May 17, 2013

Tim Lester

Guerrilla Eats one day food market on King Street

Guerilla

Guerrilla Eats, Manchester’s mobile street food festival, will host a one-day street food market on Saturday 25 May on King Street in Manchester city centre.

In total ten stalls will be selling a variety of hot and cold food from 12 noon – 9pm including the Fire Salt BBQ Co., Tea Crumpet Emporium and Pancake Corner. There will be hotdogs from Dirty Dogs, gourmet burgers courtesy of Barnhouse Bistro, Chaat Cart selling Indian street food, wood fired pizzas from Streatza and Chorlton’s Free Shake Co. who will be selling innovative, dairy-free milkshakes. To wash the food down with, Guerrilla Eats will be offering a craft beer tent and there will be live music and entertainment throughout the day.

All the local traders involved in Guerrilla Eats use high quality, mostly locally sourced produce, all prepared from scratch and cooked to order and at affordable prices.

Simon Binns, BID manager for CityCo, Manchester’s city centre management company said:
“This is the biggest Guerrilla Eats event so far and in the most high profile location. This initiative is supported by the city’s retailers as part of our on-going work to animate King Street, which is at the centre of the city’s shopping district. By hosting events like this, we can make King Street an even more attractive and vibrant place to shop.”

Sarah Tarmaster from Guerrilla Eats says: “Bringing Guerrilla Eats to the city centre means we can share our passion for high quality street food. We’re changing the idea of street food from sweaty kebabs to honest, vibrant, high quality, affordable food. This is our biggest event to date and the first time we’ve included live music so it’s certainly going to be the best. We have nine local trader taking part plus a super special guest. Guerilla Eats is about incubating the best new talent and making street food accessible to everyone, not just the ‘foodies’. Come greedy, leave full.”

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VIRGINIA THIS MORNING: Lebanese Food Festival

Posted on: 1:43 pm, May 15, 2013, by Virginia This Morning, updated on: 03:24pm, May 15, 2013

RICHMOND, Va (WTVR) – Richmond is known for its food festivals throughout the year and one of the favorites is the Lebanese Food Festival which is celebrating its 29th annual event this weekend and you are invited.

Sandra Joseph Brown is back with us this year to share a tasty preview of this year’s festival. The 29th annual Lebanese Food Festival is this Friday through Sunday at Saint Anthony’s Maronite Catholic Church, 4611 Sadler Road in Glen Allen. The festivities on Friday and Saturday are from 10am to 10pm and on Sunday from 10am to 8pm.

http://www.stanthonymaronitechurch.org

Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

2 pounds of cabbage (1 medium head)

1 cup uncooked rice

1 pound of lean beef

1/8 t. of cinnamon

1/4 t. of allspice

Salt and pepper to taste

4 large cloves of garlic

1 T. of dry mint

¼ cup of lemon juice

1 cup of diced tomatoes or tomato puree

Core and parboil whole head of cabbage, peel and remove layers of the soften leaves.

Slice each leave in the rib center. (place leaves in a colander to drain)

Mix meat rice cinnamon allspice salt and pepper in a bowl.

Next place cabbage roll on cutting mat and place of small amount in center of leaf and roll, continue until finished.

Place rolls in bottom of baking dish that you have placed garlic cloves in the bottom of dish.

Add lemon juice and crushed mint, cover cabbage with water and tomato mixture.

Cover and bake 400 degrees until tender approximately 40 minutes.

Remove and Serve.

‘Vendies’ food-cart cook-off coming to Sunset Park in September

It’s the Oscars of street food, and it’s moving to Sunset Park.

The Vendy Awards — the street-cart competition in which short-order cuisine kings are pitted against each other in a cook-off royale — will set up shop in Industry City in September.

Last year’s event drew 2,000 foodies to Governor’s Island, and organizers said they decided to bring the foodfest to Brooklyn in hopes of whetting even more healthy appetites.

“We want to find a place that had a culture of street food and also bring [eaters] to a place they never would have been before,” said Vendy managing director Helena Tubis.

“There’s a rich culture of street food in Sunset Park and the ethnic community that lives there. It’s part of our excitement.”

Early bird tickets for the all-you-can-eat food festival that’s returning to Brooklyn for the first time since 2008 will cost $85.

Regular tickets are going for $95.

