See us in The New York Times!

Check out TASTES of Brooklyn in the New York Times! Thanks, NYTimes for sharing this wonderful event. It means everything to us. Think tickets will last long? We don't! Buy your TASTES of Brooklyn ticket today.

When I grow up......I want to be like Abigail

Abby Hitchcock is literally a renaissance woman! She has a degree in botany, a culinary certificate, started her own culinary school, catered, recipe developed, is a certified sommelier, all in addition to running her very own AMAZING restaurant in Brooklyn's Prospect Heights!

Abigail is located on 807 Classon Avenue and features amazing salads and pasta dishes, an oxtail dish Tastes can't wait to try, as well as quite the wine, cheese, and charcuterie list!  There is also fabulous and informative wine tasting classes to be taken, as well as dark dining events to attend, where guests are blind-folded while they eat Abby's super secret menu.  Which is why we are SO THRILLED to welcome Abigail to our line-up at Tastes of Brooklyn!

Check out all that is going on at Abigail here http://abigailbrooklyn.com/default.asp

THE MEAT HOOK JOINS TASTES!

TASTE'S OF BROOKLYN is thrilled to have the uber-hip, ever knowledgeable, top of the line butcher shop, the Meat Hook, join us next Saturday.

The Meat Hook is devoted to bringing Brooklyn the best locally sourced meat.  They only receive whole animals from local farms and break them down in-house.  They also know their stuff! They take their craft very seriously and are always looking to learn or educate people about the food they are eating. Which is why we are SO EXCITED to have them at Borough Hall October 15th! This philosophy is so integral to the mission of Tastes of Brooklyn and Seeds in the Middle.

Some of the amazing delicious products they sell include a compound marrow butter with chives that is to die for on crostini ;) and the best dry aged rib-eye this side of TEXAS!

L magazine did an article on their accomplished and amazing butcher, Sara Bigelow.  You can read that here:
http://www.thelmagazine.com/gyrobase/sara-bigelow-girl-butcher/Content?oid=1833539&storyPage=1

Also, their executive butcher writes fabulous meat related articles for the Atlantic's food channel! You can do your homework before OCTOBER 15th here //www.theatlantic.com/tom-mylan
As well as read up on Tom's deconstruction of a whole lamb! http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2008/10/lamb-butchering-class-brooklyn-kitchen-tom-mylan-williamsburg-nyc.html
See the pictures below!

Can't wait to see you guys there on October 15th! Make sure to buy your tickets now before they sell out!!!!

Tastes of Brooklyn is now a certified market! So what?

This little fact is SUPER exciting because it means that TASTES OF BROOKLYN will now be able to provide lovely and local wines to pair deliciously with all of the amazing food at the festival.  Wine Tasting tickets will be available at the door for 10 dollars. After all, what is great food without great wine?


"If food is the body of good living, wine is its soul." --- Clifton Fadiman

"Wine can of their wits the wise beguile, make the sage frolic, and the serious smile."--- Homer

Seeds in the Middle brought the first ever farmer's market to Crown Heights

Check out the hard work of Seeds in the Middle coming to fruition at the Crown Heights farmer's market.

New York 1 has the story: http://www.ny1.com/content/147710/community-calls-new-crown-heights-market-a-success

Crown Heights Farmer's Market is open every Thursday from 1 o'clock pm till sundown.

Seeds in the Middle Events: Cooking Class at the Yale Club!

See what our Seeds in the Middle kids are up to!

 Earlier in the year, the children learned to make healthy and delicious salads at the prestigious Yale Club.  The lesson included not only tips on how to make healthy and delicious snacks but also reminded the kids that academic success is also very important.  Many of the children now want to apply to Yale for the amazing academics, but also so they can eat the delicious food prepared by Chef Kehrli when they graduate!

Check out his bio here!

Lunch is served!

Hard at work shredding carrots!

Did you know the tongue has over 10,000 taste buds?!

Using those tastebuds to cultivate what looks like a very discerning palate!!!!

YUM!

Chef Kehrli speaks to the kids about the importance of both health and academics!

Hard at work preparing the salads!

Wondering where all Tastes of Brooklyn's paper and food waste will end up?

NOT A LANDFILL! 


Tastes of Brooklyn is SO excited to have VOKASHI come show us composting done right.  The Vokashi process is a new way to compost founded by a Japanese horticulturist Prof Teuro Higa.  The process is simple easy and odorless and takes YOUR food waste and turns it into nutrient rich compost.  A great way to get green without getting gross! 


Brooklyn Bounty has a great and informative post about Vokashi.  Check it out here: http://brooklynbounty.org/2011/09/13/composting-with-vokashi/ 


as well as Vokashi's main website 
http://vokashi.com/default.aspx

Tastes of Brooklyn is EGGstatic to welcome EGG!

TASTES of Brooklyn is delighted to welcome Egg to our all-star roster of restaurants, chefs, artisans and vineyards, about to line the stone pathways of Borough Hall on Oct. 15th. What better choice on a Saturday morning than cuisine crafted by a Virginia native inspired by Southern country breakfasts?

 Free-roaming chickens hatch the eggs from Egg, located at 135 North 5th St between Bedford and Berry (718-302-5151). The spectacular menu reflects George's commitment to  sustainable and local sources. Egg has even developed a farm in Oak Hill, New York to help them further understand the true meaning of “farm to table”.

Thanks, George! Can't wait to see what you're hatching, Egg! Take a look at  Egg’s menu and read about their farm, Goatfell, here:

http://www.pigandegg.com/ 

http://goatfellfarm.com/
And don't forget to buy tickets now to the first-ever TASTES of Brooklyn in just 12 days! Tickets are $35 for 6 tastes (in advance) and $45 at the festival.