There's a great article in yesterday's New York Times Dining Section on urban fruit foraging and fruit trading taking place throughout the country. The picture above, taken by Noah Berger, is of Asiya Wdud, who launched Forage Oakland, a neighborhood fruit-exchange community. People gather low-hanging fruit within their neighborhood and share it with others for free or for a small fee. Most of the fruit foragers sound like they are west coast based but apparently there are 5,000 public fruit trees around the country. How cool is that? Makes me want to make another strawberry galette! Check it out: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/dining/10Fruit.html?pagewanted=2&ref=dining
And now, more on our favorite food event ever...
Le Fooding d'Amour Paris-New York will take place at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center on Friday the 25th and Saturday the 26th of September 2009 between 6PM and 10PM. From 6pm to 7pm, people who purchase the high roller tickets ($60) will enter the venue and enjoy a Champagne reception, on tablecloths - picnic style, in a intimate atmosphere with the chefs. From 7PM to 10PM, the rest of the public (30$ tickets) will be welcomed. The $30 tickets do not come with Champagne attached, but fear not, there will be beverages.
Le Fooding is welcoming six Parisian chefs and six New-York chefs. The Parisian chefs booked are Yves Camdeborde (Le Comptoir du Relais), Inaki Aizpitarte (Le Chateaubriand), William Ledeuil (Ze Kitchen Galerie), Alberto Herraiz (El Fogon), Stephane Jego (L'Ami Jean) and Christophe Pelé (La Bigarrade).
The New-York chefs will be David Chang (Momofuku Ssam Bar), Julie Farias (who was at Beer Table, and is now at The General Greene), Daniel Boulud (DB Bistro, etc.), Wylie Dufresne (WD-50), Sean Rembold (The Diner) and Riad Nasr (The Minetta Tavern) working with star butcher Pat LaFrieda.
Le Fooding D'Amour will also feature two star mixologists from both cities: Thierry Hernandez (Le Plaza Athenee) and Jim Meehan (PDT).
A collector's program of the event will be created especially for the event by twelve graphic designers and artists from Paris and New York. Each chef will have his or her own page designed by a different artistic director. Among them : Ich & Kar, Change is Good, Gianpaolo Pagni, Helène Builly, Nicholas Blechman, Tim Tomkinson, Jan Wilker, Paul Sahre, Jeanne Verdoux, Christoph Niemann and So Me.
People, start getting excited...Le Fooding D'Amour is going to be very exciting!
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