One of the most intimidating things about trying a new recipe is sourcing the sometimes hard-to-find ingredients, so we wanted to give you a cheat sheet on where to find them, based on our 7,000 years of experience tracking things down for classes.
Let's start with Kosambri, a traditional South Indian carrot salad; the recipe comes from Chitra Agrawal's excellent blog, The ABCD's of Cooking. I've been lucky to have this...
Gift Certificates
If you're just looking for a cool present for your very best friend or relative, pick up a gift certificate that can be used toward any class. We also have a limited selection of printed gift certificates available at the space itself.
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While digging up our backyard at the Brainery this spring, we found this nearly intact and neat glass bottle. I'd never heard of Nedick's before and was kind of loving the logo, and so I did a little digging around.
a newer version of the logo, originally trademarked in 1944
A Nedick's stand, undated
The first Nedick's was a stand founded sometime around 1913 in New York at 23rd and...
The first time I got stuck at the 9th Street bridge in Gowanus, I couldn't quite believe it. Stopping traffic in New York City to let one boat pass? It seemed really quaint, but over the years I've gotten stuck there many times, mostly in the afternoons, and it's always kind of nice: a reminder of just how tied we (still) are to the water here.
Since then, I've wondered how many bridges are left like this in the city, thinking there...
We wanted to spotlight a few upcoming classes, for all you lovers of history in NYC and beyond. Click the links to read more and register.
At the corner of Prince and Broadway, stretching almost the entire block stood Niblo's Garden. From 1828 until 1894 this temple to genteel entertainment ruled the block in its many incarnations, as an outdoor pleasure garden, saloon, a...
