Those bemoaning the loss of Smorgasberg, Williamsburg’s Sunday food frenzy by the sea, will find…
Tag: Brooklyn Brewery
Beer + Food + Film + Whiskey + Pickles + Jerky + Cocktails=What’s Ahead on The Edible Event Calendar
From a pairing at Brooklyn Oeneology wine shop with everybody’s favorite snack (pickles) to a beer-centric movie night, here are a couple of events going on around the borough soon that we think you’ll enjoy. Be sure to check out the citywide events calendar Edible Manhattan keeps for more suggestions–and don’t forget to mark yours for February 28, which will be the first Edible event of 2012: It’s Good Spirits, a celebration of seasonal cocktails and local liquors. (Hurry on over here to purchase your $35 Early Bird ticket before they’re all sold out.)
Most of us in Brooklyn have heard of Sakura Matsuri, the Japan-centric spring festival the Botanic Garden hosts each May when the cherry blossoms bloom. But you can have a Matsuri in fall too, and that’s exactly what’s going down at Brooklyn Brewery on November 10, thanks to the non-profit Gohan Society, which promotes Japan’s culinary culture here in the States.
Last week the topic of the latest installment in Edible’s How-To lecture series was Dairy. Anne Saxelby of Saxelby Cheesemongers started off the evening with a discussion of affinage, or the art of maturing and aging cheeses, showing three different blocks of the same cheese at different stages courtesy Jasper Hill Farm. Fromager Tia Keenan continued with a lecture on cheese boards, using cheese from Lucy’s Whey. Keenan showed how to arrange cheeses from left to right, and from mild to complex. She also urged folks to have fun with pairings and play with sweet and spicy flavors, like nori, sesame brittle, strawberry jam, or our favorite, chocolate and blue cheese.
Last spring when we were doing research for our profile of Garrett Oliver, the brewmaster for Brooklyn Brewery, we spoke to the obvious folks: Other respected craft brewers, bar owners, beverage writers and experts in the beverage. But unlike most brewer write-ups, this particular piece required a call to the editors at Oxford University Press, that ultra-prestigious publishing house that puts out every-thing-you-wanted-to-know tomes on food and drink.
That old saw cautions not to judge a book by its cover, but when it comes to our hot-off-the presses cookbook, go right ahead.
Keep a copy in your suitcase, and wherever life takes you, it will point you to superlative suds.
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.
Over the past few months Edible Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Brewery have been hosting a slew…
Keith Orwasher (left) with a few of his incredible Upper East Side-baked loaves. Next Wednesday…
The abandoned factories of East Williamsburg might not be as stroll-worthy as so many finial-finished…