Early entry tickets — which get you in the door and also let you cut the lines — are going for $145.

The food cart cook-off has become so popular that cities like Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Boston and Chicago are all sporting their own version of the tasting war.

The event serves as a benefit for the Street Vendor Project at the Urban Justice Center, which provides advocacy and legal services to more than 1,500 vendor members, according to its website.

Officials are accepting nominations for participants in the food fight. Visit http://streetvendor.org/vendys/nominations.

Meanwhile, past street cart operators said the invitation is an honor.

“We get a lot of people coming to Red Hook looking for us. It’s a good feeling,” said Perla Perez, part-owner of the family-run Piatzlan Authentic Mexican food truck — last year’s Vendy Cup winner out of Red Hook.

Perez — a Park Slope native who serves pork, beef and goat tacos — said bringing the food truck award show to the neighborhood makes perfect sense.

“You have Mexican, Peruvian, Colombian, Dominican food — it’s so diverse in Sunset Park,” said Perez.

Adam Sobel who runs the Cinnamon Snail food truck, has been slinging organic vegan food and pastries at the Vendy Awards for the last three years and hopes to get a spot and win the cup this year.

“It would just be really great recognition for vegan food in general,” Sobel said. “It’s an event that draws real street food enthusiasts and that’s predominantly people who like eating meat.

“If we win this, it would mean that vegan street food is just as wonderful and exciting as traditional street food.”

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So, You Think You Want to Go to a Food Festival?

Here’s a warning: That food festival you’re hell-bent on attending might be terrible. It might, on the other hand, be an utterly delicious frolic. All this really depends on you.

It is long-held tradition that with the warming seasons comes the need to gather in the out-of-doors among crowds and attempt to eat things off of paper or otherwise disposable plates and drink things out of plastic cups. Sometimes people do this en masse, buying tickets for the privilege of eating food from some of the best restaurants in their towns at something generically termed a “food festival.” These exist all over the country, but there is one in particular that’s gotten a lot of attention, and it’s again on the horizon. It happens this very weekend, in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. This is, of course, the “Great GoogaMooga.” Last year, a lot of people became very angry about said Mooga (to occasional comedic effect) because it was too difficult to get food, because the lines were too long, because the prices were too high, because there was no cell-service, because of the barbaric nature of the event (everyone swarming the food offerings, and an actual fist-fight over fried chicken!) because they didn’t get a thing to eat, because the bathroom line was abysmal, because everything at a food festival can and will be terrible if you want it to be. (Apply this to any food festival near you.)

Other poor souls complained that their park was taken up by food festival types.

That’s the thing. It’s a food festival. If you don’t want to pay money and then wait in line among crowds to get some food, and maybe find that vendors have run out of food, and maybe get sunburned, or rained upon, or sweaty, or have to wait in line to pee, maybe you should make a sandwich at home and bring it to (a different part of) the park and eat it under the shade of a beautiful tree and then go back home again and sit in the air conditioning.

Nonetheless, those who irrationally (or maybe rationally) hate food festivals are gearing up to get peeved again, because it’s that time of year again. And already, people are complaining, though it’s really just a rehash of last year’s complaints because the festival hasn’t happened yet. According to Michael Kaplan, writing in the New York Post, people are “Fed Up!” Because … last year, vendors ran out of food and drink. People got sunburned (and were still hungry!). Lines were too long. “It’s as expensive as going to a restaurant,” said one, but “not as good as going to a restaurant.” One woman “barely fended of dehydration” when she had to wait in line to buy water. Food festival outrage is not reserved for GoogaMooga. At another event called Le Grand Fooding, which took place a few years ago in New York, the price of the $50 ticket did not convey its worth in tasty delights.

So why, oh why, would anyone want to go to a food festival? Frankly, I’m not sure, but I presume “it’s fun,” “it’s something to do,” “I want to try a smattering of that stuff without going to a restaurant,” “I’m in the industry,” “the weather’s going to be beautiful,” “I like the headliners” (in this case, at GoogaMooga, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and “Why not go to a food festival?” might have something to do with it. Enough people are convinced that this thing might be good that two of the three days of this year’s Mooga have been sold out. Organizers, who did issue refunds for some ticket holders last year, promise infrastructure will be better this time around, and will include temporary cell towers, whew.

