Brooklyn Eats

Brooklyn Eats - Episode 2 - What is a Foodie?

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:41:39 -0000

This week on Brooklyn Eats, Rachel Wharton and company have the final word on the term "foodie".

Brooklyn Eats - Episode 3 - Has Fancy Bacon Killed Vegetarianism?

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:42:31 -0000

Has fancy bacon killed vegetarianism? Find out on this week's episode of Brooklyn Eats.

Brooklyn Eats - Episode 4 - The Case Against Diets

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:42:53 -0000

Rachel Wharton hosts a diet themed episode of Brooklyn Eats with guests Alex Van Buren & Rebecca Marx. The fun part about the show: diets are not encouraged.

Brooklyn Eats - Episode 5 - Matt Timms & His Takedowns

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:43:12 -0000

This week on Brooklyn Eats, Rachel Wharton talks with Matt Timms about the history and future of his famous takedowns.

Brooklyn Eats - Episode 6 - Food Journalism

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:43:29 -0000

Rachel Wharton is joined by a panel of food writers including Tracie McMillan, Ava Chin, Indrani Sen & Annaliese Griffin to talk about the future of food journalism and the internet.

Brooklyn Eats - Episode 7 - Adam Aleksander & Jenny Miller

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:43:51 -0000

Adam Aleksander and Jenny Miller talk about their salon/supper clubs/dinner parties, and how art and food intersect.

Brooklyn Eats - Episode 8 - Mother's Day Special

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:44:04 -0000

This week's episode is a Mother's Day Special! Tune-in for brunch tips and mom dinner party traditions (both good and bad).

Brooklyn Eats - Episode 10 - Hell's Kitchen Tasting Tours

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:44:57 -0000

Moira Campbell discusses her Hell's Kitchen tasting tours, and the surprising hidden tasty tidbits nestled in this very diverse 'hood.

Brooklyn Eats - Episode 12 - Ava Chin

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:06:56 -0000

Foraging celebrity and New York Times contributor Ava Chin joins Rachel on this week's episode of Brooklyn Eats to teach us about way to find food in our own backyards, literally. Tune in to learn about how Ava came to forage in the first place and find out about some of the more "interesting" plants that are growing wild in our neighborhoods. To read Ava's column in "The Local" section of the New York times, check out http://fort-greene.thelocal.nytimes.com/. This episode was sponsored by Acme Smoked Fish.

Photo: Just in time for St. Patrickâ€™s Day, a wee bit of wood sorrel sprouted in a claw foot bathtub in my friendâ€™s yard on South Elliott Place.

Brooklyn Eats - Episode 13 - Eating Where You've Never Eaten Before

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:36:16 -0000

Joshua M. Bernstein & Matt Levy

Photo: Joshua M. Bernstein

Photo: Matt Levy

Brooklyn Eats - Episode 14 - Egg Creams

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:26:14 -0000

This week on Brooklyn Eats spirit expert Robert Simonson relays his past few months spent researching articles on The NY Egg Cream for Edible Brooklyn & Manhattan. Learn the various conflicting stories regarding the birth of the egg cream (long-lost familial secret? European misunderstanding?) and hear the science and art behind the egg cream's most important component: seltzer (NOT club soda). Plus, how did Fox's U-Bet become the undisputed king of Egg Cream syrups? This episode was sponsored by Tekserve: your one-stop Mac superstore.

Photo: Yonah Shimmel Egg Creams via Edible Manhattan

Brooklyn Eats - Episode 15 - Dive Bars

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:13:03 -0000

This week on Brooklyn Eats Rachel explore that sacred institution of urban nightlife: the dive bar. Joining Rachel are food writer Joshua M. Bernstein and Matt Levy, progeny of the Levys that run the famous Levy's Unique New York tours. The gang relay a great deal of booze-soaked anecdotes regarding their time spent in dives; partial nudity, $3 drinks, bikers, drugs, scuzz, and various musty funks are all involved to some degree. This episode was sponsored by Roberta's.

Photo: Inside Park Slope's Lucky 13 Bar

Brooklyn Eats - Episode 16 - Brew York New York

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:00:17 -0000

This week on Brooklyn Eats Rachel celebrates Craft Beer Week with Chris O'Leary of BrewYorkNewYork.com. Rachel and Chris break down Brooklyn's beer history in three acts: pre-Prohibition, Prohibition, and the modern era. Learn about the peak of Brooklyn as a beer production borough (48 breweries just in Brooklyn!) through their struggle to stay afloat during Prohibition (alcohol free beer and illegal shenanigans) all the way to the first modern-era brewery in 1996. Don't miss this info-packed and surprising crash course in our fair city's brewery heritage. This episode was sponsored by Fairway: like no other market.