Credit: Nostrandpark.com We’re so tickled by this news we couldn’t wait for our regular Monday, Wednesday, Friday blog cycle to discuss. Some may recall a previous post that we’ve done about the Pacific Street Cafe – a cafe project that was an extension of the Pacific Street...

Some may have noticed that Essentials Organic, which was a relatively new restaurant located on the corner of Sterling Place and Nostrand Avenue, has gone out of business.   They seemed to struggle with their menu, and unfortunately never seemed to have any products.  Well, a few weeks ago we noticed...

Update 8/20/10: Sadly, folks, we just received word that this event has been cancelled.  :-( Bodega – a very familiar concept to the average Brooklynite – you know, the tiny, 24-hour, indie-stores usually located on corners, stocked full of 50-cent bags of Doritos and vintage candy.  ...

Greetings, Seasonal Eaters. Brooklyn’s finest CSA is sharing its fresh bounty and I am here to give you tasty ideas for your harvest. I have combined the fruits, vegetables and herbs to create a sausage and leek frittata, refreshing cabbage salad, basil-dusted corn and fruit skewers with sweet spearmint...

Here’s my wife Laurie’s delicious recipe using a lot of the ingredients from our Central Brooklyn CSA share. I added some salsa to give it a little heat. Enjoy! Sweet And Savory Potato Corn Pie Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Use a leakproof non-stick 9×9 or 9×12 3 inch deep pan,...

We’ve been hinting at it for a while, but now, we’re talking about it officially … Destination Nostrand!  Yes folks, we are going to take on Nostrand Avenue and transform a gnarly, overgrown vacant lot into a Caribbean-away-from the Caribbean oasis for local residents and beyond. Drawing on...

Here’s a photo of our share from the Central Brooklyn CSA. Red potatoes, basil, spearmint (not pictured because I traded it for green onions), Ginger Gold apples, peaches, two types of plums (I may be wrong), corn, the most beautiful head of cabbage I think I’ve ever seen, green onions,...

With all of the great posts that Shawn has been doing about his Central Brooklyn CSA shares, we figured it was time to invite chef extraordinaire, Brandon Maya Johnson, to give us some tasty recipes. —————————– Greetings, Seasonal Eaters....

Here’s a photo of our share from the Central Brooklyn CSA on Wednesday July 28. Beautiful green peppers for the first time this season! As well, we received two types of lettuce, leeks, oregano, corn, beets, red potatoes, carrots and zucchini. The fruit share (which I forgot to pick up!) consisted...

Here’s a photo of what we got yesterday at the Central Brooklyn CSA. A dozen eggs, three pounds of three types of plums, a pound of peaches, two pounds each of red and white potatoes, basil, cilantro, spearmint, lemon grass, celery, red lettuce, four ears of corn and green onions. AKPC_IDS...