If I’ve learned anything about small scale gardening in the last 15 weeks, its that you really do get what you give. This past weekend I attacked my garden for […]
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The Garden Spot, Week 12
Twelve weeks of gardening, and I can finally enjoy the fruits of my labor! Well, not so much fruits as herbs. A few days ago I went out onto the […]
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First McGolrick Park Farmer’s Market – This Sunday, June 3rd!
I am not going out of town this weekend (even though I need to get out of this sweaty city!) so I can be here for this awesome day, the […]
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The Garden Spot, Week 11
An appropriate title for this week’s column might be, “Sad, Droopy Things”. I mean, wasn’t that what we all were this past week? The H was O, as they say, […]
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SCOOP: FARMER’S MARKET VENDORS
Sometimes this gig makes me feel like a real journalist. Nicole Reed, our McGolrick Park Farmers Market hero, sent me an email that started out with, “K, you’re our VERY […]
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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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The Garden Spot, Week 9
It’s been a rainy, muggy week here in Greenpoint. I’m going to be honest and say I’ve spent more time catching up on TV and frequenting the brand new Beloved […]
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Recipe: Broccoli Taco (or Braco)
I go insane over broccoli. If I had to chose one only food to eat everyday, you guessed it: broccoli! Boil it, bake it, roast it, grill it, steam it, […]
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The Cleanse: It Ain’t That Bad
I completed a 3-day Juice Cleanse. My last meal before I started was a delicious grilled cheese from the Munchie Mobile and I woke up starving on the first day. […]
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Recipe: Jon’s Carbonara Pasta with Asparagus
Jon has become the master of pasta carbonara, which is simply (italian) bacon and egg pasta. He got the recipe out of a cook book his mom gave us for […]