Aftertaste:
There Goes the Neighborhood

Just as the Lenape Indians once did, artist Christina Kelly grows maize at the corner of Bergen and Smith.

Retirement Notice:
Mourning Georgie’s Mozzarella

After 75 years, the leading lady of latticini has called it a day.

Back of the House:
The Grocery

Don’t you dare call it a Mom and Pop.

Edible Escapades:
Get Thee to a Winery

Our guide to spectacular sipping on Long Island’s East End.

Foodshed:
Breadwinners

Local grains gain ground.

Iconic Foods:
Egg Cream

A new generation discovers the century-old sparkly sweet beverage.

The Reel World:
Strait Smarts

Ben Sargent searches for Brooklyn’s biggest hooker.

The Brooklyn Fridge:
Angélique Kidjo

From Benin to Brooklyn.

Higher Ed:
Class Is In Session

Brooklyn brims with culinary courses.
To the list of reasons to live here, add this one: walking access to some of the best cooking classes in the country. Whether you want to conquer kimchi, homebrew how-to, go pro or simply…

Notable Edibles:
A Sparkling Mead Maker Takes a Bite Out of the Apple

Raphael Lyon transforms apples and honey into sparkling mead.

Notable Edibles:
Reading About Eating

We’re blessed by photo editor Michael Harlan Turkell’s picture prowess, but his culinary connections are just as much a marvel. Want to take him to a crazy-good calzone place you just discovered? He’s been eating their spleen sandwiches forever. Want…

Urban Herbs

To help celebrate its 100th anniversary, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden has gifted itself a brand new herb garden, but if you’re picturing a few pots of parsley, think again. The new garden is a BK version of a potager, the…

Notable Edibles:
Plow to Pint

As readers of our summer issue will recall, New York was once the world’s biggest exporter of hops—those climbing vines whose flowers provide the bitterness in beer—by the millions of pounds. These days, even the most sustainably minded local brewers…

Notable Edibles:
The Best of the Bunch

Greenmarket groupies love to debate which farmer has the plushest plums, the hottest habaneros or the finest fennel. But when it comes to grapes, there’s no contest: The Blue Ribbon goes to Ken and Eileen Farnan of Buzzard Crest Vineyards,…

Notable Edibles:
May the Best Eaters Win: Edible’s Eat Drink Local Challenge

We believe harvest season is cause for celebration and in that spirit we’re joining forces with Edibles statewide and the Greenmarket geniuses at GrowNYC to present our second annual Eat Drink Local week, September 26 to October 6. (Yes, that…

Grist for the Mill:
Letter From The Editor

Letter from the Editor

Fall 2010

IN THIS ISSUE

6

GRIST FOR THE MILL

9

NOTABLE EDIBLES
May the best eaters win: Edible’s Eat Drink Local Challenge.
The best of the bunch.
Plow to pint.
Urban herbs.
Reading about eating.
A sparkling mead maker takes a…