These Syrups Are Sweet, But Not Simple

In the year since, the brand has expanded from that homegrown kitchen experiment to a fully fledged, full-time operation.

Union Beer Distributors

It takes a fleet of forklifts to take one down, pass it around.

To Steep, Perchance to Dream

A bitters startup finds sweet success.

Sometimes You Wanna Go Where Everybody Knows Your Name

From our current issue: Though their numbers have diminished over the decades, a few of the borough’s members-only social clubs still exist.

Boswyck Farms Is All Wet

The 49-year-old with a curly mop of hair and slightly hippie sensibility was a computer programmer until just three years ago.

Cocktails That Grow on Trees

After a year of eating wild foods, winter brings the season to drink them.

Snap Your Snack at Noon on the 24th; The Results Will Be Shown at the Brooklyn Art Library next Month

Comment | February 10, 2012 | By Rachel Wharton | Photographs by Rebecca McAlpin

The Art House Co-op–the folks behind the Sketchbook Project in the Brooklyn Art Library at 103 N. Third Street in Williamsburg–have launched another art project we’d like to bring your attention to. It’s called The Meal: Documenting a Global Snack, and on February 24th they’re asking photographers from around the world to participate by snapping what you’re snacking on at 12 pm EST and sending it to them as a 4×6 print by March 5th.

Tonight, Tomorrow or Monday: Go to the Underground Food Collective Dinner @SweetDeliver

Comment | By Rachel Wharton | Photographs by Mark Dohm

A few months ago we had the pleasure of attending one in a series of pop-up dinner parties at the Atlantic Avenue catering kitchen run by Kelly Geary, the cook and caterer behind the farm-centric company Sweet Deliverance and the author of the canning and pickling book Tart and Sweet. This weekend those pop-ups are back in action, and for the second time Geary is sharing her stoves with the Underground Food Collective from Madison, Wisc.

Coming up on the Events Calendar: Oysters on the Half Shell and Some Serious Cocktails

Comment | February 8, 2012 | By Michaela Johnson

In case you’ve lost count, there is a grand total of 20 days left until what has been called the best cocktail event in New York City. Good Spirits is our seasonal cocktail pairing party and all bias aside, this year’s line-up of participants is top-notch. It’s all going down downstairs at 82 Mercer in SoHo on February 28th. From 6 to 9 pm, you’ll be privy to incredible food and beverages (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic) and all it takes to partake is a $45 ticket, which can be bought here. In case you’re one of those types who likes to pre-plan what they’re going to eat, here’s a little taste of what’s in store for your palate:

Get Ready for Good Spirits on February 28: Our Cocktail Party Pairings Revealed

Comment | February 7, 2012 | By Michaela Johnson

Did you buy your ticket to Edible’s Good Spirits event yet? No?!? Act fast before it’s last call on your entry to over 50 vendors and samples from some of the area’s best restaurants and distillers. Tickets are only $45 and include dishes and cocktails from folks like Velseka Bowery, who will be serving Pierogies filled with Vermont Cheddar Cheese, Maple Glazed Bacon and Potato and pairing it with “The Golden Klenovka,” a cocktail made with Vermont Gold Vodka, maple syrup, organic black tea and a splash of club soda.

Our Additions to The L Magazine’s List of 11 Buildings That Would Make Great Venues

Comment | By Rachel Wharton

It’s taken us a few days, but just in case you missed Lauren Beck’s great round-up of “11 Brooklyn Buildings That Would Make Great DIY Music Venues” for The L Magazine, we wanted to point your attention to it. It’s an ode to 11 beautiful buildings that, in our opinion, would be fantastic venues for any kind of party, not just a sweet underground show. We’re thinking bespoke cocktail parties, funky secret suppers or hippie potlucks.

Vintage Brassieres, Anatomical Hearts and Other Cool Cookies for Valentine’s

Comment | February 6, 2012 | By Rachel Wharton

Even if you don’t think The Anatomical Heart is the coolest cookie name ever–it makes us think of this excellent Edgar Allen Poe story–you have to be impressed with the intricacy of Amelia Coulter’s icing art. We like her cookies so much we made the ones she does of Brooklyn ironwork our Winter 2009 cover–when we wrote about SugarBuilt, her cookie company, for the first time. These Valentine’s-inspired versions are bizcochito flavored–anise, orange and cinnamon–and are topped with vanilla icing and individually wrapped with ribbon.

The Go Giants Giveaway: Win This Tiny Grill

10 comments so far | By Rachel Wharton

Each week we’ll be picking one reader of Edible Brooklyn.com or Edible Manhattan.com to win prizes like charcoal grills, Breville kitchen appliances, a Bodum French press or even a year’s subscription to our own magazines. This week’s winner will receive this killer Fyrkat 13.4-inch portable charcoal grill. (Heck, it might be February, but it’s almost grilling weather, right?) Here’s how to enter to win this week’s contest:

How to Open a Restaurant the Hard Way

Comment | February 3, 2012 | By Rachel Wharton | Photographs by Carolyn Fong

“In dark moments—and there were a lot of dark moments—I would calculate how many cappuccinos I needed to sell to pay off, say, the plumber. The number was always in the tens of thousands.” So reads an often-hilarious piece in the new issue of Gourmet Live by St. John Frizell on his decision to quit his food mag marketing gig to eventually open a restaurant.