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Karen Seiger
Aug 19, 20162 min read
Brooklyn Film Company Reminds Us How Amazing Polaroid Cameras Still Are
Film and Polaroid Cameras refurbished, vintage, and new from Brooklyn Film Camera at the Brooklyn Flea Two weeks ago, James and I...
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Karen Seiger
Oct 20, 20152 min read
Maitake Memories: Giant Mushrooms from Violet Hill Farm
Gorgeous, Giant Hen-Of-The-Woods Mushrooms from Violet Hill Farm When I was in college, my dad and I went for a walk in the woods and...
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Karen Seiger
May 29, 20152 min read
Opening Day of One World Observatory
Looking uptown from One World Observatory Today is Opening Day at One World Observatory atop the new World Trade Center Tower One! As a...
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Karen Seiger
Apr 25, 20152 min read
Old World Rituals Of Drinking Absinthe
Beautifully refined vintage absinthe water tower The dark romance of absinthe and its mesmerizing powers are only part of the appeal of...
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Karen Seiger
Nov 5, 20142 min read
There Is A Right Way To Eat A Concord Grape
Today in the Union Square Greenmarket, I went smelling for concord grapes. James loves them. Every year he picks up his first bunch of...
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Karen Seiger
Oct 7, 20142 min read
Minnie’s Bake Shop: Scrumptious Bite-Sized Cakes at Grub Street
Minnie’s Bake Shop at the 2014 Grub Street Food Festival 2014 Vendor Lineup at the Grub Street Food Festival The Grub Street Food...
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Karen Seiger
Sep 9, 20141 min read
Meet Up With Your Friends This Month At Madison Square Eats
I am so glad Madison Square Eats, or Mad. Sq. Eats as it is also known, is back for the month of September! I’m often in the Flatiron...
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Karen Seiger
Jul 9, 20143 min read
Corn Star: Sycamore Farms Kicks off Corn Season + VIDEO
The first and best tomatoes I’ve had so far this season came from Sycamore Farms at the Union Square Greenmarket. They’ve been beautiful...
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Karen Seiger
Feb 12, 20141 min read
Scoring The Glorious and Elusive Cinnamon Crispy
Chelsea Market and popped into Amy’s Bread to see if maybe, just maybe, the cinnamon crispies had arrived and had not yet sold out. Much...
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Karen Seiger
Sep 2, 20134 min read
An Enchanting Visit To Poilâne Bakery in Paris
Poilâne Bakery – Saint Germain-des-Prés, Paris Last January, I wrote a story about our adventures in procuring the wonderful French...
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Karen Seiger
Aug 30, 20134 min read
Weekend Market Picks Aug. 31 – Sep. 1: Brooklyn Bridge Park Farmers Market
I recently visited a new Down To Earth Market that opened by the Brooklyn Bridge Park. My sister- and brother-in-law were visiting with...
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Karen Seiger
Aug 21, 20134 min read
The Queens County Market And What I Ate There
Mel’s Melting Pot Customer Stocks Up on Spicy Fruit Ketchup at the Queens County Market I finally made it out to the Queens County Market...
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Karen Seiger
Jan 23, 20133 min read
French Bread In The City: Procuring Poilane’s Famous Miche
As a francophile, I consider it a major character flaw in myself that I have never visited Poilâne, Paris’ famous bakery, or even tasted...
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