sundaysuppers

At last week’s Supper we served guests a wonderful lavender lemonade . This a perfect refreshment for these warm days, plus it’s just so pretty to look at. Click on the recipe card below for our simple recipe.

And below, our weekend (foodie) guide:

This Saturday head up to Stone Barns in Tarrytown and go food foraging with wild edibles expert Steve Brill. You’ll take home everything from Chanterelle Mushrooms to Black Rasberries, and also learn what not to take home. Tickets are $25, and can be purchased by emailing meghanr@stonebarnscenter.org.

Visit Roberta’s in Bushwick this Sunday from 11am to 5pm and load up on produce from Brooklyn Grange, a community farm in Queens. If we were you, we’d grab a slice of pizza too !

Support Just Food NYC and Slow Food NYC by participating in Meatopia on Governor’s Island this Sunday. Sustainably raised barbecue will be served up by more than 30 chefs along side demos, panel discussions and bluegrass. Plus wash it down with beer and bourbon. Not a bad Sunday !  Enter for free + purchase tasting tickets from $26 and up. Visit Meatopia.org for details.

**We’re super excited about our Sunday Supper this weekend : The Hunger :: La Cuisine Bourgeoise taught by Chef Camille Becerra. And…Guess what we have a few tickets that just became available, If you’d like to attend, click here for more details.

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If you can’t make it to our class, there are other fun things going on in the city and
beyond (they probably can’t compare to Camille’s lesson and meal, but hey,
they’ll entertain you)

The Long Island Wine + Food Festival (first annual!) is running all weekend
! Starting on Friday the 25th at 7pm you’ll get tastings, classes, and
workshops at a slew of North Fork Wineries. The culmination is a “grand
tasting” in Greenport on Sunday with 50 wineries participating ! Check out
details here.

Gearing up for your 4th of July barbecue ? Impress your guests with
beautiful cupcakes, which you can learn to decorate in a class this Sunday
at Cake Alchemy from 2 to 4pm.The class is $50, and you can call
212.255.0584 to secure your spot.

A series of Full Moon Potlucks in East Hampton are beginning this weekend !!
Join the fun at 55 Long Lane on Eeco Farm this Saturday at 5pm. Bring food
and drink to share (obviously !) and $5 for members or $10 for nonmembers.

The 27th, join Stinky Bklyn for their cheese eating competition from 2 to
6pm at 268 Smith Street in Cobble Hill.

And don’t forget ! Our favorite New Amsterdam Market, one day only, in the
South Street Seaport from 11am to 4pm this Sunday.

And if all this isn’t enough, extend your weekend through Monday night and
celebrate the East Village’s yummy Yerba Buena‘s second birthday where
mojitos and aztecas are $2 all night.

Hurry ! And purchase some of our all time favorite chef’s cookbook :: The Franks, or Frankie’s 457 and more, have come out with “The Frankies Spuntino : Kitchen Companion + Cooking Manual.” We can’t wait to try their simple and delicious Italian at home (their tomato sauce only has 5 ingredients !!).

If you haven’t been yet, embrace summer + try your first Luke’s Lobster Roll this weekend. They’ve long been good, but they were just awarded “Fan Favorite” at Tasting Table’s Claw Off. Sounds like the perfect weekend summer treat.

And don’t forget the 8th annual Big Apple Barbecue Block Party in Madison Square Park from 11am to 6pm. Pit Masters from around the world will be there to surprise your bbq palate and keep a smile on your face.

Photo by Karen Mordechai

Not sure about you guys but we are itching for a nice long weekend of fun and food. Here are some great spots to check out if you’re in the city….Happy Holiday Weekend – !!

Openings :

Newly Opening Coffee/Records and Antique shop in Cobble Hill
Black Gold, 461 Court Street, between Fourth Place and Luquer Street, Carroll Gardens (347-227-8227 Opens Saturday; free coffee all day.

