Dale Talde on Watching, Not Pulling Punches, and The Importance of Getting...
Dale Talde, at the helm in his eponymous 'Asian-American' restaurant in Park Slope. “I don’t think I would have been able to be where I am today unless I’d gotten to watch myself being a total dick on...
View ArticleWhat’s Good Today? The Somerset, An Alpine Style Cheese From The Hills Of New...
Today we stop by Valley Shepherd Creamery, the Park Slope shop owned and operated by a dairy farm and cheese making outfit in Long Valley, New Jersey, only a short hour and a half west of Brooklyn, but...
View ArticleNo Sleep ‘Til…Fleisher’s Meats Is Coming Back to Brooklyn
Fleisher’s Meats, one of New York’s first sustainably-focused butcheries, is set to return to Brooklyn this fall. Founded in 1901 in what’s now Windsor Terrace, Fleisher’s was one of the first...
View ArticleBark’s Brandon Gillis Tells the Tale of Brooklyn’s Hottest ‘Haute’ Dog
Josh Sharkey and Brandon Gillis of Park Slope's Bark Hot Dogs “Some people thought we were crazy. They’d ask, ‘So what are you guys gonna do?’ We’d say, ‘We’re gonna do hot dogs!’ And they were like,...
View ArticleIn Search of The Source at Café Grumpy
Caroline Bell (owner) and Colleen Duhamel (coffee buyer) of Cafe Grumpy “I don’t know…maybe that sounds like a hippie thing or something…but that’s just the way we do things!” –Caroline Bell This...
View ArticleA Cut Above: Fleisher’s Grass-Fed & Organic Meats Returns to Brooklyn
Jessica Applestone, co-owner of Fleisher's Grass-Fed and Organic Meats outside their new Park Slope location. The new shop opens today. (Pictured with Schmutz Applestone - and yes, Fleisher's makes...
View ArticleStraight from the Farm: Valley Shepherd Creamery Sets Up Shop in Park Slope
Valley Shepherd Creamery, a cheese-making dairy farm in New Jersey, is opening a shop in Park Slope Is Park Slope morphing into a permanent Greenmarket? Local meat haven Fleisher’s opened a Slope...
View ArticleBrooklyn Thanksgiving Potluck: Beer Selections from Bierkraft
Editor’s note: With a rotating selection of fourteen local and global craft beers on tap, a couple of cask beers on barrel, hundreds of bottled varieties in the case, and homemade mad-scientist...
View ArticleBrooklyn Thanksgiving Potluck: Walnut Sour Cream Apple Pie from Purple Kale...
Editor’s Note: At Purple Kale Kitchenworks, chef Ronna Welsh puts an innovative spin on cooking classes. Rather than focusing on recipes, she teaches a way of approaching cooking that allows developing...
View ArticleBrooklyn Thanksgiving Potluck: Slow Cooked Heritage Turkey in Green Mole, and...
Editor’s Note: Palo Santo chef and owner Jacques Gautier has a dedicated following in Park Slope. Fans crave his Latin-American and Caribbean-inspired cuisine, crafted with meticulously sourced local...
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