BKLYN Larder isn’t Brokelyn’s usual hang, but believe me, we get it. So what’s the most worthwhile splurge amid the $50 olive oils and $18 cookies at this Park Slope gourmet shop? We’re going with the $22-a-pound G. Cravero Parmigiano Reggiano because 1) there really is a difference between the supermarket kind and the good stuff and 2) the recipient will recall your generosity as he sprinkles and shaves his way through a season’s worth of wintry soups and pastas. Get there quick—the Larder, at 228 Flatbush Ave., is only open today until 6, and it’s closed tomorrow. Go for broke (literally) and buy a pound, or get half that and you’ll have enough left over for a sexy carbon steel picnic knife: Read the rest of this entry »
On today’s Hip Slope Mama blog, Mark Caserta of 3r Living—a shop selling all kinds of ernviro gifty things like this $36 sushi set—asks Brooklynites to participate in the 3/50 project, where you pledge to spend $50 a month at each of three independently owned business you really like.
Otherwise, it’s going to be curtains for a lot of them, he writes. Of course, local vs. chain shopping is a perennial dilemma for the cheapskate, and never more than now. Read the rest of this entry »
