On this continent, the bountiful American chestnut (Castanea dentate) once provided food and shade for man, bird and beast—from the Atlantic to the Mississippi.
Food For Thought
Just because winter has set in doesn’t mean all signs of life have disappeared from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden–in fact, nothing could be farther from the truth. Especially on Friday, February 10 from 8pm to midnight, when you can be transported to Latin America at LUSH, an evening of tastes and sounds (and dancing) in celebration of BBG’s collection of 6,000 (and counting) tropical orchids.
We’ve got two free tickets to give away to Wednesday’s dinner, which Bubby’s is calling a “feast spectacle.” The menu is based on the fantastic list of American foods Twain listed out in his 1907 book A Tramp Abroad, essentially a list of what the author was longing to eat upon his return from Europe–he called their food “insipid.”
Approaching its 100th birthday, the country’s oldest children’s garden gets young hands into city soil.
Goat dairies have a glut of baby boys — and need you to help eat them.
Cooperative Efforts: Hard at work on the new store. Photo by Kelsy Chauvin/Greene Hill Food…
If your current quaffs include that limited edition Lambrusco and the new rosé from Long Island’s Croteaux, chances are you live in Brooklyn.
