FEATURES

The Mast Brothers

By Tom Ran
Michael Mast and Rick Mast of Mast Brothers Chocolate

Photo: Mindy Best

The Mast Brothers Chocolate factory occupies only three rooms in a nondescript building in Williamsburg. The first doubles as a storefront that opens on the weekend to customers with much…

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Roman & Williams Studio Visit

By Tom Ran
Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch in their studio

Photo: Rose Callahan

The partners behind Roman & Williams, Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch are anti minimalists. It’s apparent in the spaces they create.

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Billykirk Studio Visit

By Tom Ran
Chris and Kirk Bray of Billykirk

Photo: Rose Callahan

Billykirk’s studio is surrounded by things, equipments, flat files, paintings, photos, and memories.

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RESULTS FOR "CSA"

Dining / Bars

Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain

Take the first sip of a frothy egg cream at Brooklyn Farmacy, and you instantly recognize the taste of good medicine. It helps that you are seated at a classic… read more »

Features

Left: Jill Donenfeld Right: Whiskey Prawn Skewers w/Tomato Curry

Photo: Left: Jill Donenfeld Right: Melissa Ricketts

Life of a Personal Chef

It sounds like an idyllic life—cooking inventive meals in private homes, working flexible hours, spending your days shopping at the greenmarket, and getting paid to do it all. read more »

Blog

City Farm, Chicago 2008

Photo: Outstanding in the Field

Outstanding in the Field

You buy grass-fed beef at the Greenmarket, look forward to your weekly CSA delivery, and even grow pots of herbs on your rickety fire escape. But for the real deal,… read more »

Whiskey Prawn Skewers w/Tomato Curry Left: Lamb Racks Right: Burger  Photo: Melissa Ricketts  Left: Lamb Racks Right: Burger Left: Mini Mac Cups Right: Lasagna with Wild Mushroom Ragu  Photo: Melissa Ricketts  Left: Mini Mac Cups Right: Lasagna with Wild

Photo: Melissa Ricketts

Personal Chefs In The City

In New York City, there are thousands of restaurants and thousands of chefs slaving away in all those kitchens on any given day of the week. But there are lots… read more »

TOURS

The Bacon Tour

By David Tez

Photo: Staff

From time to time, The Scout will feature interborough food tours designed as culinary and geographic explorations of our fair city. Each has been field tested, in a single day,…

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The Tenenbaums

By Siobhan Vivian

Photo: Staff

The Royal Tenenbaums is Wes Anderson’s visual love letter to New York. Though never explicitly named, the film presents a stunningly constructed pastiche of the quirky, the kitschy and the…

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