Bell Bialy converted me. They handed me—a bagel devotee—a hot bialy right off the line. After an oversize bite and 12 or so chews, I won’t ever go back.
Tag: Brooklyn
Soon you won’t need to leave the city to get salt water taffy and the memories of childhood summers at the beach that come along with it. Marisa Wu and Carolyn Walsh, candy lovers and partners at Salty Road taffy, are looking to bring their taffy business back to its original home in Brooklyn.
As I send our annual travel issue to the printer, I’m realizing, as Dorothy did, that there’s no place like home.
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“It’s definitely time for a trade show in Brooklyn focused exclusively on the borough’s talented tastemakers,” said Edible Brooklyn publisher Stephen Munshin to kick off Brooklyn Eats, a showcase of more than 100 local food and drink makers organized by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce as this borough’s answer to Manhattan’s Fancy Food Show.
This Wednesday nearly a hundred vendors will come together in South Williamsburg for the first ever food and beverage trade show in the borough of Kings (yippee! the list of participating vendors is basically the list of anyone in Brooklyn we’d ever want to interview about artisanal anything). With so many makers in one place–everything from kombucha, kimchi and jam to beef jerky and gin–the level of DIY deliciousness will be off the charts.
A tasting experience. A fancy 5-course meal. A moment to pause and focus on the beauty of a radish or the lushness of a pile of whipped brown butter as I spread it on a slice of housemade peasant bread. It’s hard to put Take Root into words, but suffice to say, it’s delicious.
On a nearly forgotten strip between the Navy Yard and DUMBO, amid the Greek Revival row houses and cobblestone, sits Vinegar Hill House. The cuisine is sometimes haute, sometimes down home Americana, but always outstanding.
If you couldn’t make it to the joyous sipping and supping fest that was Brooklyn Uncorked last week, check out this video recap. And remember that Long Island wine country is open all year long.
The summer issue of Edible Brooklyn is ripe for the reading! The pages are at the printer, but you can already read the digital edition on any screen, and we recommend doing so in the sun.
