Marie Viljoen is always one step ahead of the rest of us, putting up preserves or drying botanicals to make it through the long, nothing-is-growing-anymore winter. In our current issue she tells us how she captured the essence of summer in a bottle of homemade Cornelian cherry bitters, which she uses to shake up inspired cocktails in the cold months.
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When Superstorm Sandy gave Red Hook a brackish bashing, Fort Defiance took it on the chin.
You can’t live here and not make them. It’s against The Rules.
On November 18th urban forager and Edible contributor Marie Viljoen will give an illustrated talk at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden about what to forage in the five boroughs and what to do with your finds once they are in the kitchen
From August to early November, autumn-olive trees around the city are loaded with red currant-like berries, easily identifiable by their silver-stippled skins. In our current issue, Marie Viljoen shares tips for where to find the trees, when to taste the berries and how to turn the sweetly tart fruit into luscious autumn-olive jam.
In our current issue, Marie Viljoen tells the tale of how she fled loathesome landlords and found solace in a tiny apartment with 66 square feet of terrace space–now an edible jungle.
Five hundred and ninety-six acres is the area of vacant city-owned lots in Brooklyn
Why take a tiny apartment? Because the terrace offers room to grow.
From knotweed soup to pokeweed sandwiches, you should be eating foraged edibles.
