This show we talk to Tyler, CEO of Allison House (GF sponsor) about his annual storm chasing trip with a 3 way Skype call. You can learn about becoming a storm spotter by visiting www.weather.gov . Edible Flowers, which are being discussed on our viewer forum here; The difference between hay and straw. Pressure Cookers. and the Labradors confront a bear. fun.
Eric’s stove is out of a camper trailer. Why buy Farm Fresh Eggs? Buying discounted fruit and vegetables at the store. Knife sharpening: honing vs sharpening. Farmer’s Markets: deals to be had . Freecycle and Dog Parks, and Oil Paint vs Latex paint.
And of course, Viewer Mail and the Real World Green Minute.
Links to legitimize Mike’s Pinball obsession:
“Pinball at the Zoo” – Kalamazoo, Mi
http://www.pinballatthezoo.com/
Chicagoland Coinop Show
http://www.chicagolandshow.com/
Taylor Erkkinen, co-owner of the Brooklyn Kitchen, demonstrates proper honing technique and describes how and why it makes a difference to your knife—and, by extension, to you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyLgkVRYcI4
A corn chowder recipe. When I made it, I modified some other soup recipes and just winged it. This gives you the general idea of how I did it:
http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/corn_chowder/
I didn’t use red peppers, but they look great!
The artist Mike met in Indiana was Matt Riesterer from Back Alley Creation http://backalleycreations.com/
To find a CSA or local food in your area, check out Local Harvest http://www.localharvest.org/
To learn more about Freecycle visit http://www.freecycle.org/
The AccuSharp Knife and Tool Sharpener www.accusharp.com/
I was in New Jersey last week and stopped by my friend Mike’s house. Mike is an East Coast Surfer, and we talked about his surfing world on this episode of GardenFork Radio
GardenFork Radio is brought to you buy Brushy Mountain Bee Farm and Allison House.
Mike and Eric talk about Jamie Oliver’s reality show about how he tries to change the eating habits of one of the heaviest towns in America, this year’s Maple Syrup season, Farmers Market shopping theories, salt pork and how to find recipes based on what you have in your fridge and of course, Viewer Mail!
Its a mobile GardenFork Radio with my sister. We talk about all the home repairs I did while visiting the parents and her. And we welcome our new sponsor, BrushyMountainbeefarm.com
Another week with Mike and Eric, as we talk about Mike’s new pinball mission, and how he photographs the process ( his pinball blog: ShoppedMachine.blogspot.com ) AND we talk to Theresa and Aidan about their new bed and breakfast in Northern Ireland, The River Mill ( http://www.river-mill.com ) Plus we ponder why Eric is burning his bread. Please write a review if you are listening on iTunes. thx.
Garbage Disposals as composters, Grey Water for toilets and car washes, the new Food Blog Forum from Jaden, Buddy Club Gardening, Alexandra Cooks, and Mike’s pinball machine blog are all part of this week’s eclectic GardenFork Radio show. GardenFork Radio is all about just about everything: Cooking, Gardening, DIY and How-To, Green Living and recycling, and whatever else pops into our heads. As you probably already know…
Links:
mike’s new blog: http://shoppedmachine.blogspot.com
NY Times Article on too much soap in your washer and dishwasher
This week Mike and Eric talk about dishwashers : leaks and greening them. Plus feeding the bees, garden growing favorites, food you order in a restaurant, pinball machines, and more. And help us name our new listener call in phone: what to call it?
Why do we like to wander around hardware stores? Find the answer to this and life’s questions on this week’s Gardenfork Radio. Today Eric and Mike talk about windmills, bees, home water damage, and snow. And more stuff. You just have to listen.
A very simple how to on calibrating your TV:
http://www.flat-screen-tv-guide.com/how-to.html
A much more detailed one:
http://www.lcdtvbuyingguide.com/lcdtv/lcd-tv-calibration.html
I’m pretty sure this is the wind farm we drove through. I don’t know if I said this, but the red lights on top of the wind turbines flashed in unison. It’s a really amazing thing to see at night:
http://www.earlparkindiana.com/windfarm.html
This is a short video explaining computer virtualization. It’s a little commercial but it’s the simplest explanation I’ve seen of virtualization:
http://www.vmware.com/products/vi/esx/esx3i.html –> Click “Watch Demo”
Harold McGee’s NY Times Article: Better Bread with less kneading
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/dining/24curious.html
what do you think? let us know below:
Queens is that borough of New York City that many people don’t go to or know about. ( so is Staten Island, but that’s another story )
But Queens,NY is a giant polyglot multicultural crossroads, with a very confusing street naming protocol. All this means is that there is a lot of great food.
