For Independence Day menu inspiration, consider “The Kindest Cut of Meat is Ground,” in today’s Times, where I argue that ground is “the most sustainable, economical, gastronomically flexible and morally responsible cut of meat.”
Recipes
School’s out, the kids are free and everybody’s thirsty. While we’re usually big advocates of adult drinks this time of year, here’s a recipe that’s sure to please the kids, as well as the child inside of all of us: horchata.
Hot days like today call for cold drinks. Check out this recipe for an all local cocktail called the Local Berry Rosado, which is served at Nick and Toni’s in Manhattan and features vodka from Finger Lakes Distilling–one of New York state’s first small-batch spirits startups.
If you missed Gabrielle Langholtz, our editor-in-chief, on Fox News this morning talking about maple syrup–how it’s harvested in our foodshed, how to cook with it, how this has been one of the shortest seasons in recent history–take a look-see right here.
Recipes for Momofuku Cereal Milk, Stinky Bklyn’s five cheese mac and cheese, and other online extras to the stories in our current issue dairy-themed issue, which hit streets last week:
“It’s a nice segue, for hair-of-the-dog purposes,” explains Rye bartender Casey Van Heel, adding that the drink is something of an “adult milkshake.”
In coffee lingo, what you want atop a macchiato isn’t whipped cream but “microfoam,” and from Munson’s perspective, whole milk wasn’t rich enough, while half-and-half was a little too heavy.
There are those who like pizza and those who love pizza. The lovers were at the Brooklyn Brewery this past Wednesday evening for How to Knead, Top and Toss, the latest installment in our How To series that taught pizza fans all they needed to know about creating the perfect pie.
Milk Thistle Farm’s unexpected demise ends a sweet partnership.
I wager it would take a lifetime to try every type of smoked meat, smothered vegetable or stuffed dumpling found in the Polish meat markets, delis and food shops that dot the streets of Greenpoint, even if you were a native.
“I woke up singing Mario Batali’s ‘Spaghetti with Sweet 100 Tomatoes,’ ” says Hearst, and I was, like, ‘Oh, I know how to make it!’”
