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Times Top 5: Brooklyn Gets Brewing
From the NY Times Dining Section 10.29.08

There isn't a lot of home eating in The Times this morning, but there is some drinking... Read about these beers and more, below....

NYC Event: How to Create a Green Roof Garden

New Yorkers and other urban dwellers without a backyard might think their gardening must be limited to a few windowsill pots, and the cool light of an Aerogrow. But if you've got a roof of any kind, y...

Kitchen Tour: Dan Kluger's Brooklyn "Real Chef" Kitchen

Enter Slideshow I recently had the great privilege of touring the Park Slope, Brooklyn home kitchen of Dan Kluger, the executive chef of Core: Club. Core, located on East 55th Street in Manhattan, is...

Supermarket Closings Make Fresh Food Less Accessible

We're often seen here hooting and hollering and get all excited every time a snazzy new grocery store opens. We've brought you new Whole Foods (ostrich eggs, anyone?), Trader Joe's, Fairway and Fresh ...

NY City Council Green Carts Program Putting More Fresh Produce in "Food Deserts"

Food deserts are areas where communities don't have access to healthy, fresh food. Communities are blocked for economic and geographic reasons from accessing good food. Last week, New York City coun...

Store Review: Urban Rustic

The John Deere tractor on the sign out front is your first clue that Urban Rustic isn't your average Brooklyn corner market. Stepping inside on a recent visit, we felt as if we'd suddenly been tran...

Brooklyn Dishtowels and Mugs

We New Yorkers are all beaming with city pride today (Go Giants!). So this seems like a good day to share these Brooklyn dishtowels and mugs from DSC Designs. The mugs and dishtowels sell for $15 a ...

Holiday Host's Diary #3: Pictures from the Party

Happy Holidays from TheKitchn! I wanted to share some pictures from my Christmas party and see how your celebrations are coming along too. A two pound hunk of English Stilton with Port and Pepper W...

NYC: Organic Cranberries Debut at Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket

Can the canned cranberries, Brooklyn. We discovered a couple from DeNike Bogs in Plymouth, MA selling organic cranberries at the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket last weekend. We heard some people waxing...