Greenpoint’s favorite beer store had a barley wine tasting. What a perfectly snowy weekend to drink strong beer by a wood burning stove. Learning and drinking are two activities I […]
Tag: Food
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Lucky Number 7
I’ve lived in the neighborhood for years and have pondered this question for as many of them as I can remember. “Why don’t more truly great restaurants open up in […]
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BOOK REVIEW: CLEAN PLATES BROOKLYN
I love meat and don’t feel guilty about eating it. I also love my body and the planet and know that too much of a delicious thing is never good, […]
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RECIPE: RAINBOW COOKIES
I’ve had this recipe for Rainbow Cookies on my fridge since last year and decided to make it. Working my first job as a counter girl at an Italian bakery […]
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Preview: One Stop Beer Shop
2011 may have spent its final days in a mediocre gray blur of rain and oddly mild temperatures, but our neighbor Ben Roshia has been busy. Â For months following the […]
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BREAKFAST AT EAT
We knew we wanted healthy, but did we want want savory or sweet for breakfast? Oh, our first world problems! EATÂ is now serving breakfast, so Jon and I moseyed on […]
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BK NIGHT BAZAAR: NOT IN GP BUT CLOSE
On a late Spring morning, I walked over to the waterfront to observe a community “meeting” about the much anticipated Brooklyn Night Bazaare. I had found out about the project […]
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RECIPE: BOLOGNESE STUFFED PEPPERS
Il Passatore on Bushwick Ave makes a mean Bolognese. I attempted to recreate it and though quite different, I am happy with the results which were adapted from Emeril Lagasse’s […]
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GREENPOINTERS PIZZA TOUR 2011
The trauma of 19 espressos on the Greenpointers Espresso Tour didn’t stop us from touring the neighborhood for the best slice of pizza. As a pizzeria, your regular slice is […]