"What is 66 Square Feet About?
It's about gardening in tight spaces. It's about how to live in a tiny apartment with a tiny terrace. It's about friends, and inspiration and blackspot on the roses. It's about food and cooking over an open flame. It's about wine. And water. And watering...And picnics. It's about Brooklyn. And South Africa. It's about seasons without and within. It's about where I go and what I come back to: a terrace twelve-and-three quarters by five-and-a-quarter feet wide."
"This project started with a conversation with Human Resources and a ticket to Paris.
I had been working at American Express developing business in Europe. Lo and behold, my role moved to London, and I stayed in New York (hence the meeting with HR). It was a good thing though – I was excited about the possibilities ahead! But first my husband and I redeemed all our Membership Rewards points and headed straight to Paris with a beautiful guidebook in hand, Markets of Paris.
"We eat about 75,000 meals in a lifetime. I want all of them to be awesome."
"I’m a photographer living in Brooklyn, NY with my husband, daughter and 3 chickens. I’m learning as I go about gardening, composting and raising chickens for eggs in an urban environment. Living a more sustainable life in an environment where it is easy to be out-of-touch with nature is a challenge we are undertaking as a family."
"The goal of HungryinBrooklyn.com is to create, explore and document the local, organic, and sustainable food movement in Brooklyn and beyond. By posting recipes, videos, and throwing a signature monthly dinner in my Williamsburg apartment, I hope to spread the message of responsible cooking and consuming one ingredient at a time."
"TheCityGreens.com is New York City’s daily local food gazette. New York food is tasting better, slowing down, and growing local. We cover urban agriculture with a focus on fresh, locally grown food, as well as the community of New York foodies who are changing how their communities eat. From urban farming, rooftop gardens and live-bird markets, to locally sourced restaurants, organic chocolatiers and home distilled liquor, New Yorkers have revolutionary food ideas. The City Greens is your source for daily news on its progress, setbacks and achievements."
"The Smitten Kitchen, in its latest physical incarnation is a 42 square foot (whimper) circa-1935 sort of half-galley kitchen with a 24 foot footprint, a single counter, tiny stove, checkered floor and a noisy window at the end to the avenue below.