John Baronian, a Queens resident and appreciator of food is on this episode of GardenFork Radio to tell us where to go in Queens to eat good food.
John wrote out the show notes for you all, we could not find the exact number of neighborhoods in Queens, but lets just say there are a lot :
Queens is the most diverse immigrant community in New York City and has been for a long, long time. It is a true melting pot. Remember a melting pot is not homogenous, it is blobs of matter in this case cultures, and in the X number of neighborhoods that make up Queens each has its unique set of immigrant cultures. Watching the popular Food related tv shows you will typically see a tour of just one or two of those X number of neighborhoods surrounding Jackson Heights, where you will typically see Indian, Korean, and Chinese and a smattering of other cultures. In this episode John Baronian aka johnbaloney is going to talk abut his nook of Queens: Corona, Rego Park, and Forest Hills.
Friend and follow John at http://www.facebook.com/johnbaloney or http://www.twitter.com/johnbaloney or his Flickr photostream here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnbaloney
First Stop Corona.
Make your way to CityField to watch the Mets win or if you think they might not do so well better yet check out the Queens Museum and see the Panorama of New York built for the 1964 World’s Fair then for some tasty treats nearby try:
Timmy O’s Frozen Custard
Timmy yo’s frozen custard a Review that does it justice: http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2008/10/timmy-os-frozen-custard-queens-corona-nyc.html
49-07 104th Street, Corona NY 11368 (at 49th Avenue; map)
516-242-1843
Lemon Ice King of Corona
Try the Fresh Fruit Ice
Look for some of the awesome Empanada stores and stands in Corona. My guess is each has its merits.
24/6 Kosher food Vending Machine in The Queens Zoo *It doesn’t distribute on Shabatt (Thats what keeps it Kosher)
Rego Park / Forest Hills
An Easy Subway trip from Manhattan to see Rego Park and Forest Hills Foodery on Queens Blvd Starting at 63rd Drive. Take the R or V train (Change from the F or E train at Jackson Heights) to 63rd Drive
Istanbul Restaurant – Dolmas, Sarma, rice, Kebabs, Doner it’s all around awesome Turkish Food located in Rego Park, 95-36 Queens Boulevard, Rego Park, NY 11374
Cheburechnaya Inc. – Russian meat and vegetable pies, borekas *note: They observe Shabbat and are closed about 2hrs before sundown Friday to 1 after sundown Saturday so check the website for when that is. http://www.cheburechnaya.com
Bens’s Best -Brisket, Corned Beef, Chopped liver – intense and delightful http://www.bensbest.com/
Carmel Grocery Ararat jams – sour cherry pits and all, Date Jam, Fig Jam, lamajun frozenpizza, humus and Locum (Turkish Delight) that is better than you will ever get. A good set of Yelp Reviews are found Here: http://www.yelp.com/biz/carmel-grocery-forest-hills its located at, 64-27 108th St in Forest Hills, NY 11375 (* Hint an address like 64-27 in Queensspeak alludes to it is near 64th rd, drive or avenue but doesn’t typically indicate which)
My local Deli At 99-63 99th Street (it doesn’t really have a name..) pickels, breads, Boreakas, Lox and cured fish and Russian candy *They observe Shabbat
Andre’s Hungarian Strudel & Pastries Strudelby the yard! They also sell prepared Hungarian savories like Goulash etc. http://www.andresbakery.com
Knish Nosh knish, giant pig in a blanket Motzah ball soup found at: http://knishnosh.com/
Metropolitan Avenue – Forest Hills
Aigner Chocolates – “Jellied” Fruit Slices, Marzipan and other handmade Chocolates. Krause’s Candy Kitchen / Aigner Chocolates, 103-02 Metropolitan Ave, Forest Hills, NY 11375 http://www.aignerchocolates.com/aboutus.asp
johnbaloney’s Favorite Foodies
Eric Rochow
David Lebovitz @davidlebovitz or www.davidlebovitz.com
Our whole show this week is a chat I had with Jean Ann about her new book, Grocery Gardening, and how much she likes Gardenfork. (right…)
here are the links to Jean Ann and her co-authors
Jean Ann Van Krevelen’s blogs: Portland Foodie Good Enough Gardening Podcast Gardener to Farmer Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/JeanAnnVK
Teresa O’Connor’s blog: Seasonal Wisdom Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SeasonalWisdom
Amanda Thomsen’s Blog: HortMag Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kissmyaster
Robin Ripleys’ blog: Bumble Bee Blog http://twitter.com/robinripley
Listen to GardenFork Radio on iTunes here
On GardenFork Radio: the effects of the NYC calorie posting rule on coffee drinkers, how to wash mushrooms, does Eric like Guy Fieri, Facebook – Identity Theft – and your private life, Cable Free TV, Steve Garfield’s new book: Get Seen, Slow Cooker BBQ from Chris Prosperi, and donating to Haiti relief orgs on Guidestar.org
Links:
Starbucks gains on Dunkin Donuts
The Three Facebook Setting Every User Should Check Now : NY Times
Cable Free TV : NY Times
Steve Garfields’ new book: Get Seen
Guidestar.org Research charities working in Haiti and in general
Chris Prosperi of Metro Bis in Simsbury , creator of Slow Cooker BBQ Ribs:
spare ribs: beef back ribs
dry rub: salt pepper onion powder smoked paprika
rub on ribs
chopped onion put ribs and onion in ziplock bag
push air out of bag zip it closed
fill crock half water turn on high, put ziplock bag in crock for 10 hours
pull out, put ribs sheet pan brushed with BBQ sauce, put under broiler until crisp bubbly.
