Tag Archives: Queens

Fresh Cranberry Beans!

By Alexa | Published: November 25, 2009
With all the Thanksgiving love going to the cranBERRY lately, I thought I’d throw a bone to that other “cranberry” the BEAN, AKA borlotti bean. On a Sunday excursion to a 24-hour Korean supermarket in Flushing, Queens (one of the million reasons Queens is the best food borough!), I came across fresh, shelled cranberry beans. [...]
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Farm Fresh Frittata

By Alexa | Published: June 3, 2009
Tonight was very special, as this evening we picked up our first boxful of produce from Golden Earthworm, an organic farm 73 miles East of Queens.  This is the first of 26 weekly boxes we will be receiving, straight from the farmer,  delivered right to Queens through the Forest Hills Tuv Ha’Aretz CSA program (learn [...]
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Saturday Afternoon in the Park…

By Matthew | Published: June 29, 2008
You know the World’s Fair Grounds that you see when you’re driving on the Grand Central Parkway and the LIE? Well, that’s where we live: Forest Hills, Queens. Our local park is Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, which is huge and includes a museum, a zoo, a botanical gardens, the USTA Tennis Center, Shea Stadium, a public theatre, [...]
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