We attended a session of Tyson Ho’s Hog Days of Summer, a project of Arrogant Swine focusing on whole hog barbecue in the North Carolina tradition. We ate expertly cooked pork, fresh cracklins, hush puppies, mustard vinegar apple slaw, and Founders Brewery beer. Future events are scheduled, too!
Food and Drink
New eats at Milkflower include the Green Pizza, the Hawaiian pizza, a meat plate, burrata and more.
In this edition of Bradley’s Bites, we features the beautiful brussels sprout pizza at Milkflower, which also has flavors of truffle oil, cracked black pepper, and an egg in the center.
The Thirsty Koala is home to caramel squares, an Australian dessert made up of a cookie base, caramel filling, and chocolate topping. One of the best desserts in Astoria!
We spent time at the Queens County Market this weekend, had a wonderful time, and left with a happy belly.
This edition of Bradley’s Bites features the delicious flatbread with truffle spread and mushrooms at Via Trenta.
We visited the LIC Flea & Food on its inaugural day open – from where we stood, it is truly a success!
I made a visit to the Socrates Sculpture Park Greenmarket and found a lot of delicious things, including strawberries, juice, cheese, honey, vegetables, coffee, and more.
This edition of Bradley’s Bites features the crab bites at Off the Hook in Astoria.
We Heart Astoria Food Talk features Snowdonia, Milkflower, LIC Flea, Astor Bake Shop, Avenue Cafe and Alobar
Lucy makes a visit to MP Taverna for brunch, and also praises the competent bartenders, and a delicious glass of wine.
This week’s Bradley’s Bites features the truly delicious beet fettucini at The Queens Kickshaw.
This time Lucy seeks out wine and oysters at Domaine in Long Island City on a hot, hot day.
This edition of Secrets of an Astoria Chef features a very spring-like dish of risotto with the flavors of green garlic, fresh fava beans, and lemon. Delicious!
An interview with whole hog master, Tyson Ho of John Brown Smokehouse