Casserole Crazy Party dates for Brooklyn and Kansas City announced.

Emily Farris, author of Casserole Crazy: Hot Stuff for Your Oven, announced the dates for this year’s Casserole Crazy Parties.  Emily divides her time between Brooklyn, NY and Kansas City, so she is hosting a part in each town. fun.
The Kansas City Party is on November 6th, at SCIONLab, details here.
The Brooklyn Party is on [...]

Jiffy Corn Mix Creamed Corn Corn Bread Recipe Hack : GardenFork.TV

Lets take a box of Jiffy Corn Muffin mix and throw in a can of creamed corn to create a not-original recipe for pretty darn good Creamed Corn Corn Bread. I’ve heard about different Jiffy Corn Mix hacks, and I wanted to try out one I had heard of from many people. The Creamed Corn Recipe Hack. Watch and Learn. AND check out more cool stuff on www.GardenFork.TV, such as our weekly GardenFork Radio show.

FOUND: giant cast iron fry pan, free…

One of the cool things about working in an urban area like Brooklyn, NY is this:

When people want to give away or ‘recycle’ items from their apartments, they put them out on the sidewalk .

Today, walking down President Street, I found this amazing Lodge cast iron fry pan set out on the sidewalk with a bunch of other kitchen items.

Peanut Butter Swirl Dog Treat Recipe

In response to our How to make dog biscuits recipe video on GardenFork.TV for our Labrador Retrievers, Henry and Charlie, a viewer on YouTube sent us this Peanut Butter Swirl Dog Biscuit recipe.

Peanut Butter Swirls
Dough #1:
2 cups flour
1 cup beef broth
1 1/3 cup water
1/3 cup peanut butter
1 egg
Combine all #1 ingredients and mix thoroughly. Knead [...]

Grilled Cheese and Chicken Sandwich & Apple Salad

I am a huge consumer of grilled cheese sandwiches. ok? That said, I always make variations to the basic grilled cheese recipe, and this time I had some roast chicken left over. The lightbulb went off in my head to make this a Grilled Chicken and Cheese sandwich recipe. Not much rocket science here, but [...]

Jacques Torres, chocolatier with a wrench.

The first time I checked out Jacques Torres’ chocolate store in Dumbo Brooklyn, I could see Jacques behind this big glass window that allowed people to see the chocolate being made.
He had an adjustable wrench and was whacking some sort of machine with it.
I decided immediately: ‘i like this guy’
I have since bought a bunch [...]

No Knead Bread: How to flip the dough

I’ve been constantly fine-tuning the Mark Bittman Jim Lahey No Knead Bread recipe. We’ve made a GardenFork Video here, and I’ve done blog posts about No Knead Bread. For a while there I was having No Knead Bread failure, and I finally found that I was not letting the dough rise long enough for the [...]

SOS! The Six O’Clock Scramble to the Rescue. Earth Friendly, Kid Pleasing Dinners for Busy Families.

SOS! The Six O’Clock Scramble to the Rescue. Earth Friendly, Kid Pleasing Dinners for Busy Families.Author of The Six O’Clock Scramble Aviva Goldfarb

Is Dandelion Edible?

Yes, dandelion is edible.  There you go.
Dandelion can fall under the subject heading of urban foraging. It is ubiquitous in yards in America. Just make sure it hasn’t been sprayed with anything if you are pulling it up out of someone’s yard.
I was weeding the mesclun salad greens bed, which i have covered with our [...]

How to make yogurt : more info and use

Inspired by my friend Brian, I have been making more of my own yogurt. And after making our How To Make your Own Yogurt video, and our Solar Oven Yogurt Maker, i was thinking of how you could use at  hand items to make yogurt.
Then I saw one of my neighbors had thrown out a [...]