Growing up, I lived a stone’s throw from Lake Michigan. Nearly every day during the summer I’d go to the beach, but on the hottest afternoons, I stayed indoors. On […]
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Composting Feels Oh So Good! Especially For Greenpoint and North Brooklyn
How many of you Greenpointers have your own compost bin? Or bring your food scraps to the Greenmarket on Saturday in McCarren Park? Doesn’t it feel so good? Do you […]
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Food WTF? What are ramps? (Recipe: Polenta with Ramps)
If you’re shopping for your produce locally you likely have seen ramps. If you have a great ramp recipe – please share in the comments below! If you’re like WTF […]
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McGolrick Park’s Down to Earth Farmers Market Returns This Sunday, 4/7!
And…WE’RE BACK! This Sunday, April 7th, McGolrick Park’s Down to Earth Farmers Market begins its second season at the corner of Russell St and Nassau Ave. The market will run every Sunday […]
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Soup To Your Door: Sea Bean Goods
Soup? In this heat? Bear with me. Making hot soup or anything on the stove in this weather blows! But if you’re sitting in a freezing cold office building in […]
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Recipe: Fava Fava Fava Pasta (VIDEO!)
Fava beans are the most delicious bean to eat, but the biggest pain in the ass to peel. It is a two step process. First you take them out of […]
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Recipe: Braised Cabbage with Turkey
When the Sunday Farmers Market at McGolrick Park was proposed there was worry that it might compete with the Saturday McCarren Park Greenmarket. (Don’t we live in the USA?) I […]
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RECIPES: SUMMER IS STRAWBERRIES
They sell gigantic and often tasteless strawberries all year round at the supermarket, but when the local farmers start wheeling and dealing these heavenly berries, I go insane. Often over […]
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Recipe: Rhubarb Mint Tea
Last week I picked up some rhubarb at the Greenmarket, even though, short of pie and jam, I have no idea what to do with the stuff. I bit into […]
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Market Fresh: Apple Cider Cocktail
If you picked up apple cider at the Greenmarket today, I have a good recipe to take it to the next level. And like all good things, its simple: Apple […]