Still, even if it is better, perhaps there should be a bit of psychological preparation done before one attends a food festival. It’s not a restaurant. It’s a collection of pop-up venues offering some food. You are going to have to wait in line, unless you get there first, or maybe second. The vendors might run out of food. You might get hot and thirsty. You should probably wear sunscreen. There will be loads of other people there. It could be noisy. The food temperature might not be ideal. There could be bugs. There might be shoving! You might not be able to eat at a table. You may, in the end, not feel that you’ve gotten your money’s worth. You will certainly feel that you haven’t dined in a restaurant. You can remedy some of these problems by paying even more money, like one participant: “Her friend obtained a Fast Pass ($125, with $100 redeemable on food and drink), allowing her to jump the lines while Diamond held a table.” (Be aware: If you pay more money, you might have to complain more.) You can have a game plan — get there early, strategically target lines, eat precisely $50 worth of food! You can bring a blanket to sit on, and some water to drink. You can grin and bear it.

Or you can just not go to a food festival. There are, after all, plenty of restaurants, if that’s what you’re after. One thing that’s worse than a food festival is hearing people complain about the terrible trials they faced at a food festival. On the other hand, sometimes complaining is its own sort of pleasure.

Inset: “Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar Grill’s life-changing Fried Chicken” via Flickr/Meng He.

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Local Food Festivals Help Boise Taste The World

Forget the robbins, roving lawn companies or rising hemlines. In Boise, the true sign that the season is changing is the return of annual cultural food festivals.

It all starts with the Russian Food Festival. The outdoor bash takes place over two days, Friday, May 17-Saturday, May 18, during which hot, home-cooked dishes draw hundreds of Boiseans to revel in cultural eats. Visitors are invited to nosh a variety of Russian grub and drink import beers at St. Seraphim of Sarov Orthodox Church. Under the shade of outdoor tents, sample barbecued shish kebabs paired with spicy carrot salad, topped off with a slice of Napoleon cake for dessert.

Other food items include beef stroganoff, borscht, piroshki (dumplings filled with meat or dried fruit), chebureki (fried pockets stuffed with spiced meats) or Russian-style crepes filled with beef and mushrooms.

Still hungry? Head further into Europe for the sixth annual Mock’Toberfest Friday, May 17, and Saturday, May 18.

Rather than wait for the real Oktoberfest, the folks at Tres Bonne Cuisine swing open their doors for a springtime rendition of the popular festival. Menu items include wine, beer and food from Italy, Portugal, Poland, Croatia and many other European nations. Sample sausage and potato pancakes from Poland, bread from Germany and France and other eats with live music by Boise band FlipSide.

With all that multicultural fare, your stomach may soon resemble a miniature version of the United Nations.

In pictures: Actress Angela Griffin joins street food festival

Hundreds of food lovers enjoyed international nibbles at Maidenhead’s first street food festival.

Esther Brienza used her own time to pull together the festival which was held on Friday and Saturday in King Street.

Stands selling a range of international treats including paella, Jamaican bites and French crepes were inundated with customers.

These included British food company The Flying Ducks, vegan Indian stall Lalita’s and English breakfast stand Original Fry-Up Material famous for its appearance on Mary Portas’ new show Queen of the High Street.

One particular stall proved more popular than others as actress Angela Griffin served up cajun pork burgers and jerk spiced sausages as she gave a helping hand to her husband Jason’s company Pigs Dogs.

“I used to work in Burger King as a child so I have some experience,” joked the Coronation Street and Holby City star, who had to pack up shop early on Friday when they ran out of stock.

Organiser Esther, from Lassell Gardens, set up the festival as a response to increasing negativity surrounding a lack of entertainment in the town.

She said: “People are always complaining about the empty shops but I don’t think Maidenhead is about that.

“It’s about the people and I wanted to bring everyone together by providing the feel of a town square.”

Office workers delight at Maidenhead Street Food Festival

Let me paint a picture of Maidenhead at lunch time for you. Loping office workers wander the High Street with their MS sandwich and bag of crisps in hand, slinking back to work past a strip of pound stores, charity shops and a glut of three or four coffee-house franchises. When the best place in town to go is Costa Coffee, that’s when you know your town has hit bottom.

