Slow Food NYC's Monthly "Slur" | Mon April 25 2016 7pm @ Jimmy's No. 43 | The Slow Food NYC monthly Happy Hour! It's fun, social, and informal. But it's also your opportunity to talk to the leadership of Slow Food NYC, find out about volunteering, and let us know what you think.
Culinary Historians of New York: Thu Nov 13 Stephen Schmidt on "Manuscript Cookbooks"
Slow Money NYC: Livestream the Slow Money Annual National Gathering Mon-Wed Nov 10-12; join us locally for regular monthly NYC chapter meetups here
A Better World by Design brings a global community of innovators to Providence each year to reach across disciplines and unite under a common goal: building a better world. The 2014 conference, the sixth annual, was held Fri-Sun Sept 19-21 in Providence, RI.
Culinary Historians of New York presented its Amelia Award for Lifetime Achievement in Culinary History to Nach Waxman of Kitchen Arts & Letters at a program at the Maison Francaise of Columbia UniversityWed Oct 15, 2014
Hack//Dining hackathon with foodtechconnect Fri June 27-Sun June 29 @ General Assembly
Slow Food NYC Annual (s)lowdown party & fundraiser Thurs June 5 @ Astor Center, this year honoring Chef Peter Hoffman of Back Forty & Back Forty West with the "Snailblazer" award
Culinary Historians of New York: "The Slurpy, Messy History of Ramen" with George Solt Mon May 19 6:30p @ Park Avenue United Methodist Church
Edible Institute: Sat May 10 - Sun May 11 @ The New School
Sustainable Seafood Week / Industry Day with Future of Fish: Fri May 9
food+tech Meetup: "Happy Hour" Mon Mar 24 7p-10p @ 4food
Food Book Fair and Food+Entreprise Pitch Competition: Fri Apr 25 - Sun Apr 27 @ Wythe Hotel
Roger Smith Food and Tech Cookbook Conference: panel with Molly O'Neill, others Thurs Apr 3 - Sat Apr 5
TEDxManhattan: "Changing the Way We Eat" Sat March 1, 2014 @ Times Center
Culinary Historians of New York: "Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure" with Samira Kawash Mon Feb 3 6:30p @ NYU Food Studies
food+tech Meetup: "How New Technology Is Transforming Restaurants" Thurs Jan 30 7p-10p @ GRIND. Workspace
White House State of the Union #SOTUSocial: I'm honored to have been selected to participate in this event Tues Jan 28, 2014 @ The White House; you can read the Reuters recap here, including my comments on Pres. Obama's energy plan
Drive Change Truck Reveal Party Thurs Dec 5 7:00p @ Situ Studio Brooklyn Navy Yards Bldg 132
Culinary Historians of New York: "Cooking and Modern Art" with Mary Ann Caws Thurs Nov 21 7:30p @ The National Arts Club
Food+Tech Connect Innovation Network Dinner, Wed Nov 13 @ Pfizer Building
James Beard Foundation JBF Food Conference, 2013 "The Paradox of Appetite: Hungering for Change" Mon Oct 21-Tues Oct 22, 2013 @ Convene Conference Center, NYC
Slow Food NYC Annual Members Meeting, Wed Oct 9 7p-9p at 61 Local, please join us to find out how you can get involved
food+tech Meetup - "The Business of Meal Kit Subscriptions" Thurs Oct 3 7p-9:30p @ GRIND Broadway
Each year, A Better World by Design brings a global community of innovators to Providence to reach across disciplines and unite under a common goal: building a better world. This year’s conference, the sixth annual, is Fri-Sun Sept 27-30 in Providence, RI: register here.
food+tech Meetup "Summer Happy Hour" Thurs Aug 22 7p-9p @ Tom & Jerry's
Mayoral Candidate Forum on the Future of Food in New York City, Wed July 17 6p @ The New School - all mayoral candidates are invited, the event is now standing room/waitlist, but it will be Livestreamed here #nycfoodforum Let the candidates know we care about the strength of our regional food economy and the health and well-being of our fellow New Yorkers.
Field to Loaf: A Workshop and Fundraiser to help Cayuga Pure Organics Rebuild: Join Slow Money NYC July 16 6p @ Jimmy's No. 43 for an evening filled with sharing, learning, good times and networking... as well as food and drink. All net proceeds benefit Cayuga Pure Organics (CPO) to replace structure and equipment lost to fire. Donate to their IndieGogo campaign too. Thank you.
