Slavonic Festival
Saturday, February 4, noon-8:00
St. Thomas the Apostle Byzantine Catholic Church, 1407 St. Georges Ave., Rahway, New Jersey
www.NJ.com/suburbannews /index.ssf/2017/01 /slavonic_festival_at_rahway_ch.html
Free admission
Vietnamese Lunar New Year Celebration
Saturday, February 4, 2:00-5:00
St. James Park, 2530 Jerome Ave. (at West 192nd St.), Bronx
www.Facebook.com/events/1885969271624374
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2014/02/vietnamese-lunar-new-year-celebration.html
Free admission; donations gratefully accepted
The Art of Food
Saturday, February 4, 6:30-10:00
Sotheby’s New York, 1334 York Ave. (71st-72nd Sts.), Manhattan
www.ArtOfFoodNY.com
VIP tickets: $185 (general admission tickets are sold out)
Chinese Lunar New Year celebration, Flushing, Queens
Saturday, February 4
The parade, beginning at about 11:00, proceeds from 39th Ave. along Union St., Sanford Ave., and Main St. to Queens Crossing, where "indoor activities" follow, 1:00-4:00
www.TimesLedger.com/stories/2017/4/lunarnewyear_2017_01_27_q.html
Free admission
Chinese Lunar New Year celebration, Manhattan
Sunday, February 5
The parade, scheduled for 1:00, proceeds from Hester St. down Mott St., across Division St., and up to Sara Roosevelt Park, where a festival continues till 4:30
www.BetterChinatown.com
Free admission
Wine and Chocolate Tasting with Jacques Torres
Monday, February 6, 7:00-8:15
The Greene Space, 44 Charlton St. (at Varick St.), Manhattan
www.TheGreeneSpace.org/events/thegreenespace/2017/feb/06/wine-and-chocolate-pairing-jacques-torres
Tickets: $30; ages 21 and over only
NYC's Conference on Hunger and Poverty
Tuesday, February 7, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Marriott Marquis Times Square, 1535 Broadway (at 46th Sts.), Manhattan
www.FoodBankNYC.org/our-programs/our-food-program-network/nyc-conference-on-hunger-and-poverty/nyc-s-conference-on-hunger-and-poverty
Tickets: general admission, $65; Food Bank member agencies, $35
Global Flavors: How Curry, Soy Sauce, and Sriracha Became American
Thursday, February 9, 6:30-8:00
Museum of Food and Drink, 62 Bayard St. (Lorimer-Leonard Sts.), Williamsburg, Brooklyn
www.MOFAD.org/events/2017/2/9/global-flavors-how-curry-soy-sauce-and-sriracha-became-american
Tickets: general admission, $10; students with I.D., $5
One in a series presented by MOFAD
Best Food Writing 2016
Thursday, February 9, 7:00-???
92nd St. Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. (at 92nd St.), Manhattan
www.92Y.org/Event/Best-Food-Writing
Tickets: $29
One in a series presented with Kitchen Arts & Letters
Sold out/waitlisted: Exploring Omusubi and Onigiri in a Japanese Tea House, February 2
Ongoing: Manhattanville: A New York Nexus, Thursday; Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD), Friday through Sunday; Winter Brooklyn Flea + Smorgasburg, Saturday and Sunday (through March); Grand Bazaar NYC, Sunday; Sour, Sweet, Bitter, Spicy: Stories of Chinese Food and Identity in America, daily (through September 10); Fulton Stall Market, daily; New York Greenmarkets, various days; Down to Earth Markets, various days; food and drink Meetups, various days
Food courts (and the like): Arthur Avenue Retail Market, Berg'n, Brookfield Place, Chelsea Market, City Kitchen, Eataly, Essex Street Market, The Falchi Building, Fei Long Supermarket Food Court, Food Gallery 32, Gansevoort Market, Golden Shopping Mall, Gotham West Market, Grand Central Terminal dining concourse, Industry City food hall, Moore Street Market, New World Mall Food Court, New York Food Court, The Pennsy, The Plaza Food Hall, Turn-Style, Urbanspace Vanderbilt
Classes: See the schedules of the Astor Center, The Brooklyn Kitchen, Camaje Bistro & Lounge, De Gustibus, the Ger-Nis Culinary & Herb Center, Haven's Kitchen, the Institute of Culinary Education, the International Culinary Center, the League of Kitchens, Murray's Cheese, the 92nd St. Y, La Scuola di Eataly, and Vimbly, and the roundup of classes on CourseHorse
Walking tours: Tag along with Big Onion, City Food Tours, Ethnojunkie, Fun Foodie NYC, In Food We Trust, the Institute of Culinary Education, Jack Eichenbaum, Joe DiStefano, the Museum of Chinese in America, Noshwalks, Ray's Food & Walking Tours, Queens Food Tours, Sidewalks of NY, Turnstile Tours, Urban Oyster, and "Wildman" Steve Brill
Tickets on sale: New York Oyster and Beer Festival, February 11; The Brooklyn Chocolate Takedown, February 12; The Lifestyle of Food: Building a Food Brand, February 16; Opening: A Taste for Chocolate, February 17 (free with online RSVP); Asian Fusion Fest, February 18; Areni Choir Armenian Dolma Festival, February 19; Hand Pulled Noodles of Xi'an, February 23; Charcuterie Masters, February 25; MSG: Friend or Foe?, February 27; An Evening of Fine Food, February 28; The Ramen King: Ippudo's Shigemi Kawahara, February 28; Slow Food NYC Food Almanac: Are Good, Clean, and Fair Food and Farming Trumped?, February 28; Hoboken Volunteers Chili Cook-Off and Homebrewing Contest, March 11; Fare Plate, March 12; Just Food Conference, March 12-13; Taste of Greenwich House, March 13; Dining by Design, March 16-20; Staten Island Advance Cookbook Taste-Off, March 19, (free with online registration); BrunchCon, March 26; Sunday Supper at Chelsea Market, March 26
On the radar: Indonesian bazaar at St. James Episcopal Church, February 18; Food vendors at the Queens polling location for Ecuadorian elections, February 19; Phagwah celebration in Richmond Hill, March 12
