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You are not logged in. Register now. February 9, 2010
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Soup-ed Up!
by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 02-03-2010

Homemade soup, served in a bar, to benefit local food charities. Pretty perfect for February!

Chicago's fundraiser event Soup and Bread is coming to Gowanus, to The Bell House (149 7th St.), this Thursday, Feb. 4, from 6-9 p.m. Admission and soup are free, and the hat will be passed to benefit New York City Coalition {read more...}





From the Table
Brooklyn Food News
by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 01-28-2010

The Cablevision-Food Network dispute over fees has been settled, and the Food Network (and HGTV) has returned to Cablevision customers in the New York tri-state area. Foodies rejoice!

Fort Greene’s popular restaurant No. 7 is opening a sandwich outpost called No. 7 Sub, around the corner from the Ace Hotel in Manhattan. On the menu, for {read more...}





‘Brooklyn Brine’ Pickle Company
by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 01-27-2010

Midwood native and restaurant veteran Shamus Jones, after losing his job last year, has launched Brooklyn Brine, a Greenpoint-based pickle company that offers pickled garlic stalks, carrots, squash and more. The Daily News reports that Jones and his two partners {read more...}




Deli Sandwiches Praised by Blog
by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 01-19-2010

The Brokelyn blog devoted considerable space recently to the $5 pastrami and corned beef sandwiches at David’s Brisket House, on the border of Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant, a largely Caribbean area. According to one account quoted by the blog, several {read more...}




That’s a Spicy Meatball
by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 01-18-2010

In New York Magazine, Joe DiStefano writes about Friday night’s Meatball Slapdown contest at The Meat Hook in Brooklyn. A crowd of meatball enthusiasts crowded into the restaurant as cooking pasta and bubbling tomato sauce filled the air. The whole {read more...}




Big Italian, Tapas Style in the Slope
by Brooklyn Eagle (), published online 01-13-2010

spVino
289 Fifth Avenue
Park Slope
(718) 788-8466

By Diana and Robert Howe

“Diversity, culture and experimentation” is the mantra of many new eateries that have opened recently in the borough. The latest opening, spVino, continues that trend.

A distant relative of successful DUMBO restaurant Pete’s Downtown, spVino attempts to blend small plate dining with big time Italian wine and cuisine.

A recent entrant to the eclectic Fifth Avenue dining scene, spVino has a large glass front overlooking Fifth Avenue with tables and a bar set {read more...}





FROM THE BROOKLYN AERIE
January 13, 2010
by David Weiss (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 01-13-2010

A Weekly Column of Trivia and Observations

By David Ansel Weiss
(cumb3@aol.com)

In the mid-19th century Henry Ward Beecher of Plymouth Church had one of the highest salaries in the nation — $20,000 per year, the same salary as the President of the United States at that time.

* * *

If Robert Moses’ plan for a
{read more...}




‘Food Fight!’ Vendors Spark Calls, E-mails
by Harold Egeln (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 12-28-2009

Food Carts Generate Concern In Bay Ridge and Downtown

By Harold Egeln
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

BAY RIDGE – In the last few years, this bustling, civic-minded Brooklyn enclave that is home to numerous restaurants has experienced an influx of silvery food carts serving items {read more...}





Second Graders’ Gumbo Cook Off
by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 11-19-2009

Young Brooklyn chefs wielded plastic knives as they put their cooking skills to the test in a “Gumbo Off” — a cooking competition taking place among P.S. 135 in Brooklyn and a Manhattan and Queens school.

The first of the gumbo {read more...}





Blogger in a Bake-Off
by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 11-19-2009

Brooklynite Kelly CarĂĄmbul, over at the charming blog EatMakeRead, chronicles her zesty adventures in making and creating for her readers.

She is now asking for votes, having entered her favorite “anytime” cookie, the ginger cookie, in the Bon Appetit bake-off.

“Everyone loves a ginger cookie, but how could I push it even further,” she writes. “How about mini ginger cookies sandwiches with cinnamon cream cheese filling?! Whoa! Heaven!” See photo below.

Visit eatmakeread.com for the link to vote, and check out {read more...}





Another Contest... About Chocolate
by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 11-19-2009

This holiday season, Baked, a premiere comfort food bake shop in Red Hook, and Divine Chocolate, a UK-based leader in fair trade, are encouraging Brooklyn residents to enter to win a special recipe story contest.

The twist on the traditional {read more...}





Dining Review
Fusing Japanese with American Cuisine in Bay Ridge
by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 11-19-2009

By Diana and Robert Howe

GYOTAKU SUSHI
7215B 3RD AVE.
BAY RIDGE
(718) 833-8828
gyotakusushi.com

With the proliferation of sushi restaurants in New York, how does one restaurant distinguish itself? It was this question that brought us to the newest restaurant in Bay Ridge, Gyotaku Sushi.

Opened in mid-2009 by owners Ming and Chris, the eatery occupies the space formerly known as the Chip Shop between 72nd and 73rd streets. This stretch of restaurant real estate is unique in that it is a veritable United Nations {read more...}





Brooklyn’s Chinatown Emerging As New Cuisine Center
by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 11-13-2009

By Sarah Zorn
Brooklyn Eagle

The Heights Casino in Brooklyn Heights welcomed food historian (and Casino member) Andrew Coe to their Speakers Program on Monday night to talk about the state of Chinese food in Brooklyn. He spoke to a capacity crowd in the Governors Room, as members noshed on Sichuan spicy chicken, pork egg rolls and {read more...}





Brooklyn Kitchen Labs Arrives
by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 11-11-2009

You may know Williamsburg’s Brooklyn Kitchen for the wares they sell and useful, unusual classes they offer, such as how to butcher a pig, make a pickle, and sharpen knives. In fact, they have become so popular in the three {read more...}




Beer and Dogs for Gowanus
by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 11-11-2009

The Gowanus Canal Conservancy recently hosted its second annual fall beer tasting. Guests crowded into the home of Gowanus Canal Conservancy Chairman Andy Simons to sample different ales, and to spend some time with City Councilmembers-elect Steve Levin {read more...}






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