$30 for a 2-hour Hollywood stunt class in Greenpoint [Yelp Deals]
When is it worth buying organic? [LearnVest]
Comparative grocery shopping guide for six stores [CG Patch]
Sidewalk rage is real, can lead to “intermittent explosive disorder” [WSJ]
Brooklyn Castle Grayskull igloo singlehandedly justifies winter [Boing Boing]
Beastie Boy Mike D now writing wine reviews [Grub Street]
BK Brewery’s new $8 million expanded brewhouse opened yesterday [TRD]
Who wins the better (natural) peanut butter battle?
Which one turns PB from a food of desperation to one of pure nutty joy?
One of my favorite foods (next to frosting) is natural peanut butter. I’ll eat it on stuff, in stuff, but mostly on its own, and destroy a jar of it a week. People who don’t care for natural peanut butter say it’s too goopy and not sweet. True, but only if you’re used to eating super sweet stir-free commercial swill found bodega-wide (even Serious Eats didn’t care for the purist variety). I say ground peanuts don’t need all that unhealthy stuff to make them shine. My panel of butter judgers set out to find which common natural brands are the best for the price. I even tried my hand at a homemade version to see if it’s worth the cost. Read the rest of this entry »
Tuesday linkage
$30 for a 2-hour Hollywood stunt class in Greenpoint [Yelp Deals]
When is it worth buying organic? [LearnVest]
Comparative grocery shopping guide for six stores [CG Patch]
Sidewalk rage is real, can lead to “intermittent explosive disorder” [WSJ]
Brooklyn Castle Grayskull igloo singlehandedly justifies winter [Boing Boing]
Beastie Boy Mike D now writing wine reviews [Grub Street]
BK Brewery’s new $8 million expanded brewhouse opened yesterday [TRD]
Join a CSA so you don’t miss a beet
A yield from Flatbush Farm Share. Photo via Sustainable Flatbush.
Ah, CSA season once again: overflowing boxes of mystery farm-freshness, that connected-to-the-earth feeling and giant zucchinis up the wazoo. Last year we gave you the lowdown on Community Supported Agriculture in Brooklyn and why every locavore, quasi-locavore and their mother seemed to be hopping on the farm wagon. Now it’s registration time again, and there are four new CSAs on top of last year’s already impressive list. A few are already sold-out for the season, but plenty are left to help you fill those crispers. Read the rest of this entry »
New PLG food co-op needs geeks
Hey PLG/Crown Heights/Flatbush organicists—a nice man named Gabriel (OK, we think most all Brokelyn readers are nice) from the forthcoming Lefferts Farm Food Cooperative asked us to post his plea for volunteers:
The co-op is starting up and needs committed volunteers for various committees. Specifically, there is an immediate need for a web programmer with knowledge of Drupal. Also, if you’re currently a Park Slope Food Coop Member you can get work credit with us. For more information and to join our group go to: http://www.meetup.com/plgfoodcoop or contact leffertsfarm@gmail.com.
Kudos to you Gabriel & Co. After nearly 10 years at PSFC, we’d rather commit hari kari with a burdock root than start a cooperative venture of any kind, but we’ll be there on opening day. And we’ll probably already be suspended.
Park Slope-inspired food co-op in the works for Bay Ridge
Bay Ridge isn’t known for an abundance of self-righteous organicists, kids with food allergies invented by their parents or oddly sour New Agers. So the new food co-op they’re planning over there might not be as… interesting as the Park Slope one. Despite all of its nuttiness and petty annoyances, though, we love the PSFC like a batty old aunt with 17 cats, so another one is a grand idea, especially if about 5,000 current Slopers bolt for that one instead. In less than two years’ time, they may be able to. Read the rest of this entry »
