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.
February is a time for Planning
Gardening by Moon Phase or just using Garden Common Sense... If you make a light weight cold frame, be prepared to search for it when it blows away. April showers bring May flowers and Mayflowers bring Pilgrims.
My V-Day Gift: Ad Hoc At Home by Thomas Keller
I don't own a lot of cookbooks. I don't think a lot of them have a voice. This one does. Often very good chefs don't publish very good cookbooks. Thomas Keller does. Part giant food picture book, Part you-can-cook-this, All comfort food is how I would describe it in one sentence.
I like the smell of compost.
It's dark, stinky, and I just find it beautiful. Compost! There. I said it. I enjoy it. There's compost buried in the veg garden. Compost in the rotating container. Compost "aging" over the winter in planter boxes. There's a lot of compost. I like the musty, sour, earth smell of it.
Eric's Garden Seed Choices for spring
I got my seed orders this week, and I now know I probably over-ordered. Kinda like going into Costco or BJs and buying the whole case of mayonaise. I buy seeds from Fedco and Johnny's . The bulk of my seeds come from Fedco, and then from Johnny's I get some special stuff, like pelleted...
VendrTV is one year old today
About a year ago, this guy calls me and asks if he can meet me to talk about producing a video show for the web. We met, and he talked about this show he wanted to do about street food, and how he would grow it on the web. OK, I said, Good Luck. Well...
The Biscuit Cutter: Twist the Cutter or Just Press Down?
I was wondering if the glass, which is fairly thick, was actually kinda pinching the biscuit dough as it pressed down and twisted the glass.
Grocery Gardening a new cooking gardening book that works
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.
How to make Biscuits and Gravy, the Eric Recipe
I love biscuits and gravy, and this recipe is super simple. First you make biscuits with this recipe, then you make the gravy with some of the leftover fat from cooking the sausages. Then you eat.
No Cable Tv
I love tv and hate commercials. Two years ago we got Apple Tv so I could connect to Boxee and watch Internet Tv. Jim and I brought home our first tv and canceled Comcast(1) Cable. For about six months, we were able to watch almost all programs, online with limited or no commercials. All we had to do was down load Boxee and install it in the Apple Tv and have the patience to watch our program after they aired. It was good, but Apple didn't like it, and configured software download thingy to block Boxee.
Does Eric like Guy Fieri?
On GardenFork Radio: the effects of the NYC calorie posting rule on coffee drinkers, how to wash mushrooms, does Eric like the Food Network, 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 Haita relief on Guidestar.org
Practical Green Building and Renovation : GardenFork.tv
Doing a green renovation or building a green building? Watch as I talk with Gennaro Brooks Church of EcoBrooklyn and tour a Brooklyn brownstone he is renovating using practical and pragmatic green building techniques. Do you use these techniques? Tell us below in the comments
How to make a bread peel or pizza peel : Gardenfork.tv
I needed a pizza and bread peel for our video shows on How to make pizza dough and bake a pizza, and our show on the Artisan Bread in 5 minutes a day method. Instead of buying a pizza peel, I decided to make my own. I went into my basement shop, look around for...
Food Dehydrator Plans, a Solar Dehydrator from Encyclopedic Cookbook
I've been talking about this book Tony loaned me, The Encyclopedic Cookbook, a lot lately. We even filled up most of a GardenFork Radio show about it. Link Here. This book is truly encyclopedic and while we may snicker at a lot of the recipes, like Stuffed Crown of Frankfurters ( this is a Must...
Bees Don't Poop in their Hive
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. And our new sponsor, Allison House http://www.allisonhouse.com/
From DIY Pizza Oven to DIY Near Space Camera
OK. This is one of those wow things. I was doing more research today on how to make a portable wood fired brick oven for pizzas and bread for an upcoming Gardenfork.tv show. Via the Make Blog, I learned about PizzaHacker, who has an interesting Weber Grill cum Pizza Oven, and Machine Project, who made...
The Art of Eating In, a new book by Cathy Erway
I've met Cathy Erway a few times, the first was at Emily Farris' Casserole Crazy competition ( we made a GF show about it here ) She's well known in the Brooklyn Food world, and I really like her blog about cooking in. Its not fancy food, its home food, but thought of in a few new ways.
I Know How To Cook : The French Book
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.