Slow Food NYC Second Annual Spirits of New York, Wed July 10 7:00-9:00p @ Astor Culinary Center (399 Lafayette): this is an ALL-NYS spirits event that is not to be missed, a fun party - come out to support the work of Slow Food NYC and taste all the great spirits coming out of New York State. Tickets here.
Hack//Meat Silicon Valley, Fri June 21 – Sun June 23 @ Institute of Design at Stanford University: Food+Tech Connect, GRACE Communications Foundation, and Applegate are bringing together industry “steakholders” (farmers, butchers, processors, artisans, restaurateurs, retailers, policy advocates and non-profit leaders) with technologists, entrepreneurs and creatives to develop technologies and tools that help create a better future for meat. Sign up to be part of it now.
Slow Money NYC Finance for Food Workshop, Mon June 10 5:30-7:30p @ The Moderns (900 Bway): Need dough to knead dough? Food entrepreneurs face persistent challenges accessing appropriate and adequate capital. An informative, interactive session facilitated by Elizabeth Ü, author of the soon-to-be-released: Raising Dough: The Complete Guide to Financing a Socially Responsible Food Business.
New York Crossroads: Rally and March to Stop Fracking and Say Yes to Renewable Energy, Mon June 17 12:00-3:00p @ Albany, New York: we need your support to tell Gov. Cuomo what to do
Slow Money 4th National Gathering, Boulder, CO - Sunday April 29-Tuesday April 30, 2013 - Slow Money’s National Gathering has emerged as a significant new venue for field building, investing, and social change. The event features dozens of food entrepreneurs who are leading the way rebuilding local food systems around the country, along with many renowned thought leaders in agriculture, investing and philanthropy.
Chefs Collaborative Cookbook Launch, Monday April 29
Food Book Fair Friday May 2-Sunday May 4, 2013 @ Wythe Hotel, Brooklyn - 3 Days, 200+ Books, 60 Visionaries, 30 Foodieodicals, 10 Cooking Demos, 6 Panel Discussions, 1 Tasting Event, 1 Resource Fair and an Epic Pitch Competition! (I was honored to judge this - big winner was my favorite Sohha Greek Yogurt)
Slow Food USA National Leadership Conference, New Orleans - May 17-19, 2013
food+tech Meetup Tuesday, April 16 7pm Happy Hour
Slow Food NYC "(S)low Down" Annual Party - On Thursday April 11, 2013 we honored Chef Bill Telepan with the 2013 Snailblazer Award. It's never too late to contribute to support our work with NYC school kids.
Entrepreneurship & Food: The Next Big Thing @ Institute for Culinary Education Tuesday March 19, 2013 @ Brown Club in NYC
Just Food Conference, "Eat - Work - Grow the Movement" Friday March 29-Saturday March 30, 2013 - Food & Finance High School, NYC
Join the fight to ban hydrofracking in New York State: Chefs for the Marcellus hosted Food Not Frack On Film Monday Feb 4 6:30p @ Anthology Film Archives, and Mardi Gras Gumbo Cookoff Sunday Feb 10 1:00-3:00pm @ Jimmy's No. 43
Not Just Talk: Food in the South Bronx - Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:00a-5:00p @ The Point CDC - From conflict can come progress, and a platform of inclusion, celebration, discussion and action. A multidisciplinary approach to discuss food and its effect on the South Bronx (and abroad).
TEDxManhattan 2013 - "Changing the Way We Eat" Sat Feb 16, 2013 @ Times Center
Hack // Meat - Food+Tech Connect, GRACE Communications Foundation and Applegate brought together technologists, entrepreneurs, creatives, policy experts, non-profit leaders and industry executives to develop technologies and tools that help democratize meat during a weekend hackathon Fri Dec 7-Sun Dec 9
"The Future of Cookbooks" Tues Dec 4 6:30p - Celebrating the launch of Kinetic Art's new recipe platform, co-hosted by Food Book Fair
Slow Food NYC Annual Members Meeting - Join the Board of Slow Food NYC! Wed Dec 5 7:00p Every year, the board of Slow Food NYC holds an open meeting to connect with the membership and keep our communication as open as possible.
Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture @ American Museum of Natural History Fri Dec 7 4:00p Educator Evening - an opportunity for teachers to interact with educators, food experts, nutritionists and chefs will give teachers new ideas on how to engage their students in the topic of food.
TEDxSilicon Alley Mon Dec 3 9:30a-9:30p "Rise of the Machines" - Headliner Ray Kurzweil, plus talks by the founders of NYC mobile and geo-location based tech startups.
