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.
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
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
Burgers, and sausage, and Fergus (Henderson), oh my! Must mean it’s Edible Manhattan’s first ever “Meat Issue”.
From a BACK OF THE HOUSE visit to the mutton megalith Keens, to Bev Eggleston’s pig on our cover (photo by Christopher Testani). The now legendary Fleisher’s, where rock star butchers are born, to The Piggery, where DIY meets CSA.
Go get your protein on!
On today’s wintery mix episode of THE FOOD SEEN, we chat with Jono Pandolfi, whose whimsical tablewares grace the tables of NYC’s hottest restaurants. ***Check out the profile I wrote about his pillow plates for Edible Manhattan
Joined by Will Guidara, GM of Eleven Madison Park, hear how Jono navigated his potter’s world, and ended up “throwing” together a signature line for elite chef’s amuse bouches.
Feast your ears to THE FOOD SEEN on HeritageRadioNetwork.com, every TUESDAY at 3PM!
***cover photo by Marie Viljoen
Well, Happy New Years! Can you believe it’s 2011? Why not ring it in with our first of Edible Manhattan of the year. There’s no better way to raise your “spirits”! Yup, you guessed it, it’s our Alcohol Issue.
The BACK OF THE HOUSE brings us into the warm glow waiting down a back alley that is Freemans. With taxidermy on the walls and tinctures in the drinks, it’s quite an oasis for the early eves of Winter. We also explore their sister restaurant Peels, do try the sensational build-a-biscuit breakfast sandwich program, and their ethereal baked goods.
Still parched? Try Haus Alpenz’s Averell Damson (Plum) Gin Liquor made exclusively with stonefruit from Red Jacket Orchards, red & white on tap at The Breslin, lessons from a DIY flower wine maker, a place of record in East Harlem (Vinyl Wines), one of the first wine bars in NYC (Morell Wine Bar), sip some Mexican mezcal that came north for the winter, come “In The Kitchen With: the godfather of the modern cocktail revival, Dale Degroff“, an sample an array of housemade bitters from bars around the city, and there’s even more beer (Kelso) and booze (Comb) to boot.
Welcome to Winter, oh wait, that’s over a month away, well it seems like time to gather around the hearth and eat pie. At least that how I feel. Edible Manhattan’s Nov/Dec 2010 cover worthy apple pie is that of Gramercy Tavern’s pastry chef Nancy Olsen, and is undeniably one of the best in the city. Lucky for me, I didn’t just stay for pie, but covered the BACK OF THE HOUSE, of Chef Michael Anthony’s hyper seasonal restaurant (“where you know the day of the year by what’s on the plate”) as well.
As the daylight hours begin to wane, and Greenmarket shopping turns to roots, you can still buy your baking good at Broadway Panhandler, a bottle of booze at Park Ave Liquors, stop by Chop’t for quick business lunch, or shop at Agata & Valentina for gourmet groceries, all whom are profiled in our pages. But if you’re looking to get out of the houses, check out MOMA’s German influenced kitchen exhibition, or stop by Dutch-affected restaurant Vandaag, to sample some pine essence (in a bottle and/or on a duck), and feel like the holidays are almost here.
Either way, it’s cold outside. Keep warm.
