The High School for Public Service in East Flatbush is harvesting around 500 lbs. of organic produce a week from its 10,000 square foot front yard vegetable garden. Principal Ben Shuldiner. told the Daily News, "The goal was to create a focal point for learning about healthier eating. Sadly, access to fruits and vegetables is very limited in this neighborhood." Students ran the farm all summer with the help of BK Farmyards, and sell the produce at a farmer's market in front of the school every Wednesday. That sound you hear is Jamie Oliver crying over his missed opportunity. more ›

What’s worth watching on food-TV this week? Martha Stewart’s got a great line-up of guests this week: Jamie Oliver on Monday, making roast beef and carrot cake; Mario Batali appears on Tuesday, making pumpkin lune (little moon) pasta; and David Chang is on Thursday. And Keri Russell, who is not a chef but played a pie-making wizard in the movie Waitress, appears on Wednesday (Monday-Friday, 1pm, NBC). Also on this week: On Wednesday, Gordon Ramsay... more ›

Julia Moskin sits in for Bruni again this week, gives two stars to the new dining room at the Morgan Library. It's eccentric, she says--open only during museum hours, which means that it only serves dinner on Friday nights, and even then only until 9pm. But "there's no institution that joins a menu and a museum as seamlessly." more ›

November 6: NYC Marathon Brunch at Central Park Boathouse more ›

September 25-29: Latin Beer Tasting more ›

Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio, YC Media, authors, The Girl's Guide To Starting Your Own Business more ›

Gothamist is always in the market for a new cookbook, especially with Thanksgiving just around the corner. Here are a few suggestions that might inspire you to try a new recipe and impress your holiday guests later this week. more ›

North Square will host a special Autumn Squash dinner celebrating New York’s fall harvest and the wines of Seneca Lake, New York at 7:30 on Wednesday, October 20. The menu includes squash prepared six different ways, including spaghetti squash soup, squash blossom empanadas, a roasted guinea hen with butternut squash cakes, and grilled baby lamb chops with pumpkin spaetzle. Price is $65 per person, and each course is paired with a Seneca Lake wine, including wines from Chateau Lafayette Reneau, Standing Stone, and Lamoreaux Landing. more ›

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British wunderkind chef Jamie Oliver started a restaurant called Fifteen. A non-profit restaurant, Oliver's goal was to take 15 untrained and unemployed young Londoners to help run the restaurant. Some were delinquents, another a single mom. The end result can be seen on Jamie's Kitchen, which airs tonight and every day this week at 10PM on the Food Network. more ›