Spirit in the Grain
Colin Spoelman and David Haskell’s inherent connection to the distillation process has resulted in establishing Kings County Distillery in 2010. The history behind the name of the distillery dates back to just after prohibition days in New York City and is the oldest in operation. Moonshine and bourbon whiskey are their spirit staples that are presented in...
Working Organic Sustenance
During New York Fashion Week, designers and their staff, PR companies and media outlets are all feverishly working to define, refine and distribute style. Amidst this organized chaos, making the time to eat is made easier with catering. A four-year old restaurant in New York City is taking this purposeful duty a step further. GustOrganics...
Holy Trinity of Flavors in ’12
After scouring close to 200,000 square feet, three key ingredients kept making a repeat appearance – ginger, honey and lemon. While each of these items can stand respectably on its own, these “it” flavors were presented over and over again in tasty, and often unsuspecting products at NASFT. Experts weigh in on the popularity of...
Forage at Vedge
Nestled in Philadelphia’s historic Tiger Building is Vedge, the latest incarnation from husband and wife team Richard Landau and Kate Jacoby – chefs and owners of the much-loved and critically-acclaimed Horizons off South Street. Vedge is a sprawling space with two 20+ seat dining rooms, a bar and a cocktail lounge with four functional fireplaces...
Busy Media Bees at The Great Salt Lake
Guest blogger duo, Susan Brinson and William Brison are Co-Founders of a Design & Style boîte called House of Brinson. They will be speaking about food and photography and hosting two workshops this Saturday, 1/21 for Alt Design Summit. Tonight’s 1/19 conference dinners hopes to produce enough pollen for busy media bees to make fresh...
Culinary Salon for Seventy
Supper clubs are social events centered around food to be enjoyed by many. City Grit has embraced its Southern roots, the 1930s and 1940s prohibition roadhouses and the Latin American paladar and transformed an old school house with the help of local designer WRK in NoLita into a “culinary salon”. Sarah Simmons, Chef and Curator...
Eight Bowls of Soup
During below freezing temperature of winter months, staying warm becomes part of the season’s ritual. Outfitting with bomber hats, muffler scarves, insulated mittens, technical base layers and wool socks protects against the cold. Consuming hot and hearty soups comfort and defrost extremities, regardless of geographic location — America, France, Italy, Ukraine, India, Korea and Japan....
Hangover Rx
A few of us have been victims of notorious gray matter throbs, polar nausea and parched contra statement, I’ll never drink again. These symptoms are best described in medical terms as Veisalgia. Unfortunately, this episode can happen whether or not it is least expected. The good times and camaraderie amongst friends fuel the unconscious imbibing...
Art in the Age ROOT
While we certainly enjoy cozying up to a good gin and tonic to help take the edge off, the foodie in us often desires something a bit different, more tantalizing to the taste buds. That’s where the uniquely delicious, certified-organic Art in the Age ROOT comes into play. “What’s that?” is probably running through your...
Philosophy behind the Table
Ever wonder if there is more to our feasts, meals and snacks with family and friends, than going through the motions? Adam Gopnik, a staff writer for The New Yorker has a title, The Table Comes First: Family, France and the Meaning of Food that provides insightful discoveries. In 1986, he began to write for...
Holiday Polish & Grit Remedy
There is only one day left of regular hours for cultural institutions and purveyors before the holiday weekend hits. Find out more about Charles Dickens to impress your friends at the feast, all before you spruce up that beard and procure a warming spirit. On Christmas Day, celebrate by strolling the streets with a hot...
Do or Dine in Bed-Stuy
Spike Lee directed and starred in the film, Do the Right Thing (1989) which had the neighborhood and personalities of Bedford-Stuyvesant as the backdrop. Three of the four restauranteurs, who worked at MoMA’s The Modern, made a collective decision to leave Midtown and to go deep, in Brooklyn. Luke Jackson, George McNeese, Justin Warner, and...
Ellabess is New Americana in Nolita
(Image Source, Village Voice) The Nolitan Hotel boasts a new restaurant that features a portioned dose of nouveau comfort food that is reminiscent of Chef Troy Unruh’s grandmother, Ellabess. Fried sweetbreads, cod fritters for starters, dry-aged burgers and a new spin of surf and turf, pork chop and shrimp with mashed potatoes as mains. The...
All for foraging— Mushroom Farming at Longbranch Art Farm
In a culture where Locavorism has given birth to Bestetarianism (the practice of eating the most responsible thing in a given situation), it’s no wonder that food foraging is having a bit of a moment. “Foraging” (The act of searching for food), isn’t an activity that’s available to everyone. It takes time, it takes education...
Award Winning El Dorado Rum Sponsors our CMJ Showcase
The 2011 International Wine & Spirit Competition bestowed six awards upon Demerara Distillers Ltd. and El Dorado, including a win in the prestigious Trophy category. In a repeat of last year, DDL outshone not only fellow Rum Distillers but was named the premiere Distiller (all spirits) in the Americas and Caribbean while the flagship Special...
