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Gnarly Vines is a great wine store in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. They hold many events, belied by the “events” page on their website, which remains woefully empty.

This week they are sampling eggplant parmigiana made with CSA produce along with a couple wines from wine makers who use sustainable practices (who knew big-time Cline uses sustainable practices?). Eggplant parm sampling in a wine store sounds like a big mess, but a big, fun mess!

Here is the info from their press release:

Community Supported Agriculture Tasting Wednesday, July 16, 4 - 8 pm

Wine tasting with samples of eggplant parmigiana from this week’s vegetable selection. Fort Greene has a new CSA supplied by Nolasco farms in Andover, NJ! Come learn about the CSA and taste some delicious eggplant parmagiana fresh from from this week’s harvest while tasting four wines that represent the best of sustainable winemaking, from Cline Cellars in Sonoma County, CA and from Hermann J. Wiemer in New York’s Finger Lakes region.

GNARLY VINES
350 Myrtle Avenue (between Carlton & Adelphi)
718-797-3183
www.gnarlyvines.com

You can now make the fanciest cornbread in town (weren’t you just saying that is a goal you were set on achieving?) with this non-stick pan with scalloped, square cups. Some ingenious engineering ensures your schmancy apps and desserts turn out beautifully: each cup has plate covering a hole in the bottom, so after baking you can pop the treats out easily! I bet you could use this to make really neat frozen desserts too. [$19.95 from Kitchen etc.]