The Evolution of a Neighborhood Tour of the East

Trace the history of pizza by visiting a mix of wood-fired Neapolitan, coal-fired, and classic New York slice joints on this 2.5 hour walking tour. You'll hit a spread of neighborhoods including Boerum Hill. Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn Heights, and the Columbia Waterfront district.  What's Included All tours include pizza tastings, kitchen tours,...

Central Park provides a great window into the world of wild foods of mid-spring. It's the peak of the season for wild salad greens, and we'll be finding great quantities of renewable ingredients: Spicy mustard greens, such as garlicky garlic mustard, hot hedge mustard, and even hotter poor man's pepper, will abound on lawns or under trees anywhere,...

Key Points about this Tour: 2.75 hours Ticket price is per person. Minimum purchase of 2 tickets required for this tour. Private elegant tables assigned to each booking. Each features cushioned section, a large exterior window and plexiglass dividers. Offered aboard Manhattan or Manhattan II (1920s inspired yachts) Capacity limitations will...

Key Points about this tour: 2 Hours Price is per person. Maximum of 3 ticket purchase. Aboard ADIRONDACK - inspired by the pilot schooners of the 1890s Sails past One World Trade Center, Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty 80 Feet in length and about 2000 square feet of sail area Great for families who want to sail and see the sights!...

Key Points about this tour: 2 Hours Ticket price is per person. Minimum purchase of 2 tickets required for this tour. Aboard Adirondack - inspired by the pilot schooners of the 1890s Sails past One World Trade Center, Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty We ask you to eat before or after your sail. 80 Feet in length and about 2000 square...

A great abundance of edible and medicinal wild plants and mushrooms makes this park a great place for edible and medicinal plants and mushrooms in late summer. Burdock, an expensive detoxifying herb sold in health food stores, abounds in cultivated areas throughout the park. You can also use this invasive species as a superb root vegetable, or even...

Join us as we tour NYC's largest and most beloved farmers market: the Union Square Greenmarket. We'll wander through the farm stands, sampling and shopping for local produce and farm-made products to fill our shopping basket. Along the way, we'll discuss:  What makes something "local" Why "organic" is not the most important label at the...

Forest Park is one of the best places for foragers in mid-spring. Get lost in this vast park, and you'll have plenty to eat (that is, if you can distinguish the gourmet plants from the deadly ones.) It boasts a large, mature, secondary growth forest, trail edges, thickets, and cultivated areas—all overflowing with wild plants. Burdock,...

Key points about this tour: 1.5 hours Ticket price is per person. Minimum purchase of 2 tickets required for this tour. Assigned Private Tables for each booking featuring cushioned seating, plexiglass dividers and openable windows. See all major lower Manhattan sites at Sunset! (One World Trade Center, Financial District, Statue of Liberty,...

Key points about this tour: 2.75 Hours Long Ticket price is per person. Minimum purchase of 2 tickets required for this tour. Private elegant tables assigned per booking - each protected by Plexiglass dividers, cushioned seating and openable windows. Our brunch is a three-course prix fixe menu served at your private table. Offered aboard Manhattan...

Prospect Park provides such a superabundance of wild foods in mid-spring, it's hard to cover them all in just four hours. We begin with spicy hedge mustard, corn-flavored chickweed, and spinach-flavored lamb's quarters, all growing near the park's Grand Army Plaza entrance. Then we move along to goutweed, taking over along the path near the Vale...

Key points about this tour: 1.5 hours Ticket price is per person. Minimum purchase of 2 tickets required for this tour. See all major lower Manhattan sites! Private elegant tables assigned per booking - each protected by Plexiglass dividers, cushioned seating and openable windows. Offered aboard Manhattan or Manhattan II (1920s inspired yachts)...

Forest Park is one of the best places for foragers in mid-spring. Get lost in this vast park, and you'll have plenty to eat (that is, if you can distinguish the gourmet plants from the deadly ones.) It boasts a large, mature, secondary growth forest, trail edges, thickets, and cultivated areas—all overflowing with wild plants, and Violet Brill,...

Central Park provides a great window into the world of wild foods in  early spring. Making a meal with these plants is simple at this time of the year. For an appetizer, try simmering field garlic bulbs in diluted vinegar with Italian seasonings, to make an outstanding pickle. It's the peak of the season for wild salad greens, and we'll be finding...

Learn how a century of culinary evolution resulted in a broad spectrum of pizza styles as you taste your way through pizza history, science, culture, and flavor. See century-old brick ovens and classic slice joints that will fill both belly and mind. You will visit 3 amazing NYC pizzerias, each of which exhibits its own unique take on the world's...

Nature's apothecary is right outside growing in our meadows, woodlands and even our City parks. Summer is one of the most abundant seasons to forage, and discover creative ways to use our native and invasive wild weeds for food and medicine. Join herbalist, Dawn Petter as we discover what wonders are growing beneath our feet. Please dress for the...

Key points about this tour: 1.25 hours Ticket price is per person. Minimum purchase of 2 tickets required for this tour. See all major lower Manhattan lit up at night! Offered aboard Manhattan or Manhattan II (1920s inspired yachts) No narration of the sights. This is a relaxing, sightseeing affair. One complimentary beer, wine, Champagne...

The 17-year-old foraging expert had been co-leading tours with her dad, "Wildman" Steve Brill, since she was 9. "I'm glad to be rid of her," exclaimed her grumpy father. "She finds all the plants and mushrooms faster than I do, she bosses me around, and she steals all my jokes!" Sheldrake Lake is great for early spring foraging. Right out of the...

From wood-fired brick ovens to corner slice shops, this tour tracks the evolution of pizza by visiting 3 amazing NYC pizzerias. Your guide will take you behind the scenes where you'll meet the pizza makers and assorted characters behind the city's top shops. Pizza is included on all tours. Expect to walk about 1 mile. What's Included All tours include...

Inwood Hill Park is one of the best places for foragers in late winter. The city's hilliest park, with a large, mature forest, meadows, thickets, and cultivated areas, it's loaded with wild plants. Now is the time for roots. Burdock, an expensive detoxifying herb sold in health food stores, as well as an invasive foreign species, abounds in human-disturbed...