He’s got an endless curiosity for cooking and is constantly trying new recipes with me as his eager guinea pig. Zeph is a self-taught genius in the kitchen. But it wasn’t until I met Zeph that the idea became a PLAN. The notion of selling Chicago dogs in NYC has been in the back of my mind ever since. Today that cart has expanded to a successful franchise. Not long after I started working in an office across from the Flatiron building, a cart showed up in Madison Square Park selling my beloved Chicago dogs. A salad atop a juicy, snappy, all-beef sausage. More than a hot dog, it’s a whole meal on a bun. But there was one edible thing I really missed from back home: the Chicago style hot dog. I fully embraced life in New York City - learned to love Indian food, fresh bagels, sushi, dim sum, bahn mi, pastrami sandwiches the size of my head, crispy pizza, and gooey huraches served from tents and trucks in far corners of Brooklyn. I moved to NYC in 2002 after growing up in Chicago. Hi, my name is Liz, and along with my husband Zeph, we are the team behind Snap. We’re enjoying Mexican chocolate brownies baked with chocolate picked up on our trip to Oaxaca Mexico. If you want to find out more check out the NYC Beekeeping Group or the NYC Beekeepers Association and watch out for a new movie – Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us? If you have a roof or backyard with a little shade and that isn’t too far from fresh water and some trees, you too can keep bees. Male bees are called drones and have no stingers.Ħ. All worker bees are female and make up 90% of a colony’s population. (Or to be eaten by you, me, bears, monkeys, alligators, etc…)ĥ. A healthy colony of 45,000 bees can produce 150 pounds of surplus honey for their winter stores. Honey is concentrated bee food and has to be rehydrated before they can eat it.Ĥ. Bees take nectar (95% water) and reduce it to honey (17% water). Bee pollination is necessary for over 30% of all the food we eat and nearly 70% of all fruits and vegetables.ģ. Aggressive, obnoxious yellowjackets aren’t actually bees. What’s the most important thing we learned? – EVERYONE NEEDS BEES!ġ. Just finished our urban beekeeping classes at the Brooklyn Brainery.
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