Totale Pizza, a new Neapolitan pizza spot owned by the same guy behind 2 Bros. Pizza, and with an Una Pizza Napoletana alum working the ovens. 36 St Marks Place; 212-254-0180.

Markets + Goodies:

Brooklyn Yard : South Brooklyn’s seasonal space for live music, barbecues and more is back for the summer. To kick it off, food trucks will gather and park out front to serve up snacks. Food carts and trucks, including Rickshaw Dumpling, Steve’s Key Lime Pie, Cravings NYC and Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream, will gather on May 31 from noon to 7 p.m. at Bklyn Yard, 388-400 Carroll Street (Bond Street), Gowanus, Brooklyn,

The Fulton Stall Market, a series of storefronts and stands will open again for the season on May 30, operating on Wednesdays and Sundays from noon to 6 p.m. through Oct. 3. Among the vendors will be Bread Alone Bakery, Lavender by the Bay, Ronnybrook Dairy Farm, Sour Puss Pickles, Cascade Mountain Winery, Yummy Coffee and several farms with produce and eggs.

Join the new Taste of The Upper West Side, and learn what you’re missing out on up there ! Hear talks by acclaimed Jon Fraser and Bill Telepan and eat goodies from 40 + chefs. Buy your $115 tickets here

This Friday + Saturday, Columbus Avenue @ 77th Street.

Saturday morning go see a demonstration of healthy Mexican cooking at Rosa Mexicana, Union Square. Call (212) 397-0666, extension 17 to make reservations for the 10AM lesson that is free !

There is a fundraiser this Saturday for our seasonal favorite :: The New Amsterdam Market. From 11am to 6pm, visit the New York Marble Cemetery ( East 2nd Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery ) and buy herbs and plants in the morning, and enjoy food and drink in the afternoon. Tickets are $25 for friends of the Market, $35 for non.

A pop-up restaurant, the Hunger, will offer a six-course dinner with a French bourgeois menu prepared by Camille Becerra on May 13 through 16 with two seatings, one at 7 p.m. and one at 9:30. It will be in an as yet undisclosed location in Little Italy. Reservations and detailed information are available here

You can celebrate the Derby from afar and still feel pretty close with good southern cooking. Join Hill Country in Chelsea for Wild Boar ribs, derby pie + mint juleps galore, all while watching the races. 30 W 26th Street

As the temperatures rise this weekend visit Hester Street Fair for all sorts of treats. One we know we’ll be running for in the heat is La Newyorkina. Unconventional Mexican pops made like Chili-flecked Mango or creamy avocado aren’t to be missed. Hester + Essex Streets

Ardesia, the Hells Kitchen Wine Bar, will begin serving lunch and brunch this weekend, so add it to your list for a sunny weekend meal of house cured pancetta, fresh goat cheese, seasonal fruit and more. 52nd + 10th Ave

“Brooklyn Uncorked 2010,” a tasting of food from Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Hudson Valley, with wines from Long Island, will be sponsored by local Edible magazines on May 5 from 4 to 8 p.m. at BAMcaf?, 30 Lafayette Avenue (Ashland Place), Fort Greene, Brooklyn; $40: brownpapertickets.com, event 89157.

This weekend we are preparing for our Sunday Supper with Peter Berley. We are very excited for this veggie feast and in honor of earth day, tried to go a bit greener , here’s a sneak peak of what we’re working on! Happy earth week and have a lovely weekend.

Our Weekend Guide

Events:
More than 40 restaurants will participate in the Taste of the Lower East Side on April 29 from 7 to 11 p.m. to benefit the Grand Street Settlement. It will be held at the Puck Building, 293 Lafayette Street (Houston Street): $200 from grandstreet.org.

A dinner featuring Sixpoint Craft Ales will be given on April 27 at 7 p.m. at the Vanderbilt, 570 Vanderbilt Avenue, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; $60 plus tax and tip: (718) 623-0570.

