Food-Friendly Events, January 20-February 2

Kids Food Festival
Saturday and Sunday, January 21 and 22, 10:00-6:00
Citi Pond at Bryant Park (near 41st St. and Sixth Ave.), Manhattan
www.KidsFoodFestival.com/events/new-york-city
General admission, free; additional programs, $25 per session; all events require parental attendance

Cochon 555
Sunday, January 22, 4:00-???
The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers, Pier 60 (at West 19th St.), Manhattan
www.Cochon555.com/2012/menu/buy-tickets
Tickets: $125 and up; ages 21 and over only

Chili Cookoff
Sunday, January 22, 6:00-???
The Habitat, 988 Manhattan Ave. (Huron-India Sts.), Greenpoint, Brooklyn
www.TheHabitatBrooklyn.com/events
Admission: $5

Culinary Luminaries: Robert Mondavi
Monday, January 23, 6:00-???
The New School, Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th St. (Fifth-Sixth Aves.), Manhattan
www.NewSchool.edu/eventdetail.aspx?id=75871
Admission: $5; free to all students and to New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID; RSVP to BoxOffice@NewSchool.edu or 212-229-5488

Tonics and Tinctures: Historic Remedies for Your Expanding Waistline
Monday, January 23, 6:30-???
American Museum of Natural History, Wallach Orientation Center (enter on 77th St., between Columbus Ave. and Central Park West), Manhattan
www.AMNH.org/calendar/event/Tonics-and-Tinctures:-Historic-Remedies-for-Your-Expanding-Waistline
Tickets: $30

Joel Salatin with Dan Barber: A New Kind of Farmer
Monday, January 23, 8:15-???
92nd St. Y, Lexington Ave. at 92nd St., Manhattan
www.92Y.org/Uptown/Event/Joel-Salatin-with-Dan-Barber.aspx
Tickets: $29

The Hungry World: The War on Poverty in Asia During the Cold War
Thursday, January 26, 6:15-???
The Heyman Center for the Humanities, Columbia University, West 116th St. between Amsterdam Ave. and Morningside Dr., Manhattan (see website for precise directions to the center)
www.HeymanCenter.org/events.php?id=244
Free admission; first-come, first-seated; photo I.D. required

Feeding Gotham: New York City Markets, 1790-1860
Thursday, January 26, 6:30-8:30
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden, 417 East 61st St. (First-York Aves.), Manhattan
www.BrownPaperTickets.com/event/218477
General admission: $40; reduced for CHNY and MVHM members

Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival
Saturday, January 28, sessions from noon-4:00 and 5:30-9:30
La.Venue, 608 West 28th St. (at Eleventh Ave.), Manhattan
www.BeerAndBourbon.com
Tickets: $95 per session; ages 21 and over only

Piruka Bakeoff
Saturday, January 28, 3:00-???
Estonian House, 243 East 34th St. (Second-Third Aves.), Manhattan
www.EstonianHouseNewYork.com/eng_events.html
Admission for tasters: $10; registration required by January 21 with Liisi Vanaselja, LVanaselja@gmail.com or 347-683-3632

NY Chili Fest
Sunday, January 29, 7:00-9:30
Chelsea Market, 75 Ninth Ave. (15th-16th Sts.), Manhattan
www.ChiliFest2012.com
Tickets: $55 with beer, ages 21 and over only; $45 without beer; advance purchase required for all tickets

Slow Wine Guide Walk-Around Tasting
Monday, January 30, 6:30-9:30
Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th St. (Sixth-Seventh Aves.), Manhattan
www.SlowWineGuideNYC.eventbrite.com
General admission: $40; Slow Food NYC members, $35; a portion of proceeds benefits Slow Food NYC

Champagne: A Global History
Monday, January 30, 6:30-8:30
Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave. (at 40th St.), Manhattan
www.NYPL.org/events/programs/2012/01/30/author-library-presents-champagne-global-history-becky-sue-epstein
Free admission

Slow Food Meets Big Business
Thursday,February 2, 6:30-???
PriceWaterhouseCoopers, 300 Madison Ave. (at 42nd St.), Manhattan
www.CBSACNY.org/article.html?aid=1095
General admission: $40 advance/$60 door; photo I.D. required

Sold out: Farm + Beer Expo, January 31

Ongoing: Park Here, daily, through February 15; Brooklyn Flea, Saturday and Sunday, year-round; Smorgasbrewery, Sunday, through March; New York Greenmarkets, year-round.

Classes: See the schedules of the Astor Center, The Brooklyn Kitchen, the French Culinary Institute, the Ger-Nis Culinary & Herb Center, the Institute of Culinary Education, the Japanese Culinary Center, Murray's Cheese, and the Whole Foods Bowery Culinary Center, and the roundup of classes on CourseHorse.

Walking tours: Tag along with Big Onion, the Institute of Culinary Education, NoshWalks, NYC Discovery Walking Tours, Urban Oyster, and "Wildman" Steve Brill.

Tickets on sale: Aphrodisiacs: Myth or Reality, February 8; The Roger Smith Cookbook Conference, February 9-11; Just Food Conference, February 24-25; Coffee & Tea Festival NYC, February 25-26; Good Spirits, February 28; Sweet: NY, March 1; David Chang and Lucky Peach, March 1

Comments

[Jenn's ice cream party]

Great choice of restaurants and events to attend on my spare time.