This Saturday night bk farmyards hosts a $40 fundraiser dinner: It will be local produce prepared by a slew of local restaurants right in the Kingston Avenue fields where it was grown by Brooklyn students with help from bk farmyards. Best yet: You can take the subway!
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We’re pleased to note that Bark, Franny’s, Betto, Mile End, Do or Dine, Fatty ‘Cue, the Meat Hook, Brooklyn Kitchen and Palo Santo have all added their names to the list of restaurants and shops contributing to post-hurricane farm relief via Dine Out Irene.
The Edible Brooklyn cookbook made Eater National’s fall cookbook list. Not surprising, considering so many of you are in it. The book arrives in the borough on October 4, but we sure wouldn’t mind if you pre-ordered a copy on Amazon.
With help from Laena McCarthy, who runs Brooklyn’s Anarchy in a Jar, head Brooklyn Grange farm guy Ben Flanner uses tomatillos, chiles and an surprising selection of herbs from his Long Island City fields to create salsa verde that’s bright, layered with flavor and utterly fantastic. Damn, is this stuff good.
Thanks to Pig Island, a heritage breed hog is headed to the AutoGarden, the urban gardening and food program run by Jenny Kessler at Automotive High School, a public school in Brooklyn. (And tickets are still available as the 20 participating chefs gather to get their locally and sustainably raised pigs in Union Square from upstate farmers.)
Long Island’s second annual HARVEST fest includes a series of 10-mile dinners: Six meals at six different beautiful homes on the East End, each hosted by a winery and a local chef. (There’s also a not-to-be-missed Festival Tasting on September 17 featuring 20 restaurants and as many wineries.)
Farmers from around our region were hit hard by Hurricane Irene. To help them, please participate in Dine Out Irene on September 25.
The Edibles are definition hyper-local publications. But at heart we’re food lovers, fans of Caribbean turtle…
Chances are–unless you’re a vegetarian–some kind of pork is going onto some kind of grill…
In the past few days news of serious and continued flooding, power outages and other serious damage in agricultural areas outside of the city have come to light. Many acres are still underwater–but there are a few places that are already collecting donations or gathering help.
The next installment in our How-To series will help you master home coffee-making. The experts from Dallis Bros. will show you how to pull shots of espresso, Blue Bottle will talk about better brewing methods, and Gorilla will show you how to roast beans in an ordinary frying pan.
Two of our favorite borough organizations — bk farmyards and Purple Kale Kitchenworks — are currently on the hunt for fall interns. Here’s the scoop for all you Edible readers looking to get your hands dirty for good causes.
