We love going to the Brooklyn Flea most of all for the delicious food vendors. Our first stop is always the LIDDABIT SWEET table to stock up on our absolute favorite sweet--their Beer and Pretzel Caramels. Made with Brooklyn Brewery’s Brown Ale and East India Pale Ale combined with crunchy chunks of salty Martin’s pretzels folded into a creamy caramel, well it's pure bliss. We try not to over indulge, but it's hard! One just isn't enough.
Another treat we can’t resist is their King Bar–a candy bar layered with peanut butter nougat, brown sugar-brown butter cookie, banana ganache, and then dipped in milk chocolate. If a trip to the Brooklyn Flea isn’t in your future, you can order Liddabit goodies at www.liddabitsweets.com. We promise, it’s worth every penny!

Brunch is one of the best ways to hang with friends. During a delightful outside eating fest this weekend, I had one of the best bloody marys courtesy of McClure’s pickles. With a pickle brine base and plenty of garlic, their concoction is good enough to drink sans vodka. Get a quart-size jar of your McClure’s Bloody Mary Mix sold for $8 at Brooklyn Flea and mcclurespickles.com.

Before the new year, we walked the One of a Kind show here in NYC. There was definitely a plethora of ahem, interesting, products. But just as we were about to leave, we spotted a gem, Morris Kitchen’s Ginger Syrup! Tyler and Kari Morris, the adorable Brooklyn brother-sister duo behind Morris Kitchen, started bottling the potent stuff after falling in love with ginger on a trek through the south of France. To use: add a teaspoon to club soda to make your own ginger ale, spice up a cup of tea or make our favorite summer cocktail, Ginga Fizz! (more to come on that later) You can find it at Marlow & Daughters or Urban Rustic.
Bottling syrup is not the only thing these talented siblings do, they also host an organic supper club. We are dying to get on the next guest list!