Yesterday morning I decided to go for a run along the river, and I thought to myself Oh hey! I think it’s warm enough to don my shorts today! After […]
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Food Book Fair and Pop-Up Bookstore at the Wythe Hotel
It’s almost time to welcome the return of the popular Food Book Fair to Brooklyn. Now in its third year, the event will run at the Wythe Hotel between 25th-27th […]
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PareUp with the App that Cuts Food Waste and Gets you Great Discounts
As a nation, America is consuming more than ever before. And with greater consumption comes a greater amount of waste. Around 40% of all food produced in the US is […]
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Northern Territory Rooftop Bar Officially Open!
Its official: Judging by a weekend of gleaming porcelain limbs sunning themselves in McCarren Park, our long-lost love Springtime has finally returned! Which means it’s now time to start thinking […]
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Recipes Gone Wild: Grandma Ethel’s No-Bake Chocolate Matzo Layer Cake
Drop those yeasted baked goods, my friends, because tonight Passover begins! This very important week on the Jewish calendar, sometimes referred to as the “season of freedom” (what could […]
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Greenpoint Cheap Eats Diaries Volume II: Chinese Musician
Last week Gina and I set out on a mission to find great local eats that would set us back no more than $7 per person. After kicking things off […]
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Attn: Beer Nerds! Wild & Crazy & Secret Beer at Diamond Tonight! (4/10)
Tonight the Diamond Bar (43 Franklin St) is upping the beer game in Greenpoint with a one time only Super Duper Taps event where you can try some insane and […]
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Lessons in Vegan Wine at Adelina’s
Call me ignorant but, until recently, I wasn’t remotely aware that most wine production is largely un-vegan. This changed when I paid a visit to Adelina’s (159 Greenpoint Ave.) to sample […]
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Recipes Gone Wild: Yuka Miyata’s Pork Hiya-Shabu
This week’s lesson in language, and cooking for that matter, comes from Greenpointer’s own Yuka Miyata, who you may know from our Greenpointer’s markets (like the Spring Market happening next […]
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Women’s History Month – In Conversation With Meg McNeill
The page on the calendar may have turned, but we had such a great response to our Women’s History Month interviews in March that we still have a couple of […]