Last week, in need of a mid-afternoon jolt, I wandered over to Union Market to get a cup of coffee. But when walking by the frozen dessert section, I spotted something way better: Vietnamese coffee ice cream. Phin and Phebes is a small-batch ice cream company that originated in Brooklyn. Jess Eddy and Crista Freeman started [...]
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Grady’s Cold Brew
Summer is long gone, but I’m still finding myself craving iced coffee in the morning. I blame the radiator. Like many NY apartment dwellers, I have no control over the heat, so once the heat comes on for the season, the entire apartment becomes a furnace unless you leave the windows wide open. This is [...]
Industry City Distillery, a Photo Tour
Last Sunday my friend Veronica organized a tour at Industry City Distillery on the western edge of Sunset Park. The area reminded me of both Red Hook and Gowanus, with big warehouse spaces turned into production/artists spaces, and right on the water. Definitely a place I wouldn’t mind spending a Sunday afternoon, especially when vodka-tasting is involved. Industry City [...]
Food-Inspired Tote Bags
1. Let’s Make Thai Food Tote, Brooklyn Brainery 2. Momofuku peach tote 3. Pasta Bolognese and Salad Nicoise totes, One & the Same 4. Tiki Bon Shopper, Kate Spade 5. Cheese Survival Kit tote, Brooklyn Slate Co. 6. “Delicious Ices” tote, Gillian Kyle It’s hard to have enough tote bags, especially if you do as much grocery and food styling prop shopping as I [...]
Brooklyn Homebrew Tour
Josh Bernstein is a Brooklyn-based writer, specializing in all things beer-related, and the author of Brewed Awakening: Behind the Beers and Brewers Leading the World’s Craft Brewing Revolution. He also leads monthly homebrew tours around Brooklyn and Manhattan. I first heard about them through my friends Barb and Max, who have been on a couple tours through Williamsburg and Park Slope [...]
- Tom’s Restaurant April 28, 2013
- Avocado and Coconut Smoothie April 25, 2013
- Cherry Blossoms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden April 21, 2013
- Easy Kale and Quinoa Pilaf April 17, 2013
- Brooklyn Loves Boston April 16, 2013
- Squibb Park Bridge in Photos April 14, 2013
- The Best Orange Bread You’ll Ever Have March 27, 2012
- Buttermilk Roast Chicken April 12, 2012
- Homemade Coconut Granola August 15, 2012
- Coq au Riesling October 1, 2012
- Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies February 27, 2012
- Blueberry Mint Iced Tea May 30, 2012