chef; Danny Meyer Defines “Day-of” Cooking
As sleet hits our windows this morning with its icy tappity-tap, we’re amazed that there’s still one or two tomatoes hanging on at local…
Halloween Candy Made Here: Pop Rocks
“Taste the Explosion,” the ads for this fizzing candy told us… But just don’t mix it with Coke or your tummy will explode (urban…
Halloween Candy Made Here: Lifesavers
These hard, lifebuoy-like candies were once pushed on the diner circuit, where waitresses were told to make sure customers had a nickel in their…
Halloween Candy Made Here: Bazooka Gum
Bazooka gum might be something your grandma gives out at Halloween, and indeed it does have post-World War II Brooklyn written all over it….
Halloween Candy Made Here: The Tootsie Roll
This week, we thought we’d take a cavity-taunting diversion through standby Halloween candies with a New York past. We were first befuddled to learn…
The Pippin: Proof that Newtown Creek’s Not as Nasty as You Think
These days you’d probably envision upended shopping carts along the banks of Newtown Creek, that 3-plus mile estuary that separates Queens and Brooklyn, now…
