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peter.hobbs Dec 12
The conundrum is clear. New York is a coastal city, surrounded by seas rich with life and towns where fishermen have been harvesting the ocean’s bounty for centuries. Yet it’s next to impossible to buy fresh fish, caught locally, anywhere, even at many docks themselves, where fishermen have exclusive deals with distributors who pump the [...] -
peter.hobbs Jun 09
“On Evan’s very first brew day here, he got heatstroke.” -Craig Frymark Simply put, local upstart Barrier Brewing is killing it. The year-old, two-man operation has already made a name for itself by brewing an impressive variety of notably well-crafted beers on a tiny single-barrel brewing system, out of a small garage-like space in Oceanside, New York. Evan [...] -
peter.hobbs Jun 03
Christopher Nicholson’s day job is interesting enough. His daily commute takes him from his Greenpoint home to the Red Hook harborfront, where he’s a winemaker at the Red Hook Winery , shepherding Long Island and Finger Lakes grapes through the long and complex journey from vine to barrel to bottle. But his other work may be even [...] -
peter.hobbs May 25
When Annie Novak of Greenpoint’s Eagle Street Rooftop Farm put the word out that she’d be opening the roof for a night harvest last night, we knew we’d have to stop by. No, not gonna miss a chance to pick a trove of fresh salad greens on a rooftop farm while basking in the glory of [...] -
peter.hobbs May 20
“Good meat is homemade, it’s freshly ground spices, and it’s care for the method. It’s not looking for shortcuts, and that’s what the average deli became – ‘how can we shortcut everything to lower our costs, because people won’t pay more money but want bigger portions?’ I did this my way and I kind of gave the [...] -
peter.hobbs May 17
“We use local, organic ingredients as often as possible” For today’s discerning diners, that once-reassuring line on a menu doesn’t cut it anymore. It seems like it’s almost de rigeur for new-school Brooklyn restaurants to reserve a spot on their menus to proudly name the farms from which they source their meats, produce, and cheese. You’ve [...] -
peter.hobbs May 12
Most of us don’t contemplate much beyond, “Cappuccino or Latte?” when it comes to coffee. But coffee can be complicated. A particularly complex supply chain makes it easy for us to to skip the questions we’ve begun asking more frequently about our food: Who grew this? Where? How? The Crop to Cup Coffee Company was [...] -
peter.hobbs May 12
Rumors have been swirling over the past year about Bacon Marmalade, an elusive and highly sought-after invention supposedly created by a chef in Greenpoint. Wide-eyed devotees of the mysterious marmalade talk about its almost magical, mystical properties when added to a sandwich, stirred into pan with greens or seafood, or used as a marinade on [...]
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George Weld, owner of Egg restaurant and Goatfell Farm “He came over one morning and looked at that shovel leaning up against the house, and he didn’t say anything, but I just saw ...
Josh Sharkey and Brandon Gillis of Park Slope's Bark Hot Dogs “Some people thought we were crazy. They’d ask, ‘So what are you guys gonna do?’ We’d say, &#...
It’s that time of the year when many of us city dwellers make our annual pilgrimage to lie in the sand at the edge of the sea, for a few hours, or a few ...
Luke Jackson, Perry Gargano, Justin Warner and George McNeese of Bed Stuy's 'Do or Dine' “Until we opened, the only late-night dining option other than fried chicken was a shitty ...
Renae and Neill and Holland of Bon Chovie with their dog, Bea Arthur “And he said in this total New York accent, ‘You know…a young strapping man…a young beautiful bride…You’...
Is chocolate is better when the cacao beans travel by sail? We'll find out soon. A seafaring tale with hints of smuggling, intrigue, stormy seas and a booty of sustainably-grown cacao beans? Yes ...
Park Slope-based photographer Valery Rizzo is back this month with a bevy of portraits taken at Greenmarkets across Brooklyn. Over the course of a few weekends, Valery worked the Greenpoint/McCarren Park and Grand Army ...
Editor’s Note: Allison Robicelli returns with a rant on the blood-boiling frustration that comes with trying to land a cookbook deal – with her trying to land a cookbook deal, anyway. The fact ...
Craig Frymark and Evan Klein of Barrier Brewing Co. “On Evan’s very first brew day here, he got heatstroke.” -Craig Frymark Simply put, local upstart Barrier Brewing is killing it. The year-old, ...
Fleisher’s Meats, one of New York’s first sustainably-focused butcheries, is set to return to Brooklyn this fall. Founded in 1901 in what’s now Windsor Terrace, Fleisher’s was ...
By day, Christopher Nicolson is a winemaker at the Red Hook Winery. But for two months every summer, he joins his family at a remote fish camp on the shores of Bristol Bay, Alaska to fish wild sockeye salmon.
Annie Novak, picking lettuce by skyline light at Greenpoint's Eagle Street Rooftop Farm When Annie Novak of Greenpoint’s Eagle Street Rooftop Farm put the word out that she’d be opening the ...
“Good meat is homemade, it’s freshly ground spices, and it’s care for the method. It’s not looking for shortcuts, and that’s what the average deli became – ‘how can we ...
Seafood is usually a commodity – we rarely know who caught our fish, how it was caught, and even when it was caught. Sea to Table is changing the game by introducing chefs to fishermen from Tobago to Alaska and points between, and enabling them to work directly together to get the freshest fish possible to your plate.
Allison Robicelli - mom, chef, writer and cupcake visionary by Allison Robicelli Like every other mother, I think I’m the worst mom ever. From the moment I learned I was pregnant, I was bombarded ...
