munchies garden
Dirty Work: We Turned Our Fresh Produce into Tostadas with Cosme
Legendary Mexican chef Enrique Olvera and his chef de cuisine at Cosme swung by our garden and taught us that life tastes better when you turn fresh ingredients into crispy tostadas.
Dirty Work: Making Herb-Infused Ice Cream with Sam Mason of Oddfellows
Chef Sam Mason was stoked when we asked him to swing by the MUNCHIES Garden for some ice cream inspiration. "Fresh herbs in ice cream is a must for everything that we do at OddFellows Ice Cream Company," Mason said.
Get Your Dose of MUNCHIES on the Latest Daily VICE
On the latest episode of Daily VICE, the brand new daily show bringing you the best content that VICE has to offer, our very own Hilary Pollack talked about how to step up your cocktail game.
Making Your Own Cocktail Bitters Is Easy as Hell
Mission Chinese Food's Beverage Director Sam Anderson came by our garden, made a ton of herbaceous, Szechuan mouth-numbing bitters, and even taught us how to make our own fernet at home.
Dirty Work: Yotam Ottolenghi and Ramael Scully Veg Out
London-based chefs Yotam Ottolenghi and Ramael Scully of NOPI dropped by the MUNCHIES garden to make some salad, geek out over ground cherries, and throw shade at American cinnamon.
Dirty Work: Making the Most of Fresh Herbs with Jeremiah Stone and Fabian von Hauske of Contra
When life gives you sorrel, turnips, and flowers—or gives them to the co-owners of Contra, in this case—some pretty amazing, delicious things can happen.
Dirty Work: Marinated Japanese Eggplants with Homemade Ricotta from Bobby Hellen of GG's
Bobby Hellen is the chef at Manhattan pizza and small plates spot GG's and he's no stranger to urban gardens. His restaurant's own backyard garden might rival ours, but he stopped by and created some dishes we couldn't come up with in a million years.
Dirty Work: Salad Days with The Food Lab’s J. Kenji López-Alt
We invited The Food Lab's J. Kenji López-Alt, who has recently written a massive new cookbook, to come by the MUNCHIES Garden and explain the mechanics of mayonnaise with inappropriate metaphors.
Dirty Work: Homemade Ranch Dressing and Sun Tea with Courtney McBroom of Large Marge
Davy Crockett once said, "You can go to hell, and I will go to Texas," but Courtney McBroom from Large Marge came to the MUNCHIES garden instead.
Welcome to the MUNCHIES Garden
We’re inviting some of our favorite chefs, bartenders, and personalities in the world of food and drink to come and treat our garden like their very own edible playground.