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Seth Fera-Schanes

Publisher, Full Access NYC

Jerry Middleton: Working With Wood

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Look beyond Wall Street and Midtown’s financial firms, Madison Avenue ad agencies and Silicon Alley in the FlatIron District.  Instead look around at the thousands of individuals and smaller companies who make our bread, artisanal pickles, jewelry, hats and any other number of items we give as gifts or use in our daily lives.

There are all manner of interesting professions and niche industries in the city and I was fortunate to be able to speak with Jerry Middleton owner and operator of Wood Essentials, a company that specializes in making wood medicine cabinets.

New Museum Photography Tour

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When friends visit and have never been to a museum in the city, I take them to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met.)  It is huge and has a collection of artwork that spans thousands of years and covers the entire globe.  Simple as that.

However, not all New York museums focus on broad collections.  Some represent niche areas of the art world and have a specific style of artwork or region of the world.  The New Museum is just that; a contemporary art museum located on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

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Fried Cucuzza Squash

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You go in your your local grocery store and see a 2 foot long squash.  It is thin, green and says “cucuzza.”  If you had Italian grandparents growing up you might be familiar with this food.  I called my mom for suggestions on preparation and was told when she was a kid her family would dip in a light batter and fry them up.  Below is my easy to prepare recipe for Cucuzza squash.

Best Arctic Char Burgers

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A recent trip to the New Fulton Fish Market yielded a great purchase of an Arctic Char.  Not only was the fish incredibly fresh but it cost $5.90/lb.  The fish was just over 3 pounds and came to a total of $18.  This same fish in a market in the city would cost around $15/lb and in a restaurant could easily be over $20 per plate.  (Editors note: I did take a cab to and from the market at 3am and am not factoring in the cost of both those trips.)

Goat Sloppy Joes With Hawaiian Sweet Rolls

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I had been thinking about Sloppy Joes (which happens sometimes… or it might be milk shakes, fish tacos, or other food items that I just get a craving for.)

Not only did I want a Sloppy Joe, I wanted a Goat Sloppy Joe.  So what did I do?  I headed down to the Union Square Greenmarket on a Saturday and found the exact ingredient I was seeking.

Escape From New York

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Flight times from JFK to Buffalo Niagara International Airport will show up as an hour and a half but in reality you are in the air for around fifty minutes.  With travel times under an hour (we will exclude getting to and from the airport, check-in and all that other fun stuff) a weekend trip to western New York should make your travel roster in the near future.

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