"The whole time Gino was making yogurt at home and I was making toppings for the yogurt... And we'd be eating our yougurt and going, "What should we do?" Until one day we were like, wait a minute, we're making this great yogurt every day, this is what we're going to do!" - Jennie Ammirati, Co-owner of Culture
At Williamsburg's Frej, chefs serve up $45 five-course meals composed of locally foraged and farmed foods in New Nordic style.

At Williamsburg's Frej, chefs Fredrik Berselius and Richard Kuo serve up $45 five-course meals composed of locally foraged and farmed foods in New Nordic style. Ever since Rene Redzepi’s Copenhagen restaurant Noma ...

 
The spring harvest has begun at Brooklyn Grange. You can get some of the city's freshest produce yourself beginning this week, as the Grange kicks off their 2012 market season in Long Island City today and in Williamsburg on Sunday, at Smorgasburg.

The spring harvest has begun at Brooklyn Grange. You can get some of the city's freshest produce yourself beginning this week, as the Grange kicks off their 2012 market season in Long Island ...

 
To celebrate their first anniversary, Bed Stuy's Do Or Dine will serve their interpretation of Momofuku's opening menu.

To celebrate their first anniversary, Bed Stuy's Do Or Dine will serve their interpretation of Momofuku's opening menu. Eater reports that, to celebrate the first anniversary of their opening, Bed-Stuy’s ...

 
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PBS recently debuted the first three episodes of ‘The Lexicon of Sustainability,’ a web-based video series that aims to cut through the haze surrounding food labels like ‘cage-free,’ ‘local,’ and ‘sustainable.’ According to PBS: “By ...

 
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Missed Brooklyn Uncorked, Edible’s annual bacchanal featuring over thirty New York State wines paired with food from over thirty of the borough’s best restaurants, in the cathedral-like lobby at One Hanson ...

 
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by Jennifer Meehan The past year hasn’t been easy for many regional farmers. Everything from hurricanes to overnight frosts on the heels of hot spells have made it a little harder than usual to ...

 
Alex Villani of Blue Moon Fish, working the waters of Long Island Sound. Alex has been selling his catch directly to New Yorkers at the city's Greenmarkets for over twenty years. The Greenmarkets offer one of the bafflingly few opportunities in NYC, and the nation, to buy fish directly from the people who catch it.

Alex Villani of Blue Moon Fish, working the waters of Long Island Sound. Alex has been selling his catch directly to New Yorkers at the city's Greenmarkets for over twenty years. The Greenmarkets ...

 
Get mom what she really wants for Mothers Day: Beer. We've got some special Mothers Day beer picks from Bierkraft, Eastern District, and Breuckelen Bier Merchants.

Get mom what she really wants for Mothers Day: Beer. We've got some special Mothers Day beer picks from Bierkraft, Eastern District, and Breuckelen Bier Merchants. Mothers Day is here. Rather than trying ...

 
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The Robicellis, of cupcake fame, have debuted a limited line of seasonal ice cream sandwiches. We spoke with Allison Robicelli, pictured in their shared commercial kitchen space in Sunset Park, about the project. The spring ...

 
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Brooklyn Food Conference Gather together with your fellow Brooklynites to discuss the present state—and future—of the food systems of the borough, the city, and beyond. Chefs, activists, food workers, council members and authors ...

 
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Vice Media’s Munchies recently did their ‘take a chef out on the town, get them wasted, make them cook and shoot it all on video’ thing with the crew from Boerum Hill’s Mile ...

 
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During a winter tour of Europe in 1879, Mark Twain, faced with what he perceived to be the utterly dismal nature of the continental breakfast, was driven to daydream of divine intervention. Addressing the European ...

 
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This past weekend at Parish Hall, the new restaurant from the team behind Williamsburg farm-to-table pioneer Egg, owner George Weld and chef Evan Hanczor hosted a dinner tribute to Ernest Hemingway’s, “The Sun Also ...

 
It took a long journey through Manhattan's top kitchens to bring Rob Newton, chef/owner of Carroll Gardens' Seersucker, back to his roots. We spoke with Rob about the history and many rich traditions hiding in the heart of Southern cuisine.

It took a long journey through Manhattan's top kitchens to bring Rob Newton, chef/owner of Carroll Gardens' Seersucker, back to his roots. We spoke with Rob about the history and many ...

 
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Photo © Valery Rizzo Food Book Fair Finally, literary foodies have a place to tap into the wealth of great food writing at the first-ever Food Book Fair. Dozens of authors, journalists, and chefs will share ...