Get thee to Pig Island. Local pigs find themselves on your plates in a variety of pork dishes inspired by local NYC chefs. Saturday, October 2. Governor’s Island. 11:30-4:30pm.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 1000 Washington Ave. Saturday, Oct 2nd, noon-6pm. For tickets click here. “Experience New York’s hottest fall tradition with seven bands from chile-loving nations around the world, including Indian
Dumpling lovers unite! The Annual NYC Dumpling Festival at Sarah D. Roosevelt Park near Whole Foods Bowery. Saturday, Sept. 25th. 12-5pm. http://www.dumplingfestival.com/
Meet Denise’s Soul Food Truck where soul food is done a little differently – skillfully blending Haitian flavors and spices from back home with familiar recipes from the Deep South.
Meet Honest Tom’s Taco Shop, a psychedelic, day-of-the-dead lean mean taco machine on four wheels. Run and founded by Tom McCusker, a self-taught cook who wanted an excuse to bring his love for breakfast tacos to the masses.
From September 23rd through September 25th, come see a film series dedicated to the environment and green documentaries: Green Edge NYC’s Solar Powered Film Series. A few food. curated. films will be screening before FRESH
The Immigrant’s Table: A Literary Feast with Mary Lou Sanelli. The Tenement Museum. September 29th. 6:30pm. Sanelli returns for a dramatic reading of her memoir. She introduces her family in the most Italian of settings
New Food, Old Foodways: A Panel Discussion with Jane Ziegelman and NYC Food Purveyors at The NYC Tenement Museum. Sept 21st. 6:30pm. A look at how “new” food trends reflect foodways of more than a century ago.
A food event like none other taking place at MoMA’s PS1 in Long Island City. This year’s Le Grand Fooding pits New York City chefs vs. San Francisco chef for ultimate bragging rights. Get tickets online. September
Meet Farmer Ingimundur Kjarval and Ulla Kjarval of Spring Lake Farm in the western Catskills.
This summer, I spent some time with Gordon King, a sustainable mussel farmer from Totten Inlet in South Puget Sound.
