Pastry chefs from around the city will make all kinds of confections for
a bake sale Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., at Almondine, 85
Water Street (Main Street), the pastry shop in Dumbo, Brooklyn, to
benefit the bakery, which was damaged by the storm.
Other Events
Children 4 to 13 will be taught how to prepare holiday vegetable dishes
in a free class, from 4 to 5 p.m., at Whole Foods Markets. On Wednesday,
it will be at 270 Greenwich Street (Murray Street), and Tuesday at 808
Columbus Avenue (97th Street). There are other classes planned at Whole
Foods stores in New Jersey, Connecticut and Westchester County: veggiecation.com.
There will be a free latke tasting, with Klezmer music, on Thursday from
5:15 to 5:45 p.m. at the J.C.C. in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Avenue
(76th Street), as part of the Hanukkah festivities.
A free tasting of Scharffen Berger chocolates, cocoa and other
confections is set for Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Chelsea
Triangle, Ninth Avenue and 14th Street.
Bakers, chefs and food producers in Queens will offer samples of their
wares Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. at a pop-up Queens County Market at
Quaint, 46-10 Skillman Avenue (46th Street), Sunnyside. Admission is
free.
A Momofuku Milk Bar truck with the pastry chef Christina Tosi and her
mother, Greta Miller, will roam Manhattan and Brooklyn Saturday from 11
a.m. to 5 p.m., dispensing free cookies as a holiday treat. The truck,
sponsored by American Express, is scheduled to start at Columbus Circle
at 11 a.m., arrive at Madison Square Park at 12:10 p.m.; Union Square at
1:20; SoHo at Houston and Greene Streets at 2:30; Bedford and North
Seventh Streets in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at 3:40; and Fort Greene Park
at 4:50 p.m.
This year New York will have not one but two chocolate extravaganzas.
The annual Chocolate Show was held a month ago, and now the Chocolate
World Expo, with more than 60 exhibitors handing out samples and selling
their confections, is coming on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the
69th Regiment Armory, 68 Lexington Avenue (25th Street). Tickets are $20
for adults, $10 for ages 5 to 11, from chocolateworldexpo.com, or they may be purchased (with cash or credit card) at the door.
Kimjang, the process of making kimchi, will be demonstrated on Sunday at
1 p.m. at the New Amsterdam Market in the South Street Seaport.
Tickets, $21.69, or $37.22 with a copy of “The Kimchi Cookbook,” which
was recently published: brownpapertickets.com/event/303909.
A panel discussion about brisket in Jewish and non-Jewish cooking will
take place Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West
16th Street. Tickets are $15, or $10 for members, students and those 65
or older, from (212) 868-4444, smarttix.com (search “Let’s Brisket”).
