chicken

At Brancaccio's Food Shop in Windsor Terrace, Joe Brancaccio recommends the broiled chicken with escarole and fregola sarda. It's a dish inspired by the memory of the food his grandmother cooked ...

 
oysters

At first blush, the oyster may seem like a simple pleasure - a taste of the sea. Turns out, not much about this most baller of bivalves is simple at all. In one of the ...

 
bk

On a recent Tuesday night, crowds gathered at The Green Building in Gowanus to tipple and nosh at Brooklyn Shaken & Stirred. On a recent October night, in-the-know locavores gathered a few blocks west of ...

 
Photo © Valery Rizzo

Lots coming at ya as fall comes on hard. Cider Week, Oktoberfest, Debate parties, Beery brunches, Curry throwdowns and the return of the Wort all loom large. Photo © Valery Rizzo Do I smell cider? Coming ...

 
rose hips

Rose hips, the fruit that follows the flower, are delicious. They can be found all over Brooklyn right now. Rose hips are what rose flowers grow up to be: they are the fruit of the ...

 
Chris

Today, on the never-ending but almost always rewarding search for good cheese, we stop by Stinky Bklyn, where Smith Street’s only jamon bar and an always-rotating selection of craft beers on tap for growler ...

 
Chris

Today, while wandering the quiet, residential streets of that narrow neck of Windsor Terrace tucked between Prospect Park and the rolling fields and marble angels of Greenwood Cemetery, we stop in at Brooklyn Commune, where ...

 
John

Today we stop by The Owl’s Head, a wine bar featuring an ever-changing array of seasonal bottles and bites in Bay Ridge, a bastion of old school Brooklyn that hasn’t exactly been swept ...

 
samantha

Today we stop by Valley Shepherd Creamery, the Park Slope shop owned and operated by a dairy farm and cheese making outfit in Long Valley, New Jersey, only a short hour and a half west ...

 
Nichelina

Today we stop by Williamsburg’s sandwich and provisions shop Depanneur, in search of something good to eat. Managing partner Nichelina Mavros, whose innocent obsession with cheese led to a career in food, suggests a ...

 
Shelsky's

Today we stop by Shelsky’s Smoked Fish, Peter Shelsky’s Carroll Gardens shop specializing in appetizing – the smoked fish yin to delicatessen’s meaty yang in the food culture of Jewish New York. At ...

 
Picks

Carolyn's event picks this week include cheese socials, a chili pepper fest, the Antic, Oktoberfest, and plenty of booze. Photo © Valery Rizzo Cheese Socials at Bklyn Larder Delve into the joys and mysteries ...

 
Big Spoon

Today we stop by Greene Grape Provisions, the venerable Fort Greene institution that is stuffed to the gills with good things to eat. Finding ourselves mildly overstimulated by the sheer volume of options, we turn ...

 
eggs

A pastured egg, from a hen that is free to roam and wander, pecking in the grass, stretching its wings, feeling the sun on its face and the breeze on its back, is a thing ...

 
Clean Slate

Today, we stop by Saltie, where a trio of battle-hardened Williamsburg chefs have combined years of cooking experience, a dedication to the highest degree of care in the kitchen, and a love for the finest ...