Empty Waters: The Future of Seafood in America
Thursday, January 23, 7:00-9:00
Museum of Food and Drink, 62 Bayard St. (Lorimer-Leonard Sts.), Williamsburg, Brooklyn
www.MOFAD.org/events/20200123/emptywaters
Tickets: $30
One in a series presented by MOFAD
Burns Night with the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
Thursday, January 23, 7:30-???
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, 109 East 50th St. (Park-Lexington Aves.), Manhattan
www.RSCDSNewYork.org/images/RSCDSNY_Burns_Night_Flyer_2020.pdf
A friend of EIT, who attended a previous year's event, reported that dancing is highly encouraged of all attendees
General admission: $20
Taste of the World at the New York Times Travel Show
Saturday, January 25, 10:00-6:00; Sunday, 11:00-5:00
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th St. (at Eleventh Ave.), Manhattan
http://NYTTravelShow.com/general-information/taste-of-the-world
Tickets: adults, $20 per day, or $25 for a two-day pass (receive $5 off with the code 5offTRAVEL); children ages 18 and under, free
Bolivian alasitas festival, Elizabeth, New Jersey
Saturday, January 25, 12:30-???
Salón de la Iglesia Episcopal San Jose, 38 West End St. (at Jersey Ave.), Elizabeth, New Jersey
www.Facebook.com/100015388922528/videos/759387814584176
"What Is Alasitas And Why Do Bolivians Celebrate It?"
Free admission
Cassoulet Cookoff
Saturday, January 25, 1:00-4:00
Biba of Williamsburg, 110 Kent Ave. (at North 8th St.), Williamsburg, Brooklyn
www.TicketTailor.com/events/foodkarmanyc/319396
Tickets: $55; ages 21 and over only
Meadowlands Homestyle Chili and Salsa Cook-Off, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Saturday, January 25, 8:00-10:00
New Meadowlands Racetrack, 1 Racetrack Drive, East Rutherford, New Jersey
www.Facebook.com/events/1803182496473438
Free admission
Strong Rope Brewery Chili Cook-Off
Sunday, January 26, noon-3:00
Strong Rope Brewery, 574 President St. (Third-Fourth Aves.), Gowanus, Brooklyn
www.Facebook.com/events/2553482678244233
Admission: $10
Hoboken Mutzfest ("mutz" as in "mutz-arella")
Sunday, January 26, 2:00-6:00
Elks Lodge 74, 1005 Washington St., Hoboken, New Jersey
www.Mutzfest.com
Tickets: adults, $25, sold out online but available at local shops (see website for details); children ages 12 and under, free; proceeds benefit the Hoboken Family Alliance
Boy Scout Troop 213 Chili Contest, Saddle Brook, New Jersey
Sunday, January 26, 3:00-5:00
VFW Post 3484, 44 Market St. (at VFW Dr.), Saddle Brook, New Jersey
www.SaddleBrookNJ.us/events/boy-scout-troop-213-chili-cook-off
Admission: $5
Muckraking, Investigative, Impact, and Local Journalism: New Directions for Media Reporting on Food
Wednesday, January 29, 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
CUNY School of Public Health, 55 West 125th St. (Fifth-Sixth-Aves., 7th fl.), Manhattan
www.Eventbrite.com/e/urban-food-policy-forum-new-directions-for-media-reporting-on-food-tickets-86834816273
Free admission with online registration
Dry January: Alcohol-Free Drinks and the Temperance Movement
Wednesday, January 29, 7:00-???
