I know this neighborhood well, as I have friends who live at both the Grant and Manhattanville government subsidized housing units there. Thank you for showcasing it!
Extremely interesting as always, loving learning the history of the neighbourhoods and how they changes (a topic I'm very interested in). Good posts that make you look at them through a different lens and illustrate well their evolution and development. Many thanks
I actually first heard about it from my vegan son. The synthetic dyes that are used in place of it are often petroleum based and linked to cancer so maybe we should just leave the beets and tomatoes red and forget about everything else.
I'm in Sicily right now and there are prickly pear cacti everywhere! Such a fun coincidence that you wrote about the pigment produced by the cochineal on those plants. I haven't seen any of those bugs hanging around on the cacti, but now I'll be on the lookout 👀
Sicily! Amazing! Maybe see if you can track down a glass of Alkermes which (at least some versions) gets its color from cochineal. Have a great rest of your trip!
Thank you for another fun, funny, and informative walk down history of still another city in New York. Love the catchy rhyming title too.
Good luck and have fun on your first ever college trip with your son! So exciting but try not to cry when it’s time to leave him there. You’ll miss him so much but he’ll be all right. And he’ll be back in a few months. You’ll be looking forward to those times and then feel sad again when it’s time for him to leave☺️
Thanks Raquel! I was feeling a little embarrassed by the title but anytime you have the opportunity to rhyme fluffy feast I think you just have to go for it.
Oh don’t be embarrassed next time you have a stroke of inspiration, like rhyming yeast to feast. Yup it’s an odd pairing but it works!
Yeah, sending our kids away for college is hard but you’ll get used to the rhythm of it. Although the pang when they leave over and over again, it will always be there😢 But don’t worry, Thanksgiving is around the corner, then Christmas, then Spring Break, then summer. Also a warning, one Spring Break, he might ditch you for the beach with his friends😅
I must say I really look forward to your posts, even if they're a day late! Always found myself drawn to Manhattanville for some reason. Reminds me of really Olde New York. Had a chance to visit the area when I was in town late last year and had an enjoyable afternoon. Thanks again, and enjoy the sabbatical!
Thanks Eddie! The neighborhood definitely has that “olde” vibe though it’s changing. Still the viaduct isn’t going anywhere so unless they decide to install a bunch of blinking LEDs on it, it should retain at least some of its charm.
I always felt like this neighbourhood was the NY I never experienced (moved to the states when I was young in 96). I have been passing through there for the last 30 years. Lovely photos and always nice to learn things I never heard about. Any believe even fairway is out of there.
To my knowledge, the red in those cherries are more likely due to the addition of red dye # something, and not cochineal. Cochineal had been the coloring agent used in Campari, but that ended a number of years ago when the manufacturer switched to artificial coloring.
I’m by no means a maraschino expert, though I love the story of the red honey that was traced back to bees frequenting a maraschino factory. I am going to have to do some more investigative reporting and check some labels at my local grocery to see if I can find some evidence. It’s sometimes listed as natural Red #4.
I had never heard of it either but apparently the New York variation is nothing like the real thing which is a a formal full size cake made from ladyfingers and invented in France in the 1800s. It is also now, strangely, the name of a tween and teen clothing shop
I know this neighborhood well, as I have friends who live at both the Grant and Manhattanville government subsidized housing units there. Thank you for showcasing it!
Thanks for reading!
Extremely interesting as always, loving learning the history of the neighbourhoods and how they changes (a topic I'm very interested in). Good posts that make you look at them through a different lens and illustrate well their evolution and development. Many thanks
Thanks for reading Salvo!
What a fantastic entry. The story about Simon Bernheimer is unbelievable! I had to share it with my husband. What a journey!
At least he went out doing the thing he loved most!
I saw the cochineal in Peru, fascinating.
Peruvian women from small villages also use it as makeup on their lips and cheeks.
I never imagined it was also used on food.
I actually first heard about it from my vegan son. The synthetic dyes that are used in place of it are often petroleum based and linked to cancer so maybe we should just leave the beets and tomatoes red and forget about everything else.
Very curious to try the Charlotte Russe!
Very interesting research.
Fascinating to learn about the land ownership history and development.
I wonder if heroterpine actually helped with those conditions and which side effects it had!...
I love seeing your photographs. There are some excellents ones in here.
I'm sure it helped with all those conditions and more! Thanks Ana!
Just a quick note to say, good luck at college drop off! I'm right there with you. Enjoy a well deserved break.
Thanks and good luck to you too!
I'm in Sicily right now and there are prickly pear cacti everywhere! Such a fun coincidence that you wrote about the pigment produced by the cochineal on those plants. I haven't seen any of those bugs hanging around on the cacti, but now I'll be on the lookout 👀
Sicily! Amazing! Maybe see if you can track down a glass of Alkermes which (at least some versions) gets its color from cochineal. Have a great rest of your trip!
Thank you for another fun, funny, and informative walk down history of still another city in New York. Love the catchy rhyming title too.
Good luck and have fun on your first ever college trip with your son! So exciting but try not to cry when it’s time to leave him there. You’ll miss him so much but he’ll be all right. And he’ll be back in a few months. You’ll be looking forward to those times and then feel sad again when it’s time for him to leave☺️
Thanks Raquel! I was feeling a little embarrassed by the title but anytime you have the opportunity to rhyme fluffy feast I think you just have to go for it.
First year of college anticipation is hard!
Oh don’t be embarrassed next time you have a stroke of inspiration, like rhyming yeast to feast. Yup it’s an odd pairing but it works!
Yeah, sending our kids away for college is hard but you’ll get used to the rhythm of it. Although the pang when they leave over and over again, it will always be there😢 But don’t worry, Thanksgiving is around the corner, then Christmas, then Spring Break, then summer. Also a warning, one Spring Break, he might ditch you for the beach with his friends😅
I must say I really look forward to your posts, even if they're a day late! Always found myself drawn to Manhattanville for some reason. Reminds me of really Olde New York. Had a chance to visit the area when I was in town late last year and had an enjoyable afternoon. Thanks again, and enjoy the sabbatical!
Thanks Eddie! The neighborhood definitely has that “olde” vibe though it’s changing. Still the viaduct isn’t going anywhere so unless they decide to install a bunch of blinking LEDs on it, it should retain at least some of its charm.
I always felt like this neighbourhood was the NY I never experienced (moved to the states when I was young in 96). I have been passing through there for the last 30 years. Lovely photos and always nice to learn things I never heard about. Any believe even fairway is out of there.
Nice neighborhood
Thanks Omri! Underneath the viaduct is such a unique, New York place. I love it. Fairway, unfortunately closed in 2020.
To my knowledge, the red in those cherries are more likely due to the addition of red dye # something, and not cochineal. Cochineal had been the coloring agent used in Campari, but that ended a number of years ago when the manufacturer switched to artificial coloring.
I’m by no means a maraschino expert, though I love the story of the red honey that was traced back to bees frequenting a maraschino factory. I am going to have to do some more investigative reporting and check some labels at my local grocery to see if I can find some evidence. It’s sometimes listed as natural Red #4.
I never heard of a Charlotte Russe before this. I have to wonder if people outside of NYC were fans or if it was just a local thing.
I had never heard of it either but apparently the New York variation is nothing like the real thing which is a a formal full size cake made from ladyfingers and invented in France in the 1800s. It is also now, strangely, the name of a tween and teen clothing shop