Get soused with the neighbors in DP
Ditmas Park/ Midwood/ Flatbush

Get soused with the neighbors in DP

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We admit it. We love Sycamore. The $10 bouquets we’re addicted to. Tequila shots in the backyard on Saturdays while our kids […]

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The Brokavore tests the food aisles at Target
Food & Drink

The Brokavore tests the food aisles at Target

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It’s getting harder and harder for Manhattanites to cling to the pretense that they reside in the Chosen Borough. Still, it’s not […]

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Saturday a.m. quickie: street food fest today
Boerum Hill/ Gowanus

Saturday a.m. quickie: street food fest today

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Today’s Brokelyn-approved event: chow trucks will be motoring over to “Parked,” a celebration of street food marking the season’s opening of BKLYNYard. […]

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Can you afford the Park Slope Food Coop?
Taste test: are cheap diet colas any good?
Food & Drink

Taste test: are cheap diet colas any good?

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How do lesser-priced soda pops stack up against the big names?  If a genuine addict switched to one of the following brands […]

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The Brokavore’s Sunset Park road map
Food & Drink

The Brokavore’s Sunset Park road map

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Where legendary intersections are concerned, the corner of Eighth Avenue and 58th Street in Sunset Park doesn’t exactly rank up there with […]

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What’s the least expensive meal I can serve at a dinner party?
Food & Drink

What’s the least expensive meal I can serve at a dinner party?

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Each week, Brokelyn.com’s in-house etiquette expert, Dear Penny, tackles your recession-related stumpers. Make the Roman dish “Cacio y Pepe,” a classic in […]

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Call it a la cartography (or not… up to you)
Food & Drink

Call it a la cartography (or not… up to you)

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How cool is this—an econo-chow map of Brooklyn? From Greenpoint blintzes to Flatbush cabrit (Haitian goat stew) to Mill Basin pastrami, here’s […]

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Rachael Ray road test: Can you really add salt to cheap beer?
Food & Drink

Rachael Ray road test: Can you really add salt to cheap beer?

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Is there any way to spruce up cheap hooch so that your guests are fooled into thinking they’re drinking top-shelf? Every Day […]

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Good, inexpensive produce (or, yet another reason to quit the Food Coop)
Bay Ridge/ Bensonhurst

Good, inexpensive produce (or, yet another reason to quit the Food Coop)

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Move toward the light. I’ll back up slightly: Leave the N train at the Fort Hamilton Parkway stop, exit onto the parkway, […]

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