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Brooklyn Locavore ― Blue Hill at Stone Barns is the ultimate locavore dining experience. You can’t get much more local than picking harvesting vegetables and herbs right behind the restaurant or roasting the pig that grazes just a few hundred feet away. The...
Tags: Get Local, Local Restaurants, Blue Hill, Blue Hill At Stone Barns, Brooklyn Locavore, Brooklyn Locavore Approved
Melissa Brody ― 7 hr ago
Brooklyn Locavore ― I first tasted Brooklyn Commune’s food at a benefit event. Surrounded by elegant, over-thought dishes, Brooklyn Commune stood apart with shots of tomato soup accompanied by bites of bacon grilled cheese sandwiches. The soup was essential to ...
Tags: Get Local, Local Restaurants, BLT, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Commune, Brooklyn Locavore
Melissa Brody ― 1 day ago
Brooklyn Locavore ― I’ve made an executive decision here. And I can do that. Why? Well, because it’s my blog. I have decided to dub this seemingly ordinary week of May Brooklyn Locavore Restaurant Week. If you haven’t noticed, I write a fair bit of...
Tags: Get Local, Local Restaurants, Brooklyn Locavore, Brooklyn Restaurants, Dining Guides, Farm To Table
Melissa Brody ― 5 days ago
Brooklyn Locavore ― I took a chance this year. I submitted my blog to Saveur’s Best Food Blog Awards competition in March. I knew it was a long shot—there are SO MANY amazing blogs out there and competition is steep. Yet as much as I already knew I ...
Tags: Uncategorized, Award Nominations, Awards, Blogger Awards, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Locavore
Melissa Brody ― 3 weeks 2 days ago
Brooklyn Locavore ― It’s a little late in the night, I know. I’m here sipping on the last of my fizzy violet cocktail. Not so fizzy anymore. We hosted my family yesterday for my mom’s birthday, with a good deal of violets and some foraged field ...
Tags: Preserving, Recipes, Brooklyn Locavore, Candied Flowers, Candied Violets, Edible Flowers
Melissa Brody ― 3 weeks 5 days ago
Brooklyn Locavore ― I’m always a little hesitant when it comes to making jellies. (A) they’re a lot more work than jam. You need to collect the juices of whatever fruit (or in this case flower) you’re using, then cook the liquid then add the pectin,...
Tags: Jams &, Jellies, Preserving, Recipes, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Locavore
Melissa Brody ― 3 weeks 6 days ago
Brooklyn Locavore ― How about some foraging projects this weekend? The weather is BEAUTIFUL here in Brooklyn, as was last weekend. With a little chilliness in between. But with the fantastic weather last weekend, I tested the foraging skills I learned on a tour with...
Tags: Beverages, Preserving, Recipes, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Locavore, Edible Flowers
Melissa Brody ― 4 weeks ago
Brooklyn Locavore ― My knowledge of foraging was pretty much nonexistent. Sure, I knew there were some types of wild mushrooms you could collect and eat. I also knew some types might kill you, so I never really tested the idea. I knew violets were edible and used to...
Tags: Get Local, Local Food, Local Produce, Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn Locavore, Dandelion
Melissa Brody ― 4 weeks 2 days ago
Brooklyn Locavore ― Most people fantasize about crisp asparagus, stalks of tender rhubarb or sweet, juicy strawberries as spring draws near. I might be the only exception. As soon as the weather starts to warm and greenmarkets gradually switch their produce offerings...
Tags: Get Local, Local Produce, Black Dirt Region, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Locavore, CSA
Melissa Brody ― 5 weeks 1 day ago
Brooklyn Locavore ― There are some recipes you come back to, month after month, year after year. You’ve perfected them, they are comforting and homey or sometimes just plain easy. But for whatever reason, they may somehow fall out of that regular recipe ...
Tags: Chicken, Crockpot, Main Dishes, Recipes, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Locavore
Melissa Brody ― 9 weeks 1 day ago
Brooklyn Locavore ― I know what you’re thinking. Your read the title and automatically interpret one word–FATTENING. Well you’re wrong. There isn’t an ounce of cream in the stuff. Cheese, yes, but not an overwhelming amount. Mostly healthy...
Tags: Main Dishes, Pasta &, Risottos, Recipes, Vegetarian, Brooklyn Locavore
Melissa Brody ― 9 weeks 3 days ago
Brooklyn Locavore ― St. Patrick’s Day causes a frenzy of leprechauns, shamrocks, green beer and everything Irish people can get their hands on. I’ve lived in the same building for almost 7 years and while I don’t know everyone, I don’t think ...
Tags: Breads, Recipes, Baking, Bread, Brooklyn Locavore, Brown Bread
Hey everyone! This week (20th May - 26th May) is National Vegetarian Week across the UK. ...
∙ I created this Greek Chicken and Rice Cake Salad recipe as part of the ...
someone got the giggles during his photo shoot~OUTFIT DETAILS~Shirt: Brooks BrothersPants: ...