"Pastry chef and co-owner Nicholas Morgenstern really knows how to make a dessert—and make you want to eat it even when on the verge of popping." [Photographs: Erin Zimmer] General Greene 229 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11205 (near Clemont Avenue;...
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Note: The 2009 Vendy Awards, a celebration of New York street food, will be held on September 26 at the Queens Museum of Art (buy tickets here). All proceeds will benefit the Street Vendor Project, an arm of the Urban...
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After the Brooklyn Flea this weekend, I took a stroll around the nabe. In the mood for a refreshing nibble, I misread the "Jamaican Grapenut" flavor on the chalkboard menu at Bittersweet to be "grapefruit." Mini fiber-laden pellets aren't...
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Brooklyn Flea returned to Fort Greene on Saturday. Who had the longest lines? Not the dude with the antique mirrors.
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Usually I spend my happy hour time in an actual bar, not a restaurant, but when my friend and I walked by Pequeña and saw the sign for two-for-one fresh margaritas ($6), I was hooked. And I wasn't the...
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Cassoulet. Photograph by seriouslygood1 on flickr Cassoulet Cook-Off and Greenmarket Fundraiser Saturday, January 17, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Come sample cassoulets as area chefs use sausage from Greenmarket vendors to compete. Vote for your favorite cassoulet! Sixpoint Craft...
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This is the last weekend to pick up Itzy Bitzy Patisserie's December line of French-style macarons from the Gifted holiday market in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. This month's flavors are chestnut, chocolate cranberry, double chocolate, rose raspberry litchi, gingerbread, and...
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Brooklyn Flea will move indoors to 76 Front Street in Dumbo starting January 10 until March 29, 2009, and will stay open Saturday and Sunday between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Though "one or two interesting food trucks” will be...
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While it might seem sacrilegious to remove the stick part of the stick-pierced marshmallow step in roasting s'mores, it's allowed when you have a pizza peel baking stone (and a mobile wood-fired oven). Dave Sclarow of Pizza Moto added...
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Cute logo brought to you by Cakespy. This weekend get awesome French-style macarons from Itzy Bitzy Patisserie at the Brooklyn Flea in Fort Greene. The woman behind Itzy Bitzy Patisserie, Mitzy Budiono, took classes with French macaron master Pierre...
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