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Cool Weekend: Learn How To Make Beer And Spirits In The Connecticut Woods

Offsite is a big old foodie weekend
Feb 15, 2013 12:01 pm

Set in Falls Village, Connecticut, with the beautiful backdrop of the Berkshire Mountains, OFFSITE is a weekend of creative workshops, activities and games for adults. But there is most certainly a food focus.

Where Food Goes On The Grill

Barbecue Infographic: location is everything
Apr 17, 2012 12:01 pm

It's grilling season again. If you're out of practice or just need a reminder, here's an infographic of where stuff goes on the grill. Print it out, hang in on the fridge, get grilling!

New Column Alert! Style Guide For Active Dudes

First up: Upgrade your look for a sailing trip
Apr 13, 2012 4:16 pm

Every Friday, The Wish List will bring you a selection of carefully curated looks for a specific occasion. Going fishing off the Florida coast? Foraging in West Virginia? Hunting in Montana? We'll provide you with weekend shopping tips to get you looking your best. Just heading to a friend's BBQ, or hosting a dinner party chez vous? It's cool, we'll have suggestions for these types of more low-impact occasions as well. Bottom line: We wanna help you upgrade your style game. Just because you're grilling in the yard doesn't mean you have to dress like a schlub.

Why Are So Many People Eating Weeds?

Wild plants are making a strong comeback
Jan 26, 2012 11:01 am
Dandelion Greens

In Denmark, Rene Redzepi and the staff at Noma aren’t on the phone sourcing expensive ingredients for the world's so-called best restaurant from elite vegetable vendors. No, the chefs and their crew are out in the field searching for weeds. 

Gallery: 7 Mystery Mushrooms

Save a writer's life: Identify these 'shrooms
Aug 19, 2011 10:01 am
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I am spending most of August on the East End of Long Island. It rained a ton earlier this week. Up from the ground in the yard outside my rental house sprung a stunning variety of 'shrooms. 

Don't worry. I didn't immediately rush out to cut them down, slice them up and saute them in butter. 

Fact is, I have no idea what varieties these are...

Is Foraging The New "F" Word?

Foraging is a dirty word to these "wildcrafters"
Aug 2, 2011 10:21 am

I first met Nova Kim in a cemetery. But it was surprisingly full of life.

The occasion was a fundraiser for the New Amsterdam Market, an organization dedicated to promoting regional food with a now-weekly market on the site of the old Fulton Fish market in downtown New York. The event, a summer garden party,...

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