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Rooftop Farm in Brooklyn Overlooking Manhattan Skyscrapers
No, no, don't ask, don't tell. Let a large rainstorm come and plunge farm and tattooed volunteers fed on quinoa down through the roof and into an abyss of muddy rubble!
Smörgåsboard: Meringue Tart; Fries; Mango Doughnuts
I see the head of SATAN! coming out of the top of the meringue.
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Just one more signpost on the Road of Decline.
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Rooftop Farm in Brooklyn Overlooking Manhattan Skyscrapers
Simon, why the negative number in brain stem for "sense of humor"?
Rooftop Farm in Brooklyn Overlooking Manhattan Skyscrapers
No, no, don't ask, don't tell. Let a large rainstorm come and plunge farm and tattooed volunteers fed on quinoa down through the roof and into an abyss of muddy rubble!
Smörgåsboard: Meringue Tart; Fries; Mango Doughnuts
I see the head of SATAN! coming out of the top of the meringue.
Trend Alert: Ball Jars in Restaurants
Just one more signpost on the Road of Decline.
Obama, Biden Eat at Ray's Hell Burger
Wimp. Medium well burgers mean WAR!
Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop: Good But Not Great
You know, all those hamburgers might be making Nick just a wee bit touchy. But I'm sure he can still feel the love. In fact just reading about a hambuger today has made me hongry for one. Fortunately my corner store sell fresh sesame seeded hamburger buns in packs of two. Need red onion. Have 1000 island dressing. Lettuce? Check. I'm outa here for the burger.
Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop: Good But Not Great
I am so down with the chicken salad. Even here, in Seattle, years later the mention of it brings it all back.
Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop: Good But Not Great
Nick,
Please regroup. The whole point of Eisenberg's is that it is good but not great. If you don't get that you don't get it.
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Bacon of the Month Club
Crispy only except when a band-aid.
Rooftop Farm in Brooklyn Overlooking Manhattan Skyscrapers
This method can be used to avoid excess stress on structures:
http://knol.google.com/k/thomas-andrews/straw-bale-gardening/wi0h3zln6mir/2#
Rooftop Farm in Brooklyn Overlooking Manhattan Skyscrapers
Cool. I’m a former resident of Williamsburg, returned home to California after 8 years. There is a book I am now reading which I thought to recommend. (please forgive me if it is standard reading material for NYC farmers but it was a remarkable find for me.) It is called Of Cabbages and Kings County – Agriculture and the Formation of Modern Brooklyn. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1999. (paper), ISBN: 0-87745-714-X; or (cloth), ISBN: 0-87745-670-4.
It is a very dry read, with half the book taken up with footnotes and charts; filled with statistical data which is valuable but makes an easy read more difficult. The overall information in there is well worth the dig.
Rooftop Farm in Brooklyn Overlooking Manhattan Skyscrapers
excellent idea to utilize roof top space, or any space within the reach of rainwater and sun. "j" got a good point about roof structure not being design for gardening. I think it is possible to adjust roof strength to take extra load, or to take into account when designing new building. I am looking forward to see this idea spreading around the world.
Rooftop Farm in Brooklyn Overlooking Manhattan Skyscrapers
My sense of humor is fine, your comment wasn't funny.
Rooftop Farm in Brooklyn Overlooking Manhattan Skyscrapers
@Vanderleun - why the hate?
Obama, Biden Eat at Ray's Hell Burger
medium well or medium rare...everyman to himself. Whatever it takes to enjoy your hamburger.
Obama, Biden Eat at Ray's Hell Burger
I was at Ray's for this - I spoke to Biden briefly, asked him what he was going to get. When he said he was getting a burger with Swiss, I pushed hard for him to add the mushrooms, which is probably Ray's best topping. He looked at me like I was crazy and didn't respond. Oh well.
Obama, Biden Eat at Ray's Hell Burger
Dijon mustard!!!! Fox News has already recycled the old Grey Poupon commercials with the guy rolling down the window on his Rolls Royce and asking "Excuse me, do you have any Grey Poupon?" but never on a hamburger. Impeach.
---Guttergourmet
Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop: Good But Not Great
@morley Katz' is as renowned for their hot dogs as they are for their pastrami.
Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop: Good But Not Great
Going to Eisenberg's for the burgers is like going to Katz for the hot dogs. It's all about the pastrami. (I haven't had the tuna or chicken salad so I can't comment there.)
Obama, Biden Eat at Ray's Hell Burger
I enjoy watching him order his burger WHATEVER WAY HE CHOOSES,....."freedom of choice" Devo said,.....ENOUGH said
Obama, Biden Eat at Ray's Hell Burger
yes...i too am disturbed by the mid-well request. come on Barry...don't kill the beef!!!
Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop: Good But Not Great
@adam Kuban: I must make a correction. The awesome open-faced sandwich at Eisenberg's was a Meatloaf Sandwich, not a Thanksgiving sandwich. Its the special Tuesday's and Thursdays, and it was always right on the money....sorry for any confusion...
Obama, Biden Eat at Ray's Hell Burger
I can't get enough of Obama-burger-rama, even though I am a vegetarian! And I admire him sticking to his (albeit odd) hamburger principles: medium-well with Dijon mustard. I don't understand how anyone can order burger-like items with anything but ketchup and perhaps a dab of yellow, but he is consistent!
Obama, Biden Eat at Ray's Hell Burger
I love how their order number is 42.
It is after all the answer...
Obama, Biden Eat at Ray's Hell Burger
I love this man. Watching a president of the US on video and not cringing will never grow old. Good on him for ordering burgers for the Secret Service as well.
Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop: Good But Not Great
@Nick Solares: Spot on. Especially a place like Eisenberg's, which is a fairly celebrated diner. I think it's not out of place to think someone might wonder about the burger there. Thanks to Nick—and everyone commenting here—anyone who knows or thinks his/her tastes are in line with those here might now skip the burger and get one of the other dishes recommended. I'm looking forward to the Thanksgiving sandwich and the chicken salad with bacon, neither of which I've had yet. Thanks, JudgeFudge and Jack_Barber!
Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop: Good But Not Great
One of the more curious aspects of this job is having to justify reviewing hamburgers. NEWSFLASH: This is a HAMBURGER blog. The point of a narrowly defined agenda is that we are focusing on a specific dish. The fact that a restaurant serves a burger is enough justification for us to cover it.
Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop: Good But Not Great
@playscape -- kind of harsh -- the guy has to eat a burger every day -- but word!
Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop: Good But Not Great
Going to Eisenberg's for a burger is like going to Peter Luger's for the fish. Not the point of the experience. But thanks anyway.
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Bacon of the Month Club
I like my bacon crisp.
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Bacon of the Month Club
crispy om the outside but chewy on the inside.
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Simon, why the negative number in brain stem for "sense of humor"?