The Food Voice

On the eve of Bastille Day (anniversary of the day I started to write ‘My Little Town: A Brooklyn Girl’s Food Voice’ chapter in Gastropolis: Food and New York City), the growing season is well underway. But weather has made it something of a killing season. Despite two plantings, the herbs, the dark green leafy [...]

April 22 Earth Day.  Earth Day - yay!
It’s on everyone’s radar to act on it; fellow urban agriculturalists around town are hopping; working in and with their communities; seeds, soil, and plants in hand. One Brooklyn College student in the Foods Lab is planting trees in Staten Island this weekend, three others are nurturing eggplant and tomato seedlings for [...]

Theory behind a straw bale compost bin: create a container into which organic matter is put; this container insulates, carries in air from vents alongside, and from the ’straws’ of straw throughout. Is ultimately part of the decomposition process; a compost bin to the core. Thanks to Elliot Coleman for sharing. Brilliant.

Last night, had the pleasure of attending ‘The Communal Table’, a participatory dinner event in Soho created by artists Deena Lebow and Ame Gilbert. The theme ‘Pickles and Roots’ was a jumping off point for Nancy Ralph of the NY Food Museum to speak about the wonderful history of International Pickle Day, an event that [...]