Brooklyn Buttery, founded by culinary-educated Josh Green, makes compound butters that bring flavors such as Sriracha and lemon to everyday cooking. The Brooklyn company uses butter from small farms in upstate New York and Vermont, with recipes ranging from pasta to seafood and desserts.
Bushwick KitchenBorn in Brooklyn in 2014 with its flagship habanero-spiked honey, Bushwick Kitchen makes playful twists on everyday pantry staples. The company builds its range around ingredients sourced from growers and makers, pairing sweetness and heat in products such as spicy honey, maple syrup and sriracha. Its lineup has appeared at Walmart and in Vanity Fair, and has earned recognition from Food & Wine.WASHINGTON, DC
Sugar, Butter, ChocolateHusband-and-wife chefs Daniel and Karniyati Kleinhandler founded Sugar, Butter, Chocolate after meeting at New York’s three-Michelin-starred Jean Georges. From their Brooklyn shop, they reinterpret childhood favorites with a chef-driven mix of classic and modern technique, including custom desserts for celebrations and sweets made for retail partners.BROOKLYN, NY
Culture An American Yogurt CompanyCulture An American Yogurt Company makes and strains fresh yogurt on site, then serves it fresh or as frozen yogurt in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Founded around a culinary approach to yogurt-making, the company draws on pastry chef Jenny’s training at the Institute of Culinary Education and experience at Bouchon Bakery to create its toppings and flavors. Its yogurt is cultivated with live cultures and made with milk sourced from Hudson Valley Fresh and Organic Valley.NEW YORK, NY
The Bearded BakerAfter six years of selling macarons at farmers’ markets across New York state, Scott Krevat opened The Bearded Baker in Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill in 2021, where he makes handmade macarons and other baked treats. Krevat taught himself the pastry from scratch in 2015, drawing on the meticulous thinking of his chemistry studies at NYU, and still develops seasonal flavors alongside the bakery’s cookies, brownies and other sweets. The shop also prepares specialty treats for parties and events and ships its macarons nationwide.BROOKLYN, NY