Umaimono Gourmet Fair
Continues Friday to Sunday, June 3-5, 11:00-8:00
Mitsuwa Marketplace, 595 River Rd., Edgewater, New Jersey (accessible by shuttle bus from Port Authority)
www.Mitsuwa.com/event/eevent.php?e=32
Free admission
Lebanese Food Festival
Friday, June 3, noon-10:00; Saturday, noon-10:00, Sunday, noon-6:00
Remsen St. between Henry and Clinton Sts. (outside Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral), Brooklyn Heights
www.Facebook.com/group.php?gid=21357119378
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2009/06/lebanese-food-festival.html
Free admission
Gateway to Nations NYC Native American Heritage Celebration
Friday, June 3, 11:00-5:00; Saturday and Sunday, 11:00-7:00
Floyd Bennett Field, Gateway National Recreation Area, 50 Aviation Rd., Brooklyn
www.RedhawkCouncil.org/powwows
Admission: adults, $12; young adults and seniors, $7; children 6 and under, free
Continues Friday to Sunday, June 3-5, 11:00-8:00
Mitsuwa Marketplace, 595 River Rd., Edgewater, New Jersey (accessible by shuttle bus from Port Authority)
www.Mitsuwa.com/event/eevent.php?e=32
Free admission
Lebanese Food Festival
Friday, June 3, noon-10:00; Saturday, noon-10:00, Sunday, noon-6:00
Remsen St. between Henry and Clinton Sts. (outside Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral), Brooklyn Heights
www.Facebook.com/group.php?gid=21357119378
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2009/06/lebanese-food-festival.html
Free admission
Gateway to Nations NYC Native American Heritage Celebration
Friday, June 3, 11:00-5:00; Saturday and Sunday, 11:00-7:00
Floyd Bennett Field, Gateway National Recreation Area, 50 Aviation Rd., Brooklyn
www.RedhawkCouncil.org/powwows
Admission: adults, $12; young adults and seniors, $7; children 6 and under, free
Festival Cultural de la Calle 152
Saturday, June 4, 10:00-6:00
152nd St. between Jackson and Union Aves., Bronx
www.NationalPuertoRicanDayParade.org/festival.html
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2008/06/festival-cultur.html
Free admission
Tastes: Meatpacking Meets Chelsea
Saturday, June 4, 11:30-3:00, rain or shine
Gansevoort St., Meatpacking District, Manhattan
www.TasteNYC.com
Tickets: $35 advance/$45 door; proceeds benefit the NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies
The Amazing Taste of New York Race
Saturday, June 4, 12:30-5:30
Begins at Galway Hooker, 7 East 36th St. (Fifth-Madison Aves.), Manhattan
www.ARTasteOfNY060411.eventbrite.com
Tickets: $60
Hungarian Festival
Saturday, June 4, 11:00-8:00
Somerset St. between Division and Bethany Sts., New Brunswick, New Jersey (walking distance from the city's NJ Transit station)
www.HRFA.org
Free admission
Michael Arnone's Crawfish Fest
Saturday, June 4, 11:00-11:00; Sunday, 11:00-7:00 (Friday evening, too, for campers only)
Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta, New Jersey (express bus available from Port Authority)
www.CrawfishFest.com
Admission: adults, $60; children under 14 accompanied by a parent, free
Eco-Feast
Saturday, June 4, 5:00-8:00
East River Park Amphitheater, south of Grand St., Manhattan
www.LESEcologyCenter.org
Tickets: $75 advance/$100 door; proceeds benefit the Lower East Side Ecology Center
Indonesian food bazaar
Sunday, June 5, 10:00-5:00
Outside the Al-Hikmah Mosque, 48-01 31st Ave. (at 48th St.), Astoria, Queens
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2011/05/indonesian-food.html
Free admission
Philippine Independence Day Celebration
Sunday, June 5, 10:00-6:00
Madison Ave. between 24th and 26th Sts.; a parade, beginning at noon, proceeds from 38th St. south on Madison
www.PIDCI.org/home/2011/05/196
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2008/06/philippine-inde.html
Free admission
Festival de los Andes
