On Saturday, April 14 more than 50 food and farm getaway destinations within a day’s drive or train ride of NYC will be exhibiting on the main floor of Skylight One Hanson in the old Art Deco Williamsburgh Savings Bank, as part of the second annual EscapeMaker.com Local Food & Travel Expo.
Travel
For a week I had the pleasure of staying with my younger sister in Puerto Vallarta, where she’d rented an apartment on a steep hill straight up from Mexico’s rugged western coastline for four, 80-degree weather winter months
Just because winter has set in doesn’t mean all signs of life have disappeared from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden–in fact, nothing could be farther from the truth. Especially on Friday, February 10 from 8pm to midnight, when you can be transported to Latin America at LUSH, an evening of tastes and sounds (and dancing) in celebration of BBG’s collection of 6,000 (and counting) tropical orchids.
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.
In our current issue we profiled the Bushwick fridge of Kid Millions–aka musician John Colpitts—the drummer for and co-founder of Oneida, a loud, weird, brainy Brooklyn band that has produced more than a dozen albums since 1997, and whose psychedelic/ electronic noise-rock is now a linchpin of the country’s underground music scene. The band are also road foodies par excellence: This past summer, in fact, they toured Europe, and the following dining diary (with pictures!) was kept by Millions’ fellow bandmate, Bobby Matador.
We hope our first-ever travel issue is as much fun for you to read as…
Learn the finer points of farm-to-table food in one stunning seaside setting, thanks to a traveling crew of Brooklyn butchers and chefs.
While we’ve been singing the praises of our Eat Drink Local restaurant partners in the big city–offering special menus through tomorrow, June 30–this weeklong food chain celebration is actually a much bigger affair. Farmers, winemakers, brewers and other food and…
Ok, people, get your appetites ready for Eat Drink Local Week, which kicks off tomorrow night at a very special cast of restaurants on the South and North Forks (and all across the Empire State). Each of the following restaurants has put together a special Eat Drink Local prix fixe menu to highlight the seven […]