Last year I came across a plucky lass called Esther, who ran the only supper club in Berkshire. Like me, she looks over the fence at what the foodies are doing in London and wonders why we can’t do the same here in the Royal Borough. Unlike me, she is doing something about it.

On Friday I popped in to visit the Maidenhead Street Food Festival that Esther has been busy coordinating. At first I couldn’t find it (more signs Esther!) but AT who met me in town, told me where to look. I was stopped by the first van I saw – Pigs and Dogs. Run by TV star Angela Griffin and her hunky hubby Jason, we were amongst the first to line up for their pork-based fare. I chose the Puppy dog, an organic frankfurt on a brioche bun, with onion and sauce. Diminutive in size, I considered mine an appetizer, as I planned on trying some other delights. AT got the pulled pork bun with coleslaw which was excellent. Tasty and very moist, I highly recommend one if you happen to pass by Pigs and Dogs at your local festival.

There was Indian cuisine, Market Grill buffalo burgers serving from a vintage airstream caravan, Lalita’s Gujarati vegetarian, The Spanish Kitchen serving enormous vats of paella, French crepes and a vintage cake caravan serving up lovely cakes, cream teas and that quintessential snack, fish-finger sandwiches. A humble gathering, but the start of something big; the Maidenhead street food festival lifted the spirits of the desk-bound and hungry. Instead of eating pre-packaged portions at their desks, the people were lining up for freshly made food, real food and they were talking and mingling. Esther achieved what she set out to do and that was to create a buzz, ‘a town-square type bustle’ to the sleepy suburb.

If you’re interested in seeing more pics and footage from the event, visit Esther’s SL6 Supperclub Facebook page. Well done Esther – look forward to the next one!

Open Wide For These Upcoming Beer Festivals

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Beer week means every week for most of us, but the official American Craft Beer Week celebrates the sudsy stuff beginning today through May 19th. The Brewers Association organized tons of events happening all across the country, including several local tastings and other beer-centric gatherings. There are also upcoming festivals at Eataly and the craft beer and food festival Savor on the horizon as well.

The headliner event in New York City goes down Thursday, May 16th at the New York Beer Company, where the first ever American Craft Beer Week Coast to Coast Toast brings together NYC Brewers Guild members for drinking and toasting. Pints will be poured from local breweries like Bronx, Chelsea Brewering Co, Sixpoint and Shmaltz starting at 7 p.m., with everyone raising their glasses for the big nationwide toast at 8 p.m.

From May 17th through the 27th, brewmaster and Birreria Partner Teo Musso will put the spotlight on Italian craft beers with the Eatalian Beer Festival. Musso will offer four beers named for their alcohol content—4, 6, 8 and 10 % ABV—for $5 with unique dish pairings at most of the Eataly restaurants. The restaurant-market is also offering a beer and cheese pairing at their Eccellenze Corner for $10 during the beer festival.

Fast forward to June when Savor comes to town, bringing together brewers and chefs for two days of drinking and dining. Try out barrel aged fruit beers or explore different types of lager beers at the many events taking place at the Metropolitan Pavilion on June 14th and 15th. You can also check out events going on around the festival, like a Meet the Brewers from Long Island event at Jimmy’s No. 43 on Saturday, June 15th.

Pennsylvania Marks Wine Week 2013 with Wine Festivals in Hershey, Pittsburgh …

HARRISBURG, Pa., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board announced Wine Week 2013 celebrations will kick off with The Wine Festival in Hershey, on Wednesday, May 8, followed by the Pittsburgh Wine Festival on Thursday, May 9 and the Philadelphia Wine + Food Festival on Friday, May 10. Each event will feature more than 600 wines and 100 vintners.

“Wine week began more than a decade ago with one event in Philadelphia and has since grown to include festivals in Pittsburgh and Hershey that attract thousands of people from the wine novice to the aficionado,” said Liquor Control Board Chairman Joseph E. Brion . “This annual event provides a unique opportunity to meet winemakers, sample new foods and taste a variety of award-winning wines from around the world, including several produced here in Pennsylvania.”

“With hundreds of selections, the festivals are sure to have a wine to please every palate whether your preference is red, white, sparkling or non-sparkling,” said Board Member Robert S. Marcus. “Whether you’re a wine expert or just beginning to appreciate the complexities of wine, these festivals offer a place to learn about the wine-making process and experience new products while raising money for children’s hospitals in each city.”

