City of Daughters offers specialty cocktail goods handcrafted by cocktail experts from Elsa in New York City. And these same folks will be opening a bar in Greenpoint this month […]
Tag: cooking
Recipes Gone Wild: Dogs In Sweaters
Staying warm can be ruff. Err, rough…rough! May I suggest not leaving the house this weekend, save for going to the store to get some hibernation provisions? Isn’t there a […]
Recipes Gone Wild: Glögg and Pepparkakor
Glugg? Gloog? Glerg? “Ö” is a difficult letter for me to pronounce, so when it comes to asking for this sweetly-spiced, Scandanavian mulled wine, I sometimes simplify my request to […]
Featured Vendor: Eastern District
Mmmm… cheese and beer! Eastern District is a favorite Greenpoint specialty food market with particular expertise in craft beer and great cheese. At the Greenpointers Holiday Market, Eastern District will […]
Recipes Gone Wild: Morning Glory Muffins
The other day I got an alarming series of texts from my friend Camille. She had just baked a batch of muffins, cooled them, and set them on the countertop […]
That’s a BIG FISH! Brooklyn Fishing Derby 2013 Winner Announced!
While crossing over the East River during my daily ride on the East River Ferry, I would often see fishermen cast their lines into the dark polluted waters, hanging out on […]
Recipes Gone Wild: Beer-Steamed Mussels and Oven Fries
Ah oui…mussels and fries, moules frites as les sophisticates call ‘em. This classic combo just might be my dream meal. I nearly always order them if they’re on the menu, and, […]
Recipes Gone Wild: Pumpkin Pie Chia Pudding
Halloween may be long over, but those little decorative pumpkins, the sugar pie variety, are still gracing the table tops and window sills of homes and shops around the neighborhood. […]
Greenpoint Community Cookbook
Ingredients for a Community Cookbook: 1. An awesome neighborhood (i.e. Greenpoint) 2. A variety of fun and delicious recipes — be them Italian, Polish, Nigerian, Israeli, Korean, Colombian, Japanese…the more […]
Recipes Gone Wild: Spicy Peanut Butter Veggie Sandwich
I’ve had Balinese food on my mind ever since a recent dinner at Selamat Pagi, near McGolrick Park. I’m in love with their menu, maybe in part because what they […]