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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 [...] -
lentejasrojas Jun 07
Editors Note: Long before it was culinary chic to retrofit a truck to sling awesome food, the Red Hook Ballfield Vendors started doing it out of necessity. When the city threatened to shut down the freewheeling weekly Latin-American food fest, Cesar Fuentes took it upon himself to stand up for his community of vendors, and helped [...] -
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 [...] -
jasonmgreenberg Jun 03
A mere stone’s throw from bustling Flatbush Avenue, on the charming residential Carlton Ave, lies the restaurant James. One of Brooklyn’s hidden gems. We talked with Chef Bryan Calvert who, along with his wife Deborah Williamson, owns and operates this small, intimate restaurant with an accessible, American-influenced menu.
So Bryan, can you tell me a little about how [...]
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peter.hobbs May 27
Sycamore Flower Shop & Bar in Ditmas Park is like an oasis in a dream. Stumbling into Ditmas after passing through the surrounding city’s dense canyons of brownstone, brick and concrete leaves many first time visitors awestruck, as they’re greeted by block after block of big Victorian houses, sprawling lawns, wraparound porches and quiet tree-lined [...] -
Jacque S May 27
by Jacque Lynn Schiller The Clover Club in Cobble Hill is, if anything, gorgeous: rich wood, tin ceilings, chandeliers… But don’t let the opulence intimidate. The bar staff is friendly and know their old time cocktails. And someone in the kitchen, Executive Chef Craig Rivard to be exact, knows his bar snacks. We melted into one [...] -
peter.hobbs May 27
By Leda Meredith Two delicious vegetables plus several kinds of herbal medicine from one plant: what’s not to love? The plant is burdock ( Arctium lappa and A. minus ). One of the two vegetables it produces is in season for only a few weeks, and that season is now. I often say “One person’s weeds are another person’s dinner,” [...] -
peter.hobbs May 26
By Jackie Goldstein I recently had the pleasure of joining Scott Bridi, the founder of Brooklyn Cured , as he cooked for a small group of friends at his cousin’s apartment. These dinners are a somewhat regular occurrence – with so much time spent at work, hand-crafting his line of pates, sausages, and rillettes, Scott loves the chance [...]
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For the latest episode of Food.Curated, Greenpointer Liza de Guia takes us out to sea with Mike Martinsen and Mike Doall, founders of the Montauk Shellfish Company, which produces the coveted Montauk Pearl oysters. ...
The 3rd Annual Next Big Small Brand Contest – a steel cage match between fledgling food brands from New York City and the Bay Area in which the winner is awarded branding and PR work, ...
Brooklynite Liz Neves, founder of Raganella Botanical Solutions, is an herbal alchemist of sorts. She specializes in tea blends, tinctures, and body care products, most of which she makes with wild foraged, and organic locally ...
For the latest episode of Food Curated, Liza de Guia takes us inside Bark Hot Dogs, Park Slope’s sustainable-minded, ingredient-driven fast-food joint, for a look at the Bark Butter – a clandestine condiment developed ...
Liza de Guia of Food Curated has a new gig making videos for Chow.com’s series running on NY1. In her first report, she takes a look at a perfect winter bar snack – the ...
Remember that Hurricane Irene thing? The powerful storm was bearing down on New York City. Entire neighborhoods were evacuated. The national media was whipping the country into a tizzy with minute-by-minute reporting on the biblical ...
If you like ‘good food,’ you see some things over and over – heirloom tomatoes, pastured pork, rooftop greens and natural wines, anyone? And then there are the things you’ll probably only see ...
Donny Tsang's Foodaissance photo project is on display at the James Beard House through October. Pictured: Jen King and Liz Gutman of Liddabit Sweets. © Donny Tsang Food photographer (and occasional Nona contributor) Donny ...
What better to do on a rainy day than sit back and relax with a fresh, warm episode of Food. Curated? In her latest outing, Liza de Guia takes a trip to Goatfell Farm, the ...
Hang onto your hats - Irene is coming. Photo courtesy The Telegraph (BNPS). When a hurricane has you in its sights, we all know we’re supposed to stock up on batteries, candles, water ...
We here at Nona Brooklyn think there’s nothing wrong with a little food porn. When the only thing being objectified is a hibiscus doughnut, or a burger cooked in duck fat, or a ...
Smoked fish is a classic New York delicacy, and Acme Smoked Fish in Greenpoint, Brooklyn has been smoking with the best since the early 1900s. Liza de Guia caught up with Acme’s chief ...
Yes, Liza de Guia’s latest episode of Food Curated just may change your life. This week, she shines the spotlight on Michael Kurtz, a pizza maker at Greenpoint’s Paulie Gee’s and an ...
Local, sustainably-farmed, grass-fed meat is hot. As the rising tide of interest in understanding where our food actually comes from has shed light on the oh-so-nasty realities of industrialized meat production (you know – feedlots, ...
We’re big fans of Liza de Guia’s Food Curated. Her video profiles of local artisanal food makers, farmers, fishermen and chefs bring Brooklyn’s food community to life in a way that’s ...
