Part 1 of my interview on Hogsalt, a wonderful new website preserving food culture. Thanks Kari! Part 2 coming next week (with my Onion Jam recipe).
http://www.hogsalt.com/2012/02/food-eye-photographer%C2%A0michael-harlan-turkell/
*cover photo by Michael Gross
2012 rings in a new beginning and an end. EDIBLE MANHATTAN 21, Jan/Feb 2012 marks my last issue as photo editor.
A last look into the BACK OF THE HOUSE, we enter a legend. Bemelmans Bar, anchored in The Carlyle, the walls adorned with the art of illustrator Ludwig Bemelmens, best known for authoring Madeline, and the bartenders don regal red blazers mixing classic martinis.
It’s the Alcohol Issue, so we sip on sake, spirits, suds, and round up the top shelf Negronis around town (my favorite cocktail).
After 5 wonderful years of working with Edible Brooklyn and Manhattan, I can’t thank all my cohorts and collaborators enough. From the chefs to the farmers to the artisans … CHEERS!
*cover photo by Susanna Blavarg
Edible Manhattan 20, Nov/Dec 2011, our premier design issue, covers the span of wares to accent a meal and sate a hunger.
On the tails of a three star NYTimes review, we witness a decade of influence that Tom Colicchio’s Craft has put forth on the NYC dining scene, via the http://harlanturk.com/album/2/back-of-the-house“>BACK OF THE HOUSE.
We warm up with glogg at Smorgas Chef, meet the mavens behind Chilewich, OXO, Built NY, swing in my favorite store The Global Table for all your tabletop needs, custom decorate cookies with Baked Ideas (as seen on the cover), and round out the year celebrating the Japanese New Year with elaborate bento boxes known as Osechi.
*photo by E. Conor Hagen
EDIBLE BROOKLYN 23, Fall 2011, our first even Kings County “travel” issue, takes us to the Philippines via Purple Yam in Ditmas Park for our BACK OF THE HOUSE.
Travel from Court St. to Africa for some ice cream with Blue Marble. Potluck at the International High School in Prospect Heights, where food was savored and shared in 28 languages. Let’s not forget the Mast Brother Chocolate voyage to the Dominican Republic and back with a boatload of (cacao) beans. And if you’re in Vienna, stop by Leopoldstadt, Brooklyn’s sister city, and have a debreziner (wurst) for me.
Get ready to span the globe in to EDIBLE MANHATTAN 19, Sept/Oct 2011, our first Travel Issue! Yeah, you might think Edible’s all about localization, but it’s also an epicenter, of inspiration (and ingredients) which come from far and wide.
Experience aromatic Malaysian cuisine through Zak Pelaccio’s Fatty Crab in our BACK OF THE HOUSE series.
Travel to Spain with Alex Raij of Basque restaurants Txikito and El Quinto Pino, as she fishes for fresh anchovies to make her famed “pinxtos” bar snacks.
Follow Kurt Gutenbrunner to his homeland Austria, sourcing a vast array of flavors, from vinegars to wine.
You can also take a bus to Vermont for a weekend away, sail off to the Cayman Islands, or go Greek for a new take on the classics. No passport needed as it’s all here in (Edible) Manhattan!
*photo by Moya McAllister
The heat is on, and EDIBLE MANHATTAN 18, July/August 2011 is out. Kind of makes you hungry for the simple ease of al fresco dining. But first you need the plateware, so we visit Fishs Eddy to get a proper set. Then a quick trip pre-service trip to the Union Square Greenmarket with Chef Dan Kluger and Jean-Georges to find the freshest of ingredients for their “local, organic, original food” at ABC Kitchen for our BACK OF THE HOUSE feature.
We hit rooftop gardens, upstate orchard (for currants/cassis), educate ourselves via a new curriculum of Food Studies classes, and of course feed ourselves with a conscious via our local artisans. Come celebrate the summer with all things Edible!
Check out our online edition, http://onlinedigeditions.com/publication/?i=73894
*Cover of Marie Viljoen berry foraging near the Brooklyn Bridge by Vincent Mounier
It only makes sense that to stay cool (both physically and figuratively), Edible Brooklyn’s Summer 2011 issue hits the streets as the heat breaks.
We’re in the BACK OF THE HOUSE of Roebling Tea Room, where Dennis Spina, an “accidental” chef who puts out food with purpose. In the same vein, we celebrate farmers, foragers, distillers alike. June 24-30 is Eat Drink Local Week where many restaurants will highlight the ingredients, landscape and people behind our food and drink. Take the Challenge, and document your EDL week to win prizes!
Check it out online with our digital edition, http://digitaleditions.sheridan.com/publication/?i=72028
EDIBLE MANHATTAN 17, May/June 2011, is our first “Eat Drink Local issue. Celebrate this year’s Eat Drink Local Week June 24-30.
This issue brings a tribute to the godfather of New York’s locavore scene, we profile Peter Hoffman’s Savoy and Back Forty as our BACK OF THE HOUSE. Though Savoy is shuttering on June 18th (get in there before it closes, at the very least for a glass of rosé), it will reopen this Fall, rising from the ashes of their extolled fireplace.
There’s also pioneers like Rozanne Gold, the youngest, and most prophetic chef of the mayor’s Gracie Mansion, was also the impetus for The New York Times “Minimalist” column. Rick Bishop sells ramps and everything green at the Union Square Greenmarket, inspiring chefs like Wylie Dufrense, Marco Canora, and Bill Telepan to put Spring on the plate.
Roosters, berry foraging, wine trips and locally hopped teas, get ready for growing season!
Read it all online here http://onlinedigeditions.com/publication/?i=68168
It sure doesn’t feel like Spring with an imminent snow storm tomorrow, but hey, at least Edible Brooklyn’s “Good Meat” issue is here just in time for the grilling weather ahead.
We fire up the smoker for a BBQ-style BACK OF THE HOUSE at Fatty ‘Cue, where meat meets Malaysia.
Also, find out about Fleisher’s influence on Tom Mylan of The Meat Hook. Discover lamb in a yarn store, how a Jamaican beef patty ends up in a wine shop, which bar The Piggery CSA operates out of, where to purchase craft sausages by Brooklyn Cured, and even dog food (Evermore), good enough for us humans to eat.
Check it out online with our digital edition, http://digitaleditions.sheridan.com/publication/?i=64612
Oh, Canada. Spent last week in Montreal the Lumiere Festival, and only now have I digested enough to post my BACK OF THE HOUSE photos from a tremendous Head to Tail dinner at Chef Derek Dammann’s DNA restaurant, with Chef Chris Cosentino (of Incanto in San Francisco). Here’s the menu:
Horse heart tartare, horse fat fries, hay-oli, horse suet brioche
2 hr egg, hot blood mousse, peasant pappa, smoked eel
Lamb pluck fra diavolo
Big brain, little brain
Chocolate-n’duja ice cream, chicken candies
Quite an amazing experience, between awe-inspiring and unforgettable meals at Joe Beef, Au Pied De Cochon, and Martin Picard’s Cabane A Sucre, I’d say I’m still stuffed.
