Festa D'Estate supporting Brooklyn Greenway Initiative

Brooklyn Greenway Initiative is an organization responsible for conceiving, planning and coordinating the development of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway, a 14-mile greenway along Brooklyn’s waterfront.

Go to Brooklyn Greenway for more information.

Free Movies in Red Hook

Get on the train and pop over to Red Hook this summer.

Red Hook Summer Movies has put out their schedules for free movies in July at Valentino Pier.  All movies are sponsored by local Brooklyn businesses.

Check it out at Red Hook Summer Movies.

Fort Greene Public Plaza

On Tuesday, June 28th, and Wednesday, June 29th, the Fulton Area Business Aliance will be holding a workshop for community members to offer input and ideas for the public plaza at Lafayette and Fulton in Fort Greene.  It will be  in the community room of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church at 85 South Oxford Street, between Fulton and Lafayette from 6:30-8:30 p.m.


Check out Fulton Area Business Alliance for more information.

Learn more about Plastics, Honeybees and the Atlantic Yards

Friday's Leonard Lopate Show had some pretty great segments yeasterday.  Check out Plastic: A Toxic Love Story and Please Explain: Why Are Honeybees Disappearing.  And on Thursday there was Battle for Brooklyn about the documentary detailing the battle over the development of the Atlantic Yards.

This Saturday and next Saturday we'll have free seeds at the Fort Greene Farmer's Market.  If you can't make it out there, you can email your information to BklynBrokenWindow@gmail.com and put the word 'seeds' in the subject line.

Pictured above Lupinus Polyphyllus.

Recycle-A-Bicycle

Recycle-A-Bicycle has two events coming up this month.  June 19th in Harlem and June 25th in Soundview, Bronx.

Check out their website for more information at www.recycleabicycle.org.

Go Here: Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain

Brooklyn Farmacy is located on the corner of Henry Street and Sacket in Carroll Gardens and probably one of the only places you can find a genuine, old fashioned egg cream in Brooklyn.  In addition to the famous egg creams, you can get pastries, sundaes, soups and a whole lot more.  Most everything served comes from local New York vendors such as Adirondack Creamery Ice Cream from Saratoga Springs and P&H Soda and Syrup right here in Brooklyn.  In addition to their delicious food, you can find local purveyors goods being sold on the shelves.

The prices aren't half bad and the goods are pretty darn good.  A great place to take the kids or for a first date.  So check it out!

Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain

Free seeds this Saturday

This weekend, pass by the GrowNYC information booth at the Fort Greene Park Farmer's Market to pick up free flower seeds.  Get there early, because supplies will be limited.

Pictured above Tithonia rotundifolia.

Still looking for volunteers and artists.

Save Money and Eat In Tonight: Cream of Fresh Tomato Soup

We've made this recipe many times using both fresh and canned tomatoes (recommend using diced tomatoes in tomato juice) and even fresh or dried basil.  Make this once and end up with lots of soup to freeze for later, a great way to save money on having to buy lunch or cook on one of those days you're just feeling too tired to bother with cooking.

Made with yellow tomatoes and yellow carrots.

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons good olive oil
• 1 1/2 cups chopped red onions (2 onions)
• 2 carrots, unpeeled and chopped
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic (3 cloves)
• 4 pounds vine-ripened tomatoes, coarsely chopped (5 large fresh or 2 32oz cans of diced tomatoes)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1/4 cup packed chopped fresh basil leaves, plus julienned basil leaves, for garnish (about a tablespoon of dried basil can also be used)
• 3 cups chicken stock
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
• 3/4 cup heavy cream

Directions

Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy-bottomed pot over medium-low heat. Add the onions and carrots and saute for about 10 minutes, until very tender. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the tomatoes, sugar, tomato paste, basil, chicken stock, salt, and pepper and stir well. Bring the soup to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer, uncovered, for 30 to 40 minutes, until the tomatoes are very tender.

Add the cream to the soup and process it through a food mill into a bowl (a food processor or stick blender works just fine if you don't have a mill), discarding only the dry pulp that's left. Reheat the soup over low heat just until hot and serve with julienned basil leaves and/or croutons.

Soup is great with a side salad and homemade croutons.


Recipe courtesy of Foodnetwork.com.