After a fire in early January destroyed one of their Williamsburg shops, Oslo Coffee Roasters prepares to get back to business.
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Several weeks ago we promised you all, dear readers, that you could read to our first-ever H20 issue on your iPad. Wouldn’t that have been great? Unfortunately, thanks to some sort of iTunes disappearing act, the app vanished the moment we told you about it. But now it’s back!
Hungry? Our events calendar has loads of Edible events around the city, like An Evening with Mark Bittman where he’ll speak on “The Future of Food” and discuss how we can eat for the health of our bodies and the planet. Here’s what’s happening this week.
With warmer weather arriving, bits of watercress will be popping up everywhere around the city. But as urban forager extraordinarie Marie Viljoen warns, don’t pick it!
Jeanne Hodesh of Greenmarkets tells us what green goodies to look for while we’re waiting for spring produce to arrive.
Hungry? Our events calendar has loads of Edible events around the city, like our Food Media 101 expert panel at Brooklyn Brewery. Here’s what’s happening this week.
Last week, New Yorkers sipped from beakers and toasted with test tubes at the World Science Festival Gala. Over hors d’oeuvres, dinner and desserts prepared with carbon dioxide tanks, high-speed evaporators and centrifuges, attendees celebrated the 60th anniversary of James D. Watson’s co-discovery of the structure of DNA.
Accidental fig farmer Nelson Ryland runs the family business with the help of his two oldest sons, Jack, 6, and Sam, 4. At the company headquarters—a beautiful Victorian house in Ditmas Park–fig tree cuttings spill out into every available space.
In our current issue Paul Greenberg, author of the James Beard-award winning New York Times bestseller Four Fish, recalls the time he caught 50 pounds of mackerel on a boat from Sheepshead Bay. Having no idea how to preserve the highly perishable fish, he called on the wisdom of the East and Far East and ended up with enough sushi and pickled fish to last two months.
Soon, very soon, growing edible things will emerge from the soil, spreading locavore joy throughout the land. Among these early crops, ramps–those garlic-scented slender bulbs that taste like onions and make a million dishes more delicious–have garnered such a following, there’s a whole festival dedicated to celebrating their arrival.
Hungry? Our events calendar has loads of Edible events around the city, like tonight’s premiere of American Meat. Here’s what’s happening this week
This spring not one, but TWO movies about the meat industry are screening in the city. Who knew April and May would be so carnivorous?