For those who find a varietal they want to take home, each venue will feature a Fine Wine Good Spirits store, which will offer showcase wines along with special VIP selections for consumers to purchase.

On Wednesday, May 8, the sixth annual Wine Festival in Hershey will take place at the Giant Center. The VIP tasting runs from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., and the Grand Tasting follows from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Ticket information is available at www.winefestivalinhershey.com. Proceeds will benefit Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital.

On Thursday, May 9, the 11th annual Pittsburgh Wine Festival takes place at Heinz Field, East and West Club Lounges. While the VIP tasting is sold out, tickets to the Grand Tasting, which runs from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., are still available. For ticket information, visit www.pittsburghwinefestival.com. Proceeds benefit UPMC Children’s Hospital.

On Friday, May 10, Lincoln Financial Field, SCA Club will be the site of the Philadelphia Wine + Food Festival. Once focused entirely on wine, this year the event blends wine and food giving attendees the chance to taste some of the best wines in the world and sample the creations of some of the best chefs in Philadelphia. The VIP tasting is from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., and the Grand Tasting follows from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. To purchase tickets, visit http://www.phillymag.com/wineandfoodfest/index.html. Proceeds benefit Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

“While there are a variety of samples to taste, we want to encourage attendees to consume responsibly to ensure that an enjoyable evening remains a safe evening,” said Chairman Brion.

For more information on products tasted at the wine festivals, visit www.FineWineAndGoodSpirits.com.

Media contacts: Stacy Kriedeman , 717-783-8864

SOURCE Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board

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Pennsylvania Marks Wine Week 2013 with Wine Festivals in Hershey, Pittsburgh …

HARRISBURG, Pa., May 7, 2013 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board announced Wine Week 2013 celebrations will kick off with The Wine Festival in Hershey, on Wednesday, May 8, followed by the Pittsburgh Wine Festival on Thursday, May 9 and the Philadelphia Wine + Food Festival on Friday, May 10. Each event will feature more than 600 wines and 100 vintners.

“Wine week began more than a decade ago with one event in Philadelphia and has since grown to include festivals in Pittsburgh and Hershey that attract thousands of people from the wine novice to the aficionado,” said Liquor Control Board Chairman Joseph E. Brion. “This annual event provides a unique opportunity to meet winemakers, sample new foods and taste a variety of award-winning wines from around the world, including several produced here in Pennsylvania.”

“With hundreds of selections, the festivals are sure to have a wine to please every palate whether your preference is red, white, sparkling or non-sparkling,” said Board Member Robert S. Marcus. “Whether you’re a wine expert or just beginning to appreciate the complexities of wine, these festivals offer a place to learn about the wine-making process and experience new products while raising money for children’s hospitals in each city.”

For those who find a varietal they want to take home, each venue will feature a Fine Wine Good Spirits store, which will offer showcase wines along with special VIP selections for consumers to purchase.

On Wednesday, May 8, the sixth annual Wine Festival in Hershey will take place at the Giant Center. The VIP tasting runs from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., and the Grand Tasting follows from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Ticket information is available at www.winefestivalinhershey.com. Proceeds will benefit Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital.

On Thursday, May 9, the 11th annual Pittsburgh Wine Festival takes place at Heinz Field, East and West Club Lounges. While the VIP tasting is sold out, tickets to the Grand Tasting, which runs from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., are still available. For ticket information, visit www.pittsburghwinefestival.com. Proceeds benefit UPMC Children’s Hospital.

On Friday, May 10, Lincoln Financial Field, SCA Club will be the site of the Philadelphia Wine + Food Festival. Once focused entirely on wine, this year the event blends wine and food giving attendees the chance to taste some of the best wines in the world and sample the creations of some of the best chefs in Philadelphia. The VIP tasting is from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., and the Grand Tasting follows from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. To purchase tickets, visit http://www.phillymag.com/wineandfoodfest/index.html. Proceeds benefit Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

“While there are a variety of samples to taste, we want to encourage attendees to consume responsibly to ensure that an enjoyable evening remains a safe evening,” said Chairman Brion.

For more information on products tasted at the wine festivals, visit www.FineWineAndGoodSpirits.com.

Media contacts: Stacy Kriedeman, 717-783-8864

SOURCE Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board

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