The Making of a School Cookbook
Comment | April 16, 2012 | By Brian Halweil | Photographs by Lindsay Morris
It takes a village to translate one mother’s vision into a catalog of food heritage.
Recent Posts by Brian Halweil
Edible Roadtrip: Yogurt, Kim Chi, Rockabilly Farmers and Bipartisan Support Kick Off the Boulder Farmers Market Season
Comment | April 9, 2012 | By Brian Halweil
BOULDER, COLO.–The bustle at the season opening of the Boulder County Farmers Market on Saturday–not unlike Union Square Greenmarket in July–wasn’t surprising considering this college town has become a hot bed of local food startups, propelled by receptive farmers market shoppers, supportive grocers like Whole Foods Market and Alfalfa’s, and recent changes in Colorado law. [...]
Beer Tasting Update: Pickles, Oysters, Chips and Small-Batch Eats to Munch with the Brooklyn Gold Standard
Comment | April 7, 2012 | By Brian Halweil
Last week we told you that Edible East End and the Brooklyn Brewery were holding a party at the Bellmore, Long Island craft beer bar Effin Gruven on Thursday, April 26, to celebrate the Nassau and Suffolk County rollout of the latest Brewmaster Reserve release from the brewery. (Register for the free tasting here, as [...]
Bolted Tatsoi on Shelter Island and Other Signs of Our Coming Spring Issue
Comment | April 3, 2012 | By Brian Halweil
It seems that whenever we’re readying a Spring Issue for the printer, which we’re doing right now with our Wine Issue spectacular in honor of the sixth annual Brooklyn Uncorked on May 9, I get overwhelmed by an avalanche of great stories that I can’t possibly squeeze into the limited page count. It’s a seasonal [...]
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about CSAs on Long Island
Comment | March 30, 2012 | By Brian Halweil | Photographs by Matthew Furman
Followers of Edible East End will know that we are big fans of the CSA. We quote mushroom grower David Falkowski praising the concept, and have photographed a family that turned their backyard over to a CSA. Our first cover girls were CSA farmers (Amber Waves Farm), as were our first cover girl and boy [...]
Beer in Bellmore: Come sample the Brooklyn Brewery’s latest release with Edible.
Comment | March 27, 2012 | By Brian Halweil
Calling all Long Island beer aficionados. Edible East End and the Brooklyn Brewery invite you to craft beer bar Effin Gruven in Bellmore on Thursday, April 26, to celebrate the Nassau and Suffolk County rollout of the latest Brewmaster Reserve release from the brewery. (Register for the free tasting here, as space is limited.) Garrett [...]
This Weekend’s Food and Drink Tips for Montauk’s Massive St. Patty’s Day Parade
Comment | March 23, 2012 | By Brian Halweil
If you missed Gotham’s St. Patty’s Day Parade last weekend, no worries. The Montauk Friends of Erin decided to bump their parade–the second largest in the Empire State, and the 50th anniversary of the Montauk parade–to this weekend, apparently so the hardcore revelers can attend both parades. As per tradition, we planted our peas last [...]
Snag Your Multi-Culti Cookbook Before They’re All Gone
Comment | March 21, 2012 | By Brian Halweil
As local cookbook author Lauren Chattman recently reported on her blog Sag Harbor Days, the just-released Multi-Culti cookbook, a compilation of international recipes from the heritage of families in Sag Harbor School district, is selling like hotcakes at PTA meetings and other school functions. We don’t often think of the East End as a hotbed [...]