Category: Local Food and Seasonal Ingredients

A collection of local food and seasonal ingredients, recipes, food and culinary exploration within New York and around the world.  With a focus on using local, seasonal ingredients or cultural specialties, Full Access is excited to highlight some of our favorite dishes for you.

Local Food and Seasonal ingredients include ramps, fiddlehead ferns and asparagus in the spring.  Summer is filled with stuffed squash blossoms and the transition into fall brings venison and slightly heavier fare.  Our winter recipes are filled with stews, soups and filling risottos.

Additionally, our category will highlight growing your own food in local community gardens, baking your own bread and getting a taste of the city.

New York Power Breakfast

By Seth Fera-Schanes People who work in the city typically choose from two breakfast options to start their day: bagel with cream cheese or eggs on a roll. However, if you are ready to introduce a new item to your morning menu, I have included some healthy fruit […]

Not Kale Chips

By Seth Fera-Schanes New Yorkers have a healthy obsession with kale.  Being a foodcentric city, chefs and cooks here are always looking for new techniques or ways to reinterpret dishes.  That being said, I decided to take the traditional kale chip recipe and apply the same principles to […]

A Healthy Obsession With Kale

By Seth Fera-Schanes I have noticed a rise in kale related conversations over the past few years.  This hardy green isn’t new to the market but has found its way into menus across the city. A standout feature of kale is its versatility.  The preparation range spans from […]

Museum Meals: Come for the Food, Stay for the Art

By Elissa Gilbert Most museum dining is more serviceable than noteworthy; there are few places where you’d pay the admission fee just to try the restaurant. But there are some museums with restaurants you can access without paying the admission that are well worth visiting. 1. Don’t hesitate […]

New Year’s Eve in New York City

By Seth Fera-Schanes There are a handful of options to ring in the new year in New York City. 1.  Club – For individuals age 21-25.  Older readers, please skip to item number 2.  Here is the deal for clubs on New Year’s. Grand promises of all your […]

Fish soup made with Baccala and traditionally served on Christmas eve

Traditional Italian Christmas Baccala

By Seth Fera-Schanes Few places around the country have the range of food traditions found in New York.  As people have come and gone from the city over the years, they impart their knowledge of different cooking techniques, recipes and holiday traditions.  This information is then passed on […]

A Day at the Metropolitan Museum: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Included

With a collection that spans centuries and continents, exploring the Metropolitan Museum completely could take a lifetime. For those of us who can’t devote quite that much time, spending an entire day at the museum—especially a day when it stays open late—gives a taste of the collection. With five restaurants open to the public, you can have all your meals at the museum without eating in the same place twice.

Pomegranate and Bourbon Glazed Salmon

By Seth Fera-Schanes New York residents have an affinity for pomegranates and this fruit is typically available in most grocery stores and corner bodegas.  People here also really enjoy various types of spirits including bourbon (no surprise there.)  So, if you have two really good things why not […]

Thanksgiving Oyster Stuffing

By Seth Fera-Schanes In a city obsessed with oysters, it makes sense these bivalves would find their way into a Thanksgiving stuffing.  Also, since New York is such a culinary hub, you can choose to add your favorite oysters from around the country.  Included below is a recipe […]

Baby Mixed Green Salad with Pomegranate Seeds and Kumquats

By Seth Fera-Schanes The New York holiday season is underway.  What this means is a deluge of paperless post and facebook invitations to parties starting the first weekend of December and running through New Years Eve.  I am not saying this is a bad thing, just a statement […]