I can sometimes look towards what is happening in Brooklyn, New York, and feel as though somehow we are missing out on something quite special. They are creating a micro-cosmos of creativity, a lot of it surrounding food and therefore sprouting artisanal small businesses. There is someone making Ricotta – Another a bee-keeper. Ironically enough, it is happening here too – there are micro-breweries popping up all over town, it’s just that we haven’t quite nailed the way of spreading the word quite as beautifully as they have..
One group of people are doing a job of spreading the news – by way of short films. Made By Hand is a group of films being made by Keith (Keef) Ehrlich, and friends.
This one is about a Knife Maker. It is a facinating watch – mostly due to the contrast of the of materials and the delicate handwork required to mould it.
Tom
December 15, 2011
One of the privileges of when I started seeing Jen is that we did a London to Brooklyn commute and I got to see a bit of this first hand. I love the people starting learning butchery/ cheese making etc.
The one problem is the quality wasn’t quite there and coming from a European background you had a slight feeling of “that is a good effort”. I would guess in the past couple of years they have moved on a lot.
And I wish I had bought a knife from CB and Joel when I was there… They were much cheaper then.
Looking fwd to reading about Lardo (and eating there when back
Good luck
Eliza
December 16, 2011
Thanks Tom. I love that there are people that just get on and do it. I think sometimes with the fear of the ‘expert’, you can be held back. In Australia too there seems to be a much more open – crack on attitude. If and when I do open (argh!) do let me know when you and Jen are around.