Culinary Historians of New York - "Armagnac, from Ancient Egypt to Gascony" Mon Dec 3 6:30p @ Astor Center, with David Lincoln Ross
FSNYC Open Networking Meeting Wed Nov 28, 6:30p @ Brooklyn Winery: "Sustainable Meat Distribution - Channels & Challenges"
SLOW U: Sustainable Seafood Tues Oct 16 6-8p @ Haven’s Kitchen: Sean Dimin of Sea to Table on sustainable New England fisheries
food+tech Meetup Wed Oct 17 @ 4food - The Business of Food E-Commerce
JBF Food Conference October 17 and 18, 2012 A Crisis in Confidence: Creating a Better, More Sustainable Food World We Can Trust. To receive updates and registration information, please send a note to: foodconference@jamesbeard.org
Spirits of New York: First Annual Slow Food NYC Cocktail Event Mon Sept 24 @ Haven's Kitchen: Local, artisanal spirits producers are at the forefront of an exciting revolution — re-invigorating small scale, regional, spirits production and helping build vibrant, local economies by supporting local farmers and creating local jobs... deliciously.
Each year, A Better World by Design brings a global community of innovators to Providence to reach across disciplines and unite under a common goal: building a better world. This year’s conference, the fifth annual, was Fri-Sun Sept 28-30 in Providence, RI.
Thurs July 26 Chefs for the Marcellus - tonight's starchef-studded food, wine, and beer event to fight fracking at the Brooklyn Winery
Sat July 7-Sun July 8 Cook-Out NYC on Governor's Island - www.CookOutNYC.com
Tues July 17, food+tech Meetup @ 4food
food+tech Meetup on restaurant tech - Tues June 26 7-10p
June 19-25 Edible Eat Drink Local Week
June 20-24 Global Gateways and Local Connections: Cities, Agriculture, and the Future of Food Systems - Joint 2012 Annual Meetings & Conference of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society (AFHVS), Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS), & Society for Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (SAFN) @ New York University and The New School
TECHmunch NYC | Food Blogger Conference - Fri May 18 10a @ Astor Center
The Great Googa Mooga in Prospect Park May 19-20 - skip this next year
Food Book Fair - Fri May 4-Sun May 6 @ Wythe Hotel
Chefs for the Marcellus - "Spring Fling" to fight fracking in New York State, music, cocktails & chefs' tastings from some of Brooklyn's best - Sun April 29 @ Ger-Nis Culinary Center
Culinary Historians of New York - "The Weird World of Mushrooms" with Eugenia Bone Wed May 2 6:30p @ Jimmy's No. 43
NY Tech Day - Thurs April 19 10a-4p
Woody Tasch & Joan Gussow, "Investing Sustainably" @ 92nd Street Y - Thurs April 19 8-10p
New York Green Festival & Earth Day Street Fairs - Sat-Sun April 21-22
Brooklyn Greenway Initiative "Spring in Kings" @ Pok Pok NY - Sun April 22 1:00p
Slow Money Earth Day Entrepreneur Showcase at Stone Barns - Sunday April 22 3-5p
Frackonomics: Debunking the Financial Myths of Shale Gas & Embracing a Green Energy Future @ NY Ethical Culture Society Tues April 24 6:00p
1st Annual Village Voice Choice Streets Tues April 24 7:00p Intrepid Pier 86 - SOLD OUT
Culinary Historians of New York - "Beating the Nazis with Truffles and Tripe: The Early Years of Gourmet Magazine" with David Strauss Wed Apr 18 7:30p @ National Arts Club
food+tech Meetup - the first of 2012! Tues Apr 17 7p @ Idle Hands Bar
"The Perils and Promise of Fracking" - Mon April 9 6:30p @ Tenement Museum. More info: http://www.propublica.org/atpropublica/item/the-perils-and-promise-of-fracking
"Why Calories Count: From Science to Politics" by Dr. Marion Nestle and Malden Nesheim @ Fales Library Tues April 10 4:00p - New York University’s Fales Library, home of one of the nation’s largest and prestigious collections in food studies
Parish Hall - open for lunch now, opening for dinner April 13
SxSW Interactive, March 9-14, 2012 in Austin TX - read about "Better Food Through Open Data Standards" panel Sun March 11
Celebrate Heritage Radio Hosts, Wed March 21 7p @ Santos Party Center
Slow Food NYC - The Manhattan Slur Happy Hour at Terroir - Tues April 3
IACP 34th Annual Conference March 29-April 2 @ New York Headquarters Hotel: Millennium Broadway - This year's focus is on "The Fashion of Food" - Come examine, challenge and celebrate the ways in which the food world interacts with other cultural currents, and explore how food both initiates and responds to the never-ending pursuit of "the new."
