Artisan Profile: Ronna Welsh of Purple Kale Kitchen Works

Posted by Nona Brooklyn
Nov 12 2010 on

After working late on a weeknight, you rush home, drop your coat and bag on the couch, and open the fridge hoping to find something quick and satisfying to make for dinner. You eye that ...

 

Artisan Profile: A.B. Smeby Bitters

Posted by Nona Brooklyn
Oct 29 2010 on

Bitters have a long and storied history. They came to prominence in this country as medicinal tinctures in the mid-nineteenth century, when tax laws and the temperance movement made traditional liquor consumption both pricey and ...

 

Artisan Profile: Bread Alone

Posted by Nona Brooklyn
Oct 15 2010 on

If you spend a lazy autumn afternoon grazing your way through the superb food offerings at Brooklyn Flea; browsing the local, small-batch artisanal delectables on the shelves at shops like Blue Apron, Brooklyn Larder, or ...

 

Artisan Profile: The D.P. Chutney Collective

Posted by Nona Brooklyn
Oct 08 2010 on

By Kimberly Maul “Chutney isn’t just something you get with Indian takeout,” says Drake Page, the chutney-master behind Greenpoint-based D.P. Chutney Collective. When the great chutney Diaspora brought the sweet and spicy condiments ...

 

Artisan Profile: The Milk Truck

Posted by Nona Brooklyn
Oct 02 2010 on

By Emily Shesh The perfect grilled cheese sandwich may be the Holy Grail for sandwich makers (and lovers). It doesn’t get any simpler—and yet somehow any harder—than combining toasted bread, butter, and ...

 

Artisan Profile: Sixpoint Craft Ales

Posted by Nona Brooklyn
Sep 24 2010 on

Sixpoint Craft Ales and Pacific Standard Brew A Craft Beer Love Child Brooklyn was one of the biggest beer brewing cities in the country from the 1870’s until the 1950’s. When Rheingold and ...

 

Artisan Profile: Fine & Raw Chocolate

Posted by Nona Brooklyn
Sep 08 2010 on

By Emily Shesh Chocolate is a wonder-food on many levels. Most would agree that good chocolate is one of the most sublime confections available on our fair planet. But many aren’t aware of the ...

 

Artisan Profile: Choncho’s Tacos and The Loading Dock

Posted by Nona Brooklyn
Sep 02 2010 on

By Kimberly Maul New York isn’t exactly known for its Mexican food, and many California transplants complain of the lack of a good fish taco here in the city. Luckily for us, Southern ...

 

Artisan Profile: Robicelli’s Cupcakes

Posted by Nona Brooklyn
Aug 25 2010 on

By Kimberly Maul As some of you may have noticed, certain cupcake makers nowadays have elevated the mini-confection to the level of true culinary art. Allison and Matt Robicelli of Bay Ridge are making rich ...

 

Artisan Profile: Brooklyn Honey

Posted by Nona Brooklyn
Aug 19 2010 on

By Kimberly Maul Just imagine bees lifting off from rooftop hives in Brooklyn, flying west over trees and rooftops, crossing high above the tugboats pushing barges on the East river, and navigating the canyons of ...

 

Local Profile: Da Vine Provisions

Posted by Nona Brooklyn
Aug 12 2010 on

By Kimberly Maul Finding the perfect wine-and-cheese combination can be a challenge. Luckily, Brooklyn native Alyssa Becker is making it a bit easier for Boerum Hill locals, with the recent opening of Da Vine Provisions, ...

 

Artisan Profile: SCRATCHbread’s Matthew Tilden

Posted by Nona Brooklyn
Aug 04 2010 on

By Kimberly Maul Matt Tilden’s SCRATCHbread project has never had it easy. But Matt’s passion for making some of the best baked goods in Brooklyn has powered him past all kinds of obstacles. ...

 

Artisan Profile: Ted & Honey Café’s Ted Jackson

Posted by Nona Brooklyn
Jul 30 2010 on

This week Nona is giving away five $15 gift certificates to Ted & Honey Café in Cobble Hill. Since opening in June of 2008, Ted & Honey has been a Cobble Hill favorite, largely due ...

 

Artisan Profile: Four & Twenty Blackbirds’ Emily and Melissa Elsen

Posted by Nona Brooklyn
Jul 28 2010 on

By Kimberly Maul Since its opening in April, Four and Twenty Blackbirds has made its mark on the Brooklyn food scene, appearing on The Cooking Channel’s Unique Eats, as well as in New ...