Sunday, June 5, 11:00-6:00
On the lawn in front of Hepburn Hall, New Jersey City University, 2039 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City
www.DestinationJerseyCity.com/events/1042
Free admission
Bay Ridge Fifth Avenue Street Festival
Sunday, June 5, noon-6:00
Fifth Ave. between 69th and 85th Sts., Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
www.Facebook.com/event.php?eid=187523794628867
Lots of interesting Middle Eastern markets and eateries along this stretch of the avenue
Free admission
Cuban Parade of New Jersey
Sunday, June 5, beginning at noon
Parade proceeds along Bergenline Ave. from 79th St. in North Bergen, New Jersey, to 43rd St., in Union City
www.DesfileCubanoDeNJ.com/paradepage.htm
Previously, a concurrent festival at Schuetzen Park (John F. Kennedy Blvd. at 32nd St.) was much less worthy of note than the eateries, Cuban and otherwise, farther north on Bergenline
Free admission
Albanian Heritage Festival
Sunday, June 5, noon-7:00
Kensico Dam Plaza, Bronx River Parkway, Valhalla, New York (walking distance from the town's Metro-North station)
www.WestchesterGov.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2960
Free admission
Taste of Times Square
Monday, June 6, 5:00-9:00
Broadway Plazas between 42nd and 47th Sts., Manhattan
www.TimesSquareNYC.org
Free admission
Ice Cream: A Global History
Monday, June 6, 6:00-9:00
The Roger Smith Hotel, 501 Lexington Ave. (at 47th St.), Manhattan
www.IceCreamGlobal.eventbrite.com
Tickets: $45
Sts. Constantine and Helen Cathedral Greek Festival
Monday, June 6, through Sunday, June 12, various hours
64 Schermerhorn St. (Court St.-Boerum Pl.), Brooklyn
www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=198189470226127
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2008/06/sts-constantine.html
Free admission
Bone Suckin' Shell Shuckin' Surf and Turf
Tuesday, June 7, 6:00-9:00
Chelsea Market, 410 West 16th St. (Ninth-Tenth Aves.)
www.BrownPaperTickets.com/event/176886
Tickets, $60; ages 21 and over only, advance purchase required; a portion of proceeds benefits Food Systems NYC
Via The New York Times
Taste of Long Island City
Tuesday, June 7, 6:30-8:30
Gantry Plaza State Park (49th Ave. at the East River), Long Island City, Queens
www.ChocolateFactoryTheater.org/e_tasteoflic_2011.html
Tickets, $50; proceeds benefit The Chocolate Factory Theater
Internet Week 2011: Food 2.0
Wednesday, June 8, 10:30-7:30
Wix Lounge, 10 West 18th St. (Fifth-Sixth Aves.), 2nd floor, Manhattan
www.FoodAndTechConnect.com/site/2011/06/02/internet-week-2011-food-2-0
Suggested donation: $5 to $10 per panel
The Food of Spain: A Most Intricate Gastronomic Tapestry
Wednesday, June 8, 6:30-9:00
Queen Sofia Spanish Institute, 684 Park Ave. (at 68th St.), Manhattan
www.CulinaryHistoriansNY.org/events.html
Tickets: $40, discounted for CHNY and QSSI members
Sold out: Lobster Roll Rumble, June 9 (VIP tickets still available)
Ongoing: Mad Sq. Eats, daily through June 9; Hester Street Fair, Saturday, through autumn; New Amsterdam Market, Sunday, through November; Fulton Stall Market, Sunday, through October; Red Hook Ball Field vendors, Saturday and Sunday, through autumn; Brooklyn Flea, Saturday and Sunday, year-round; New York Greenmarkets, year-round; Community Markets, year-round.
Classes: See the schedules of the Astor Center, The Brooklyn Kitchen, the Ger-Nis Culinary & Herb Center, the Institute of Culinary Education, the International Culinary Center, the Japanese Culinary Center, Murray's Cheese, and the Whole Foods Bowery Culinary Center, and the roundup of classes on CourseHorse.
Walking tours: Tag along with Big Onion, the Institute of Culinary Education, NoshWalks, NYC Discovery Walking Tours, Urban Oyster, and "Wildman" Steve Brill.
