Let’s face it: North Brooklyn restaurant menus are oversaturated with hearty, heavy, bready, cheesy and meaty comfort foods. Fried chicken sandwiches, burgers, mac n’ cheese, sausages, pizza and hot wings, among […]
Tag: vegetables
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2016 North Brooklyn CSA Roundup
It’s really easy to get all your veggies this spring and summer in North Brooklyn with the vast variety of CSAs. CSAs (which stands for Community Supported Agriculture, and CSAs are […]
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Milton St. CSA Celebrates 5 years in Greenpoint
In the quiet little back patio of the Greenpoint Reformed Church, Lineage Farm provides an abundance of fresh, high quality vegetables to Farm Share Members every Saturday morning from June […]
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Farmers, Fishers, Bakers, Makers: Meet Ben Flanner of Brooklyn Grange
Do you know where to find the world’s largest rooftop soil farms? Believe it or not, they’re right here in Brooklyn! This week I asked Ben Flanner of Brooklyn Grange […]
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A Letter from Lineage Farm CSA (and Baby Sam Photos)
(sponsored) After an already sold out farm dinner on Thursday 5/1- Lineage Farm CSA has a message from Greenpointers’ readers: Dear Greenpointers, Such a slow spring – we seem to […]
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New Vendors, Compost Drop-Off Begins and Recipe from McGolrick Park Farmers Market
(Sponsored) Dear Greenpointers, First and foremost, on behalf of Down to Earth Markets, the crew behind your Sunday farmers market at McGolrick Park: Thank you! This market keeps growing and […]
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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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Thanksgiving: 10 Slamming Sides
Unless you reserved your local sustainable organic heritage turkey months ago, you are most likely going to roast the same old turkey. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good […]
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And the winner is…
Congratulations Rachel! You won our giveaway book Jam On: The Craft of Canning Fruit by Laena McCarthy! Thanks to everyone who commented on their favorite jam. And stay tuned for future giveaways […]
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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 […]