The Wild Food of NYC | Here & There Ep. 1

Описание: I'm Henry, a chef, ex-humanitarian aid worker, ex-corporate sell out, and native New Yorker. I’m on a mission to discover and cook food that is wild and alive. So, I started at home and traced NYC's food ecosystem back to its roots. I mapped NYC’s most famous ingredient, fished Jamaica Bay with Captain Pat, learned secret fish sauce recipes at Hamido Seafood in Astoria, and fire-cooked a meal on the East River that tells the story of this place. This is the hidden and wild side of NYC food.

This is Episode 1 of Here & There with Chef Henry Elliman.

ABOUT HERE & THERE
Each episode, I travel somewhere new to prepare a fire-cooked meal where every element—the ingredients, the setting, the table itself—is inspired by the landscapes and the people I learn from along the way. It is an adventure, sometimes risky, and always driven by my obsession for the flavors that remind us that food is wild and alive.

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Welcome to NYC
0:36 – Intro: What Fed NYC Before Restaurants?
1:00 –The Oyster Capital of the world
2:02 – Jamaica Bay's Wild Ecosystem
3:15 – Fishing with Captain Pat
4:30 – Hamido Seafood Restaurant (Astoria)
5:45 – Preparing the Fire & Setting the Table
6:14 – The Menu: Oysters, Three Sisters, Waldorf, Striped Bass

THE MENU
Oysters
Three Sisters Salad
Waldorf Salad
Wild-Caught Striped Bass from Jamaica Bay with Egyptian Sauce
Rooftop Honeycomb & Funfetti

CREDITS
Production Company: Surprisingly Reliable
Creative Brand Design: Lunch Special
Socials and Marketing: Kacey
Event Design: Bella Jansen
Event Logistics: Trevor Shorb
Wine: Palm Wine World


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
What a wonderful group of people who inspired and delivered this episode. Thanks to Eric Sanderson, the creator of the Welikia project and author of Manahatta, for the maps that changed the way I saw NYC (Welikia.org).
Captain Pat of Forever Two Worlds delivered the fish, the joy, and the respect of this big and abundant city from Rockaways and Jamaica bay.
To Hamido Seafood Restaurant, your hospitality was legendary. Your fish is excellent. You really are a lighthouse for me in the city.
On day 1 of the shoot, we made a detour to the Lev food cart on Houston and Lafayette. Thank you for fueling the shoot and being an inspiration for site specific cooking.
To the suppliers, I am naked without my tools: Aquabest Seafood, GrowNYC Union Square Green Market, Halal Pastures Farm, Norwich Meadows, Mr. Kale, Andrews Honey, Home Depot, Zev Rovine Selections, My grandma for the mint and Iced Tea recipe which endures, Opinel, wusthof knives, Patagonia, Seavees, Vespa BK, NY Public Library, Claude AI, Dropbox, Canva, etc.
To the team, the Kitchen Cabinet, and my friends – Thank you for indulging my dreaming. Onwards and upwards.


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