Share Peas still remain a late spring/early summer a favorite for many gardeners and farmers market shoppers. Yes, there are plenty of pea-haters, but when you love peas like many of us do, you are […]
Category: Local cooking
Pig Island 2016: Red Hook’s Annual Pork Lovers Adventure Returns This Weekend (with New Chefs and Old Friends)
Share On Saturday, September 10, 2016, NYC Foodscape and thousands of other pork lovers will hop the free IKEA ferry to Red Hook, Brooklyn to taste porcine creations from local farmers at the 7th annual […]
Cool Down with Summer Heat: Cayenne and Jalapeño Pepper Sauce
Share A long and brutal blast of heat and sun might be torture for New Yorkers walking around the city and taking the subway, but it is the perfect weather for turning green peppers bright […]
Harvest Home Farmers Market Launches Community App For Healthy Eating and Shopping
Share As a board member for Harvest Home Farmers Market, it’s exciting to share the organization’s news that it has officially launched Eating for Good Health — a web and mobile phone app to improve nutrition […]
Head to Campos Garden During 4th Annual LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival for Full Plate of Children’s Arts & Food Workshops
Share The 2015 Harvest Arts Festival in the Gardens organized by LUNGS (Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens) and sponsored in part by Howl! returns next weekend for its fourth year. This free multidimensional arts festival “reflects the […]
Return to Pig Island: Red Hook Goes Hog Wild this Saturday
Share Some sequels never get old and for pork lovers, Pig Island is one of those annual food events that hasn’t outlived its flavor. Since the move three years ago to Red Hook, Pig […]
Spicy Mixology Contest, Fire-Eating Frenzy and Hot Sauce Hall of Fame at the 2015 NYC Hot Sauce Expo
Share Calling all hot sauce lovers: Brooklyn is the place to get your capsaicin fix this weekend! On Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, April 26, hot sauce aficionados will flock to the Brooklyn Expo Center […]
The Arc of a Hot Sauce Tasting: From Anticipation to Euphoria to Zen
Share As NYC Foodscape posted yesterday, the Third NYC Hot Sauce Expo takes place on April 25th and 26th at the Brooklyn Expo Center (Get your tickets here). As part of the events leading up the Expo, the […]
Slow Food NYC Hosts Food Almanac 2015 at Brooklyn Winery Tomorrow Night
Share Slow Food NYC is taking the mantle from the recently closed, Food Systems Network NYC and is hosting the 5th Annual Food Almanac tomorrow, February 3, at Brooklyn Winery. This year’s theme: “Climate Change, […]
Use Savory Cauliflower to Make Post-Holiday Low-Carb Resolutions More Satisfying
Share The holidays can be wreak havoc on any healthy lifestyle, even those who try to eat as many local, clean and whole foods as possible. Yes, it’s partly the sheer excess of fat and […]