{"id":170,"date":"2015-01-06T14:58:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/2015\/01\/06\/your-weekly-guide-to-good-food-jan-5-jan-11\/"},"modified":"2016-04-04T12:07:26","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T16:07:26","slug":"your-weekly-guide-to-good-food-jan-5-jan-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/2015\/01\/06\/your-weekly-guide-to-good-food-jan-5-jan-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Weekly Guide to Good Food: Jan 5 – Jan 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Top 5\u00a0Food\u00a0Events to Check Out This\u00a0Week<\/h2>\n

Here are this\u00a0week’s not-to-miss\u00a0food\u00a0events where you can meet folks indulging in their favorite eats, just as much as you do.\u00a0<\/em><\/h3>\n

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1. Tues, Jan 6th @7:30PM | Symphony Space | 2537 Broadway | Brooklyn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Five Boroughs Food Talk: Brooklyn as a Brand<\/a><\/p>\n

The word “Brooklyn” alone evokes images of artisanal popsicles, mason jars filled with pickled produce, and delightfully labeled home brews. Brooklyn has become the “it” spot for trying something new or reviving something old with a twist, and food is certainly part of this borough’s burgeoning brand. Join host Gabriella Gershenson in a lively discussion with\u00a0Eric Demby, co-founder of Brooklyn Flea,\u00a0Allison Kave, co-owner of Butter and Scotch,\u00a0Marty Markowitz, former Brooklyn Borough President, and\u00a0Rachel Wharton, editor in chief of Edible Brooklyn on how Brooklyn is becoming a brand.<\/p>\n

2. Tues, Jan 6th\u00a0@ 7PM | Court Tree Collective | 371 Court St | Brooklyn<\/strong>
\nCheese Tasting with Wine<\/a>
\nNever be afraid of the fancy cheese shop\u00a0again! The\u00a0Court Tree Collective is a group of artists with a shared aim of bringing art and cultural events to the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn and in this guided cheese tasting, they will cover all the basics \u2013 from cheesemaking and history, to the science of taste and the art of presentation \u2013 all while sampling 8 phenomenal cheeses that represent the best of their region and style. Be ready to entetain and impress your friends with your newfound cheese mastery! Wine will be provided \u2013 for educational purposes, of course!<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Fri, Jan 9th @ 6:30pm | Foodstand HQ | 115 5th Ave | Manhattan<\/strong>
\nFoodstand Exclusive:\u00a0New Year, New Pantry: A Food Swap Soir\u00e9e<\/a><\/p>\n

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4. Sat, Jan 10th @ 12 PM | Pier 41 | 174 Van Dyke St | Brooklyn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fleisher’s Pig-to-Pork: Butchery 101<\/a><\/p>\n

Join Fleisher’s for a hands-on, craft butchery experience\u00a0at the company’s whole animal breaking facility. The day will include a whole pig butchery demo by their skilled butchers, reviewing anatomy, primals and cooking tips as well as hands-on butchering experience breaking down a whole animal into retail cuts. Further discussions will take place\u00a0on sourcing, sustainability & labeling in the\u00a0local food system over meaty snacks.\u00a0From their Red Hook community, Stumptown coffee & Sixpoint beer provided during the class.\u00a0Fleisher’s request that all attendees wear closed-toe shoes and bring warm clothes.<\/p>\n

5. Sat, Jan 10th\u00a0@ 1PM – 4PM | Jimmy’s No. 43 | 43 East 7th St | Manhattan<\/strong>
\nCider & Cassoulet Guided Tasting<\/a>
\nAre you ready for some cassoulet? Jimmy’s will be be featuring cassoulet on their menu starting with this preview event on Saturday. From 1-4 p.m. you\u2019ll get three styles of cassoulet with 10 different cider pairings. For the past two years this has been one of the restaurant’s favorite events, a casual and intimate guided tasting with cassoulet!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Top 5\u00a0Food\u00a0Events to Check Out This\u00a0Week Here are this\u00a0week’s not-to-miss\u00a0food\u00a0events where you can meet folks indulging in their favorite eats, just as much as you do.\u00a0 1. Tues, Jan 6th @7:30PM | Symphony Space | 2537 Broadway | Brooklyn Five Boroughs Food Talk: Brooklyn as a Brand The word “Brooklyn” alone evokes images of artisanal popsicles, mason jars filled with pickled produce, and delightfully labeled home brews. Brooklyn has become the “it” spot for trying something new or reviving something old with a twist, and food is certainly part of this borough’s burgeoning brand. Join host Gabriella Gershenson in a lively discussion with\u00a0Eric Demby, co-founder of Brooklyn Flea,\u00a0Allison Kave, co-owner of Butter and Scotch,\u00a0Marty Markowitz, former Brooklyn Borough President, and\u00a0Rachel Wharton, editor in chief of Edible Brooklyn on how Brooklyn is becoming a brand. 2. Tues, Jan 6th\u00a0@ 7PM | Court Tree Collective | 371 Court St | Brooklyn Cheese Tasting with Wine Never be afraid of the fancy cheese shop\u00a0again! The\u00a0Court Tree Collective is a group of artists with a shared aim of bringing art and cultural events to the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn and in this guided cheese tasting, they will cover all the basics \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1222,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions\/1222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}