Caveat, 21 Clinton St. (Houston-Stanton Sts.), Manhattan
www.Caveat.nyc/event/masters-of-social-gastronomy-jan-29-dry-january-alcohol-free-drinks-and-the-temperance-movement-1-29-2020
Tickets: $12 advance/$15 onsite; ages 21 and over only
Del Posto X Australia
Thursday, January 30, 6:30-10:00
Del Posto, 85 Tenth Ave. (15th-16th Sts.), Manhattan
www.DelPosto.com/news-events/del-posto-x-australia
Tickets: $200; proceeds benefit the Australian Red Cross and the Koala Hospital
Via The Chef's Connection
Unexpected Pairings: Katz's Delicatessen & Teranga
Thursday, January 30, 6:30-8:30
Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave. (at 103rd St.), Manhattan
www.MCNY.org/event/unexpected-pairings-katzs-delicatessen-teranga
Tickets: general admission, $25
Endangered Eating: Coachella Valley Dates
Thursday, January 30, 6:30-8:00
Prospect Heights Brainery, 190 Underhill Ave. (Sterling-St. John Pls.), Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
www.BrooklynBrainery.com/courses/endangered-eating-coachella-valley-dates
Tickets: $13
Part of a lecture series and semi-secret preview of Sarah Lohman's upcoming food history book, Endangered Eating: Exploring America’s Vanishing Food
Sold out/waitlisted:Does NYC Have the Best Chinese Food Scene (Outside of China)?, January 23; League of Kitchens: Tenement Edition, January 29
Ongoing: Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD), Friday through Sunday; Brooklyn Flea and Smorgasburg Winter Market, Saturday and Sunday; Grand Bazaar NYC, Sunday; The World's Fare at the Hello Panda Festival, daily (through January 26); New York Greenmarkets, various days; Down to Earth Markets, various days
Food courts (and the like): Arthur Avenue Retail Market, Berg'n, Brookfield Place, Canal Street Market, Chelsea Market, City Kitchen, The Deco, DeKalb Market Hall, 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, HK Food Court, Hudson Yards, Industry City food hall, Japan Village, Moore Street Market, New World Mall Food Court, New York Food Court, North 3rd Street Market, The Pennsy, The Plaza Food Hall, Queens Crossing, Super HK Food Court, Time Out Market, Turnstyle, Urbanspace @ 570 Lexington, Urbanspace Times Square Market, Urbanspace Vanderbilt, Urbanspace W 52
Classes: See the schedules of Abigail's Kitchen, the Astor Center, The Brooklyn Kitchen, De Gustibus, Haven's Kitchen, the Institute of Culinary Education, the International Culinary Center, the League of Kitchens, Murray's Cheese, and La Scuola di Eataly, and the roundup of classes on CourseHorse
Walking tours: Tag along with Big Onion, Context, Culinary Backstreets, Eat Your World, Ethnojunkie, Food and Footprints, Fun Foodie NYC, In Food We Trust, the Institute of Culinary Education, Jack Eichenbaum, Joe DiStefano, the Museum of Chinese in America, Noshwalks, Pig Feet Walking Tours, Ray's Food & Walking Tours, Queens Food Tours, Secret Food Tours, Sidewalks of NY, Turnstile Tours, Urban Oyster, and "Wildman" Steve Brill
Tickets on sale: Lunar New Year Chinese Temple Bazaar, February 1; Lunar New Year Celebration of the Vietnam Heritage Center, February 2; Chili Cook Off & Super Bowl Watch Party, February 2; Beyond the North Wind, February 4; Food Access Innovations: Cross-Sectoral Approaches, February 4 (free with online registration); Eat Design: Making Meaning Through Material Culture, February 4; MOCA Lunar New Year Night Market, February 7; Areni Choir Armenian Dolma (stuffed vegetables) Festival, February 9; FERN Talks & Eats, February 10; Love Gone Sour: A Vinegar Valentine's Dinner, February 13; The Restaurant as Research Center: Cooking in the Age of Globalization, February 17 (free with online registration); Kosher Food and Wine Experience, February 17; Eat Joy: Stories & Comfort Food from Celebrated Writers, February 17; Charcuterie Masters, February 22; Cassoulet War by D'Artagnan, February 24; American Cuisine, February 26; Beyond 32nd Street: Korean Restaurants of the Moment, February 27; Lower Alloways Fire Department Muskrat Dinner, March 7
On the radar: Vietnamese Lunar New Year Celebration of Mekong NYC, February 1; Indonesian bazaar at the St. James Parish House, February 8
