Archive for April, 2010
Pig Butchering at The Meat Hook
Next time you visit the supermarket and pick up a plastic-wrapped Styrofoam platter with a couple of juicy chops on it, stop and think, “Do I know where this meat comes from?” Better yet, do you want to know where it comes from? Tom Mylan believes you do. Mylan, co-owner of The Meat Hook butcher shop in Williamsburg, began chopping up meat [...]
Highlights from The Whitney Biennial
So I finally made it to the Whitney Biennial and it was glorious. After profiling Kate Gilmore, I was really excited to see her piece, and it was definitely one of the best videos in the show. And one of the most popular -- most people stayed glued to the screen for the entire piece. What's really cool, though, is that the video is shown in the [...]
Artisan Food Market in Greenpoint
When Josh Kace and his roommates starting making jerky for fun, they never thought their dried meat would turn into a business. But after two years of experimenting, they realized their snack appealed to people outside of their friends and family. They founded SlantShack Jerky, rented a table at the Greenpoint Food Market last December, and sold [...]