Slow Food NYC - Village Voice Choice Eats Tues March 13; Buffalo Trace Bourbon Fri March 16 at Ger-Nis Culinary Studio - both sold out - tickets for SFNYC events here
"Just Food Conference 2012: Eat. Work. Grow the Movement" @ Food & Finance High School Fri Feb 24 - Sat Feb 25; WORKSHOP ATTENDEES: resource page now available, if you didn't receive the link please contact me. For the overwhelming # of ppl who needed tips on Twitter, I recommend Dean Sree Sreenivasan of Columbia J-School's excellent Twitter newbie guide. Also check out recent NYTimes article on quick ways to acquire skills in social media.
Smash success - Gumbo Cookoff to support Chefs for the Marcellus efforts to BAN fracking in NY State @ Jimmy's No. 43
"No Farms, No Food" Rally in Albany with American Farmland Trust, Wed Feb 15
NYU Stern Social Innovation Symposium w/Jeff Hollender, others - Fri Feb 10
NYU Reynolds Social Entrepreneurship event w/Seventh Generation's Jeff Hollender on "The Future of American Business: Will It Revive or Destroy Our Economy?" - Tue Feb 7
Slow Food Meets Big Business @ Columbia Business School Alumni Club of NY - Thu Feb 2
TEDxManhattan @ Times Center Sat Jan 21, 2012 - photos and talks available
foodtechconnect Farm Bill Hackathon Sat Dec 3 8a-11p
Small Planet Fund Gala & Auction - Fri Dec 9 7:00p-10:00p - honored Real Food Challenge and is dedicated in memory of Wangari Maathai
Slow Food NYC - SLOW U: First Annual Slow Food Show & Tasting @ Jimmy's No. 43 - Sat Dec 3
The (S)lowdown, Slow Food NYC's fabulous annual benefit and experience auction - Wed Nov 16 6:30p @ Invisible Dog Gallery - We honored Mary Cleaver of Cleaver Co and The Green Table with our Snailblazer Award, and enjoyed delicious cocktails from some of NYC's best mixologists, plus a roast pig from Zak Pelaccio of Fatty 'Cue
Slow Food NYC - SLOW U: Green Meat - Sat Nov 12 1:00p - tickets for all SFNYC events here
The 2011 New York Green Summit: From Farm to Fork - Wed Nov 2 8:00a-5:00p - tickets here
Slow Money NYC - Private Dinner with Founder Woody Tasch - Wed Nov 2, 2011 7p @ Parish Hall - Register Now
The Thirty-first Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures - Sat Nov 5, 2011 10a-5p - Speakers are Gar Alperovitz, Juliet Schor, and a Special Panel: "Voices of Today's Youth: Occupy Wall Street and the Call for a New Economy." @ Community Church of New York, 40 East 35th St - tickets $50
Culinary Historians of New York - "The Old Girl Network: Charity Cookbooks and the Empowerment of Women" with Janice Bluestein Longone and presentation of the Amelia Award for Lifetime Achievement in Culinary History to Jan Longone - Thurs Nov 10 6:00p @ New York Public Library (FREE TO THE PUBLIC; RSVP here)
Slow Money National Gathering in San Francisco, CA - Wed-Fri Oct 12-14, 2011
Culinary Historians of New York - Paula Wolfert on "The Food of Morocco" Thurs Oct 6 7:00p @ International Culinary Center - tickets for all CHNY events here
Slow Food NYC - Beer and Oyster Classic Mon Sept 27 7:00pm - tickets for all SFNYC events here
Slow Food NYC - Annual Members Meeting & Board Member Recruiting - come find out what Slow Food NYC is all about, and join us! Mon Oct 3 6:00pm - tickets for all SFNYC events here
Culinary Historians of New York - "Season Opener: A Celebration of Our Members and Annual Business Meeting" Thurs Sept 22 6:30p
Slow Food NYC - SLOW U: REALLY Local Beer July 22, 2011 6:00p - tickets for all SFNYC events here
"Art & Agriculture" w/farmer Peter Nadin et al - Tues July 19 6:30p Old Field Farm and Gavin Brown’s Enterprise gallery talks in July 2011 on subjects related to agriculture, land and water rights, art, community and production.
