60-Second Stir Fry: Stewart Borowsky, Wheatgrass Grower
He's known as "The Grassman" at the Union Square Greenmarket in Manhattan, but don't get any crazy ideas about the type of plant he's pushing.Stewart Borowsky grows wheatgrass in a building in the...
View ArticleLast Chance Foods: Graze on This
There’s a warehouse space near the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn where pallets of wheatgrass are carefully grown in a temperature controlled environment and gently misted every three hours. Sounds like a...
View ArticleLast Chance Foods: Shiso's Bright Pink Secret
The next time you see a leaf of shiso sitting under your sashimi, wrap it around the fish, and put it in your mouth. It’s not there just for aesthetics. “Shiso has an antiseptic property so it is safe...
View ArticleLast Chance Foods: Introducing Purple Tomatillos
For those of us unaccustomed to cooking with tomatillos, they can be a bit of a mystery. The obvious facts are these: They kind of look like tomatoes, but are not, and they’re a key ingredient in salsa...
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