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The most eco-friendly way to eat on Earth Day – and any day – is by growing your own food, eating it raw and composting the scraps. But for those of us who aren’t urban farmers, there are some good green options happening on or around April 22nd.

Fort Greene’s Habana Outpost – the Brooklyn spin-off of Nolita’s popular Café Habana – bills itself as New York’s first “eco-eatery”. The indoor/outdoor flea market/café/artist community runs on solar power and rainwater-flushing toilets, uses biodegradable cups, and boasts a bike-powered blender to mix their smoothies and margaritas. Although the funky earth-friendly establishment shuts down during the winter months, they’ve left their clientele with a little parting gift to keep them warm until spring. Inspired by...

HEADS UP: Last year we had Daniel Kitson join our Laughable Hype comedy show, and we've been eagerly awaiting his return to the states since then. Good news...he's back! We strongly urge you to buy tickets right now so you can catch the special performance on Monday at Mo Pitkins. These will go fast Sold out! But this just in...Kitson will also be performing at Union Hall this Sunday at 9pm (first come first served).

Everyone loves that old summer classic: corn on the cob. But too many years of the sub-par supermarket variety, simply boiled, can ruin your taste for it. Enter the new corn on the cob, in its gussied-up Mexican incarnation, elotes. Also called esquites, this is guaranteed to renew your passion. Most important, in this version, the corn is grilled, preferably over charcoal. Then it’s rolled in a good coating of crumbled cotija cheese (grated Parmesan works well too), sprinkled with some mild ground chile, and spritzed with lime. Some squirt mayonnaise on too, but that can be too heavy (and a little trashy). This is a staple snack in Mexico, usually munched on shopping trips. Now it’s turning up at restaurants around the city, riding the vogue for Mexican street food. On the Lower East Side, Café el Portal and El Bocadito (reopening on August 15) offer authentic elotes, while El Centro in Hell’s Kitchen presents it as a more gringo-style side. In Brooklyn, Clemen’s in Windsor Terrace is known for its corn on the cob, and the dish is on the menu at Pacifico in Boerum Hill.

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May 27: Habana Outpost's Grand Reopening

We love to eat out, but there are some occasions when the budget just won't allow it. For those times, or for any time you feel like making your own version of a dish from one of your favorite spots, 86 Recipes comes to the rescue. On its face, 86 Recipes is merely a collection of recipe cards, albeit an impressive one, from NYC favorites like Hearth, Prune, 'inoteca, and Habana Outpost, among others. That in and of itself is fun -- we're pretty psyched to make Marco Canora's Fava and Pecorino salad, 'inoteca's beet salad, Republic's grilled eggplant, or Westville's turkey burger in the comfort of our own small, cramped kitchen. But upon closer review, 86 Recipes is incredibly user-friendly -- it comes with an index of restaurants by neighborhood, and each card is prominently tagged with type of ingredient (seafood, vegetarian, etc.), type of meal (entree, small plate, dessert), cuisine, a rough guide of the time involved (so no surprises), and even special kitchen equipment needed and suggestions for wine pairings for each recipe. Each card also comes with a map showing where the restaurant is located and all relevant vital stats. Finally, it's all packed up in a nifty little glossy, stylish box -- sort of like your grandma's recipe file, but updated. 86 Recipes retails for $34.95 and is available online.

Supporting the local economy and local artists but doing it with a "think globally" attitude, this weekend (which already seems so far away) the Habana Outpost opened it's biodegradable doors to the public for the season. It's the first solar powered flea market/restaurant/artist community.