food+tech Meetup/Ideastorm - Wed July 20, 6:30-8:30p - At this meetup we conducted group brainstorms - products, features, development ideas - with two startups from the group:
Slow Money NYC - series of great July 21, 2011 events with Will Allen - please join us
Slow Food NYC - Prospect Park Foraging (May 22 2p), Chasing Chilies (May 22 6p), Pickling with Rick (June 22 8a and 6p): buy tickets here
Slow Money NYC - Entrepreneur Showcase Sat May 14 - was standing room only
"Water Fight! Fracking, Food, Art & Economy" - Monday May 16, afternoon symposium at The New School. Hydrofracking is dangerous to all New Yorkers who drink water, or eat food. The objective of this action-oriented conference was to inform, intensify, and energize current efforts to stop industrial hydrofracking in our watersheds and regional foodshed and replace it with tools to build a green economy and protect our ecosystem. The program was moderated by Anna Lappé, author of Diet for a Hot Planet.
Culinary Historians of New York - "Starving the South: How the North Won the Civil War" Tues April 12 6:30p @ 61 Local
Lamb Butchery, Nose to Tail Demo, Tasting, and Auction @ ICE Sun April 10 2:00p
Urban Gardening Class and Dinner: Everything Comes From Dirt @ iCi Restaurant Sun April 17 5:00p - fabulous food growing class and amazing dinner, plus plantables to take home
Slow Food NYC Slow U: Tasting the Local Cheese Renaissance Wed March 16
Culinary Historians of NY: History of the Bloody Mary Mon March 14 - you missed delicious, kitschy '40s and '50s food...
IACP NY Regional Conference - programmed by The Culinary Trust - Fri Feb 18-Sat Feb 19 - Sam Kass keynoted Program details here
TEDxManhattan "Changing the Way We Eat" - Sat Feb 12, 2011 @ Prince George Ballroom - videos now available online... worth a look
Social Media Week New York Feb 7-11, 2011- Food Fighters panel at iCi Thurs Feb 10 food+tech Eats & Apps - A Food (App) Lovers’ Roundtable Dinner @4food Tues Feb 8 sold out!
Chautauqua at 61 Local - Press Launch Party, Fri Jan 28 6:00pm at 61 Local
food+tech Meetup with ThisBatch.com et al, Tues Jan 25 at Court Street Foods
3rd Annual Cassoulet Cookoff 1-5pm @ Jimmy's Sat Jan 22
Culinary Historians of NY - "97 Orchard: The Edible History of an Immigrant Ghetto" with Jane Ziegelman Wed Jan 19: tickets here
Slow Food NYC board elections - member voting ended Mon Jan 17 - Rachael Mamane of Brooklyn Bouillon and Judy Goldberg of Parents Mag among others voted to the Board for 2012
Tuesday Dec 14 food+tech Meetup holiday hang at Jimmy's No. 43...
Monday Dec 13 Culinary Historians of New York with Diana Pittet and Kara Newman on Monastic Cheeses and Spirits at the National Arts Club...
Wed Dec 8th was Slow Food NYC's blowout cocktail party to raise funds for our Urban Harvest programs - Mark Bittman represented and raised the most @ auction
Food+Tech Connect, Open Source Cities, & Gojee sponsored the inaugural Food+Tech Hackathon Dec 4 as part of the International Open Data Hackathon. This open-source hacking event brought together developers from all over the state to hack on real-world problems relating to how we grow, prepare, and interact with food.
Tuesday Nov 16 6:30 - another installment of Five on Food at the food+tech Meetup, generously hosted by Windowfarms
TEDxBrooklyn "One Moves Many" Saturday, November 13 @ Pratt Institute
Locavores' Dilemmas: Melanie Rehak discusses her new book "Eating For Beginners" with Steve Jenkins and David Shea Thursday Oct 21, 2010 7:30p @ NYPL (free, but you must RSVP)
Culinary Historians of New York honor Betty Fussell - Tuesday Oct 19, 2010 at Astor Center: tickets here!
Farm Camp at Flying Pigs Farm - a one-of-a-kind educational opportunity for professionals working in food service, food media, and farm and food advocacy to learn about the challenges and opportunities associated with agricultural production and distribution in the Northeast - next session is Sun-Mon Oct 17-18, 2010
A Better World By Design Conference - to develop innovations for global issues; this year's challenge - propose solutions to the problem of food deserts - this event is entirely student-run @ Brown/RISD Oct 1-3, 2010
Culinary Historians of NY Season Opener - A Celebration of our Members IV - Wed Sept 22, 2010