The Hester Street Fair, a pushcart market on the Lower East Side, will be open this weekend, with vendors such as Luke’s Lobster, Sigmund Pretzels and Mile End offering their goods. At the corner of Essex and Hester sts. Open April 24-25

Eagle Street Rooftop Farms, will be hosting a lesson on Beekeeping. The farm is also open all day to volunteers. Eagle Street Rooftop Farms, 44 Eagle St. (between Franklin and West sts.), Brooklyn

Restaurant Openings:

Two Sisters have opened a pie shop in Gowanus called Four & Twenty Blackbirds. Featuring all butter crusts, and with names like a double-crust apple and pear scented with rosewater, we are intrigued. Most are by the slice; whole pies must be ordered ahead. They have also started baking savory tarts and, for breakfast, muffins and scones.Four & Twenty Blackbirds, 439 Third Avenue (Eighth Street), Gowanus, Brooklyn, (718) 499-2917.

The Counting Room, a new bi-level neighborhood bar has opened in williamsburg. The space is industrial/rustic, with long wooden communal tables – and the menu of tapas and small plates sounds pretty enticing.44 Berry St., 718-599-1860.

Photo by Karen Mordechai

Spring has sprung, and this weekend you can learn more about the edibles growing around us, and what to avoid. Join Marc Matsumoto and Lab 24/7 tomorrow (4.17.10) for a park tour and returning to the 24/7 labs to cook up a feast together. Check out details for “ Forage + Feats “ at Lab 24/7

Pizza A Casa is now opened ! Visit Marc Bello at 371 Grand Street and get the most gourmet ingredients for DIY (and restaurant worthy ) pizza. Marc will also hold weekly classes, so you can be sure to produce the perfect pie ( Thursdays, Saturdays AND Sundays ). Check out the schedule here

The Bell House is home to another ingredient contest. This weekend it is “ The Lamb Takedown “ from the folks who brought you “ The Chili Takedown. “ This Sunday you can taste lamb used every which way for $15 from 4 to 9 pm. Purchase tickets here

To Market :

The Brooklyn Flea :: Opening Weekend
The outdoor Fort Greene market is back every Saturday, through November. And the Flea at One Hanson moves to Sundays only starting this weekend, (No DUMBO/Brooklyn Bridge market this year.) we’re excited to check out a bunch of new vendors and lots of yummy food, as always.

The Greenpoint Food Market will be having its Spring Awakening event. Expect a showing of artisanal, Brooklyn-made provisions–including jams from Anarchy in a Jar and Bacon Marmalade–as well as live music. Church of Messiah, 129 Russell St. (between Nassau and Driggs aves.), Brooklyn

Restaurant Openings:

A new neighborhood spot is soon to open in williamsburg, wittily called “traif,” it is a celebration of all things bacon and shellfish. Rumors are it will open this weekend. Traif, 229 S. 4th St., nr. Havermeyer St.; 347-844-9578.

Next week, Dos Caminos will be opening in the meatpacking district (taking over the old Vento space). The menu is a bit different from the other locations, Executive chef Ivy Stark is using a barbecue pit to slow-roast meats over mesquite and applewood. Check out the full menu here
Dos Caminos Meatpacking District, 675 Hudson St., nr. 14th St.; 212-699-2400

Double Crown is offering a great deal of 8 to 12 shareable courses from Malaysia and Singapore every Sunday night for only $35 ! Call 212.254.0350 for reservations and expand your palate at such a reasonable cost.

Some new favorites add brunch to their repertoire this weekend ::
Both Henry Public in Brooklyn Heights and Choptank in the West Village will now be serving their versions of a New Yorker’s favorite weekend meal. Visit Choptank at 308 Bleecker Street and Henry Public at 329 Henry Street.

Next week be sure to check out the opening of restaurant Zengo and a Tequila library below designed by the famous AvroKO ( 40th and 3rd ). The Library will also serve delicious Mexican street food, if you’re looking for something more casual than the Latin American + Asian fusion upstairs. They will open their doors April 6th.