With at title like that how can you not listen? Tracy joins us today to talk about our recent dinner at Roberta’s in Bushwick, The Encyclopedic Cookbook, and DIY Wood Fired Pizza and Bread ovens.
Our New Sponsor: Allison House, http://www.allisonhouse.com/ a data aggregation and integration company that specializes in weather and weather related data. Look for our high tech weather station – that Allison House has provided for Gardenfork – to be on our website soon.
Here are the links
Cathy Erway and the Heritage Radio Network
Article on Roberta’s in Edible Brooklyn
Culinary Arts Institute Encyclopedic Cookbook
A young person at Roberta’s
A special mystery guest on this episode of GardenFork Radio. You have to listen to learn who. You will know who it is when you hear their voice.
Here are all the links to all the stuff we talked about. there’s a lot:
The Humane Society of Missouri Long Meadow Rescue Ranch Barn Buddy Program
I Know How To Cook by Ginette Mathiot
Eric’s work blog: HandymanEric.com
Eric appears on Ken Druse’s Real Dirt radio show
To order The Gardenfork Labradors, click here
You can publish your own books with Blurb.com
We are going to try making cheese after Eric met Lisa Fain, author of the blog Homesick Texan ata dinner hosted by Jaden Hair of the blog Steamy Kitchen.
Song of the week is from Josh Joplin, I am not the only cowboy iTunes link here
Our favorite seed company is Fedco Seeds
Tony -our Kim Chi expert- his blog is Yarnmonkey.com
This week on Gardenfork Radio we talk with our good friends Julie and Tim from the UK. Julie tells us about her trip to Africa to work with Cheetah.org, and Tim tells us about his weather station. And we talk about the differences between beekeeping in the U.K. and the U.S.A. They are responsible for getting us involved in beekeeping.
You can read Julie’s blog, Fiddlesticks, here.
You can learn more about Cheetah.org here.
and check out Tim’s weather station here.
Find them on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/MrsFiddlesticks
http://twitter.com/tim_kirby
Charlie and Eric talk about the holidays, Xmas trees and are they green, donating to charities as a gift, what to give to kids, Family finances, Ken Druse’s Real Dirt radio, Elise’s Simply Recipes iPhone friendly site
The links:
Elise Bauer’s Simply Recipes iPhone site
Human Society of Missouri’s Long Meadow Rescue Ranch & Barn Buddy Program
Paula Deen’s Cookbook for the Lunchbox Set
Today we talk with Gardenfork Contributor Monica about cooking with a Himalayan Salt Block, Antique wood furniture, Chicago homes, Lasagna Composting, The Nature’s Mill electric composter, The Forest Park Rib Fest Team Bar-B-Que Competition, Pressure Cookers, cooking from just the Farmers Market, & meat butchering classes
The Fallout from the America’s Test Kitchen Tasting Lab parody by Gardenfork, Chris Kimball saw it and what happened next. Hunter Safety Classes, Cooking Venison, Crate Training for dogs, Upcoming guests, Artisan Bread in 5 minutes a Day, Benjamin Moore Natura Paint, The Real World Green Minute, Cast Iron Seasoning, Leaf Mulch, and Viewer Mail
we are using Call Recorder software that splits the two halves of the Skype phone call, thanks to all who emailed us with suggestions.
Panman.com is the cast iron site we talk about
Making your own leaf mulch: you can watch our Gardenfork shows on making leaf mulch and a simple compost bin