Monthly Archives: March 2010

Pub Grub: Union Hall

Editor’s Note: Pub Grub will be a new, irregular feature here on bklyn foodie. Because, obviously, what could be better than a good pub with good grub? A few days ago, in search of some good beer and food with a price tag on the lower end of things, Brian and I stumbled out of the [...]
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Jacques Torres vs. Russell Stover: The VV Easter Bunny Battle

Over at the Village Voice, our favorite critic Robert Sietsema has put the chocolate Easter bunny to the test with a dual between the hollow, dark chocolate Jaques Torres Easter bunny ($9) and the classic, solid milk chocolate Russell Stover rendition ($3.89 at Duane Reade). The winner? Jacques Torres, naturally. But, Sietsema wrote, it was just [...]
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Christopher Columbus (This Is Not) India Pale Ale

It’s been some time since the brewing of my second batch of homebrew, an IPA, and it’s finally ready. An unscheduled trip down to Dogfish Head in Delaware delayed my dry-hopping, pushing my fermentation a few days longer before bottling, so my apologies on the wait — mainly sorry for myself that I had to [...]
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Fatty ‘Cue: The Wait Was Worth It!

There is barbecue, and then there is Fatty ’Cue — Zak Pelaccio’s new Williamsburg restaurant that hopes to redefine the way you think about barbecue. The new eatery is a much-delayed dream two years in the making — the fusion of Pelaccio’s well-known take on Southeast Asian fare prevalent throughout the Fatty franchise, and the [...]
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The Ultimate Carrot Cake

Carrot cake, like cilantro and a few other foods I can think of, seems to be one of those foods with the distinct ability to completely polarize groups of people: either it’s your absolute favorite cake or you completely hate it. Most of our friends are luckily extreme carrot cake people, to the point that [...]
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Almondine: Best Croissants in Brooklyn

As a little kid, I relished the big 12-pack Costco croissants my mom would bring home, ridiculously buttery, a bit soggy, and toasted for a few minutes until warm. I still remember eating them for breakfast at my third grade birthday sleepover – slathered with even more butter and jam. Since then, I suppose I [...]
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New York Homebrew Tour

For some reason, homebrew always inspires charity; once you’ve labored over your boiled wort, waited and waited and then bottled it, then waited and waited again, there’s this easily satiable impulse to give it all away. Thankfully, homebrewers usually want to share their discoveries with whomever will listen, and get even more emphatic when they [...]
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Early Bird Granola on Food Curated

I always knew that the secret to really good granola was a little bit of olive oil. Turns out, that’s what makes Early Bird Granola, a Brooklyn Flea regular, so damn good. Check out Liza de Guia’s Food Curated video on the granola biz below. Early Bird Granola: A Salty, Sweet Step Towards Mindful Eating [...]
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Butternut Squash Couscous

This recipe was an accidental creation inspired by a need for something delicious and healthy, when I knew I had a gooey St. Louis butter cake in the oven and a date with Brian to eat half of it in one sitting. So yeah, a healthy dinner was in order. This was heavily adapted from a [...]
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The DIY Kitchen: Notes on Ultra-Pasteurized Milk

After a whole bunch of cheese making this weekend, I thought that today’s DIY Kitchen post should detail some notes on the types of milk that are best for this whole process. For recipes on how to make fresh goat cheese or ricotta, check out the recipes page. Ultra-Pasteurized Milk: Confusingly, this milk is also [...]
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