Events: Edible Tour of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Sarah Lohman

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I’m doing a super fun tour of the Tropical Pavilion on Saturday, December 5th! We’ll explore the flavors used in holiday cooking and baking-like vanilla, black pepper, and chocolate-as well as coffee and kola. We’ll use sight, smell, and taste to experience these ingredients in their natural form and learn all about their history and usage. It’s a good time, and the true origins of these tropical plants will amaze you. Best part–admission to the BBG is included in the price of the tour. So you can spend the rest of your day in the warmth of the greenhouses, or touring the grounds!

$18, Get Tickets here! Tours at 10:30, 12:30 or 2:30

Video: Distilling Brooklyn

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Sarah Lohman

If you missed the panel I led in May about Brooklyn distillers, it’s now online! See below! We explore the rich past of distilling in Brooklyn, as well as how New York paved the way for craft distillers in the present day. The NY Distilling Co., Kings County Distillery, Brooklyn Gin, and Van Brunt Stillhouse tell their personal stories of how they came to the craft, and talk about the challenges of craft distilling.

Distilling Brooklyn from Brooklyn Historical Society on Vimeo.

The Gallery: Campfire Cooking Beyond Hotdogs

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Sarah Lohman

Photographer extraordinaire Jess Tsang took some snaps at my most recent fire cooking class in Brooklyn, so I thought I’d share! If you’re interested in this class, and live in the New York City area, you should get on the Brooklyn Brainery’s mailing list. I repeat the class each spring.

: My students receive their recipe assignments.

: Starting the initial fire.

: Learning to move around the hot coals to create cooking surfaces.

: Cooking has begun!

: Moving around flaming logs to access hot coals.

: It’s hot and smokey work!

: Rusks frying.

: Getting a good shovelful of coals for cooking.

: Baking a jam tart in a dutch oven.

: A colorful spring soup simmers.

: Roast, spiced pork tenderloin.

Video: Cooking on Live TV and Not Embarrassing Myself!

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Sarah Lohman

I recently appeared on the new network Arise, on the New York based show Arise and Shine with Rain Pryor and Priya Sridhar. We chatted about my blog, my methodology, and my upcoming book; then I demonstrated Reuben’s Apple Pancake! Apples are covered in pancake batter, the fried in butter in sugar to give it a crispy and gooey caramelized crust. I impressively flipped it, and made a little mess but not a big one, and it turned out beautiful and delicious.

And you can watch it all above, and get the recipe here.