(Many of the fairs, festivals, and other wonderful food events that usually fill my calendar each spring have been postponed or cancelled. This post is based on a past year's festival.)
One of the best things since before sliced bread.
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This flat but scenic landscape of smørrebrød is too vast for the tiny seamen's church, where Danish crafts, gifts, and delicacies crowd into narrow rooms and the ad hoc backyard café might generously be described as snug. Through the good graces of the church's Brooklyn Heights neighbors, however, the fair expands to the capacious hall of another place of worship nearby.
Garlic-ridden broccoli rabe, superthin slices of sharp provolone, and Italian long hots (that is, long hot peppers) each supply their obligatory bite, while a still-simmering herb-and bone-stock braising liquid rounds out the flavor of the long-roasted pork itself in Federoff's namesake sandwich ($12). Your sandwich will never be dry, to be sure, but if wet is not wet enough, ask for "overboard" to secure another ladle or two of liquid. The crusty seeded Italian bread can take it — just be sure your cardboard caddy doesn't spring a leak!
Federoff's Roast Pork
At Smorgasburg, weekends during the warmer months
Saturday: 90 Kent Ave. (North 7th-North 8th Sts.), Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Sunday: Pier 5 (near Joralemon St.), Brooklyn Bridge Park
267-257-3551
www.Facebook.com/RoastPorkNYC
The produce was fresh, but the mozzarella was fresher — only minutes old, in fact, in the case of my Caprese sandwich ($9). The round being squeezed off in the second photo, however, had another destiny, perhaps as one of twin "mozz pops," with pesto on the side, or as a larger "mozz bomb," with pesto injected right into its heart. Forks are available, but fingers work better.
Big Mozz
At Smorgasburg, weekends during the warmer months
Saturday: 90 Kent Ave. (North 7th-North 8th Sts.), Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Sunday: Pier 5 (near Joralemon St.), Brooklyn Bridge Park
973-981-7770
www.AtlanticAveCo.com/pages/bigmozz
In full sunlight, it's easy to see that this bindle of sweetened coconut black sticky rice ($3) is actually coconut purple sticky rice. The distinction is mainly an aesthetic one: If you eat it like khao lam, you'll have a slightly more colorful set of stains on your fingertips. The sticky rice, served warm, would be even better (noted a commenter in another forum) if complemented by slices of chilled in-season mango.
Queen Cobra Thai
During the warmer months, at Smorgasburg
Saturday: 90 Kent Ave. (North 7th-North 8th Sts.), Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Sunday: Pier 5, Brooklyn Bridge Park
www.Facebook.com/queencobrathai
(This venue is closed.) The missing poppy seeds were a victim of popularity.
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"Alien eat free"
outside Siggy's Good Food
76 Henry St. (Orange-Pineapple Sts.), Brooklyn Heights
718-237-3199
www.SiggysGoodFood.com
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