Good Food
New York Stories; Smoked Fish; Brooklyn Artisans; Indian Cooking at Home
Good Food goes to New York! Move over cupcakes, they're eating whoopie pies and oreos in Brooklyn. How to make a kitchen knife from scratch. Advice on where to eat in the Big Apple. And we go to the Union Square Greenmarket. Plus, a visit to an Appetizing store.
By Evan Kleiman • • 58m ListenGood Food takes a field trip to New York City. Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito of Baked are putting a twist on the American bakery with their homemade oreos and whoopie pies. Niki Federman is the fourth generation of Russ to be selling smoked fish on the Lower East Side at Russ and Daughters. Robert Sietsema of the Village Voice tells us where to eat in the Big Apple. Joel Bukiewicz is making handcrafted kitchen knives. Charlie Sahadi of Sahadi Fine Foods has been selling Middle Eastern delicacies to Brooklynites for 60 years. Rick Mast and his brother Michael are making bean-to-bar chocolate in their Williamsburg factory. And Suvir Saran tells us everything you need to make Indian food at home. Plus two market reports.
In this episode
9 storiesSanta Monica Farmer's Market Report
Chef Mark Gold, formerly of Leatherby's Cafe Rouge in Costa Mesa is getting ready to open a new restaurant called Eva in the Fairfax/Beverly area. Right now he's shopping for cipollini onions.
Read the story6 minUnion Square Greenmarket Report
Zaid Kurdieh of Norwich Meadows Farms has greens, radishes and kohlrabi at his Greenmarket stand. Zaid likes to peel his kohlrabi and eat them raw. Spring garlic is in season right now in New York. Zaid adds it to braised greens and adds it to stock.
Read the story8 minAn Appetizing Store
Russ & Daughters Niki Russ Federman and Josh Russ Tupper Niki Federman runs Russ and Daughters , an appetizing store on the Lower East Side of New York. In the Jewish tradition, an appetizing store sells fish and dairy. Meat, which has to be bought separately, was purchased at a delicatessen. Joel Russ started the business with…
Read the story9 minNY Eats
Robert Sietsema is the food critic for the Village Voice where he writes the Counter Culture column. Robert recommends Nepalese restaurant Mustang Thakali Kitchen in Jackson Heights, Queens. He likes the sel roti, which is a donut made from rice flour. And, he likes the yohsi or kneaded buckwheat starch. Dip the yohsi in various curry…
Read the story7 minHandcrafted Knives
Joel Bukiewicz of Cut makes handcrafted kitchen knives in his studio in Gowanus, Brooklyn. He sends the knives to a facility in Idaho to be heat-treated and forged. The shaping, grinding and sharpening he does in his small studio. Knives ready to be sharpened Joel's studio in Gowanus, Brooklyn …
Read the story7 minServing Atlantic Avenue for 60 Years
Evan and Charlie Sahadi Charlie Sahadi owns Sahadi's Fine Foods on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. Along with their vast selection of nuts, olives, feta cheese and dried fruit, Sahadi's has fresh almonds in stock. The nut hasn't formed yet and the outside shell is still soft. Dip it in salt before eating. Also in the store is dried…
Read the story7 minCooking Indian Food at Home
Suvir Saran and Devi Chef Hermant Mathur Suvir Saran is the owner of Devi in Manhattan and American Masala in Jersey City. Spices are the cornerstone of Indian Food. Some staples include black pepper, black mustard seeds, cloves, cardamom, whole red chilles. You can also add ginger, fennel, nutmeg, mace, fennugreek, cinnamon sticks,…
Read the story4 minBean-to-Bar in Brooklyn
Rick Mast behind the counter at Mast Brothers Chocolate Rick Mast and his brother Michael Mast make chocolate in their Williamsburg, Brooklyn factory. They source their beans from the Dominican Republic and Madagascar and are one of a handful of bean-to-bar chocolate makers in the U.S. Currently the Mast Brothers are making a salt and…
Read the story6 minBaked in Brooklyn
Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito own Baked in Red Hook, Brooklyn. It's a bakery/coffee shop where they sell American baked goods with a twist. Their signature item is brownie. But they also have their versions of whoopie pies and oreo cookies. They recently opened an outpost in Charleston, South…
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