Tickets on sale: Midtown Lunch Fifth Birthday Party, June 11; Big Apple BBQ Block Party, June 11-12; From Coffeehouses to Banquet Halls, June 25; Get Real Belgian Festival, July 8-9; The Great Hot Dog Cookoff (chef signups only, for now), July 23; Vendy Awards, September 24
Saturday, June 4, 10:00-6:00
152nd St. between Jackson and Union Aves., Bronx
www.NationalPuertoRicanDayParade.org/festival.html
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2008/06/festival-cultur.html
Free admission
Tastes: Meatpacking Meets Chelsea
Saturday, June 4, 11:30-3:00, rain or shine
Gansevoort St., Meatpacking District, Manhattan
www.TasteNYC.com
Tickets: $35 advance/$45 door; proceeds benefit the NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies
The Amazing Taste of New York Race
Saturday, June 4, 12:30-5:30
Begins at Galway Hooker, 7 East 36th St. (Fifth-Madison Aves.), Manhattan
www.ARTasteOfNY060411.eventbrite.com
Tickets: $60
Hungarian Festival
Saturday, June 4, 11:00-8:00
Somerset St. between Division and Bethany Sts., New Brunswick, New Jersey (walking distance from the city's NJ Transit station)
www.HRFA.org
Free admission
Michael Arnone's Crawfish Fest
Saturday, June 4, 11:00-11:00; Sunday, 11:00-7:00 (Friday evening, too, for campers only)
Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta, New Jersey (express bus available from Port Authority)
www.CrawfishFest.com
Admission: adults, $60; children under 14 accompanied by a parent, free
Eco-Feast
Saturday, June 4, 5:00-8:00
East River Park Amphitheater, south of Grand St., Manhattan
www.LESEcologyCenter.org
Tickets: $75 advance/$100 door; proceeds benefit the Lower East Side Ecology Center
Indonesian food bazaar
Sunday, June 5, 10:00-5:00
Outside the Al-Hikmah Mosque, 48-01 31st Ave. (at 48th St.), Astoria, Queens
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2011/05/indonesian-food.html
Free admission
Philippine Independence Day Celebration
Sunday, June 5, 10:00-6:00
Madison Ave. between 24th and 26th Sts.; a parade, beginning at noon, proceeds from 38th St. south on Madison
www.PIDCI.org/home/2011/05/196
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2008/06/philippine-inde.html
Free admission
Festival de los Andes
Sunday, June 5, 11:00-6:00
On the lawn in front of Hepburn Hall, New Jersey City University, 2039 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City
www.DestinationJerseyCity.com/events/1042
Free admission
Bay Ridge Fifth Avenue Street Festival
Sunday, June 5, noon-6:00
Fifth Ave. between 69th and 85th Sts., Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
www.Facebook.com/event.php?eid=187523794628867
Lots of interesting Middle Eastern markets and eateries along this stretch of the avenue
Free admission
Cuban Parade of New Jersey
Sunday, June 5, beginning at noon
Parade proceeds along Bergenline Ave. from 79th St. in North Bergen, New Jersey, to 43rd St., in Union City
www.DesfileCubanoDeNJ.com/paradepage.htm
Previously, a concurrent festival at Schuetzen Park (John F. Kennedy Blvd. at 32nd St.) was much less worthy of note than the eateries, Cuban and otherwise, farther north on Bergenline
Free admission
Albanian Heritage Festival
Sunday, June 5, noon-7:00
Kensico Dam Plaza, Bronx River Parkway, Valhalla, New York (walking distance from the town's Metro-North station)
www.WestchesterGov.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2960
Free admission
Taste of Times Square
Monday, June 6, 5:00-9:00
Broadway Plazas between 42nd and 47th Sts., Manhattan
www.TimesSquareNYC.org
Free admission
Ice Cream: A Global History
Monday, June 6, 6:00-9:00
The Roger Smith Hotel, 501 Lexington Ave. (at 47th St.), Manhattan
www.IceCreamGlobal.eventbrite.com
Tickets: $45
Sts. Constantine and Helen Cathedral Greek Festival
Monday, June 6, through Sunday, June 12, various hours
64 Schermerhorn St. (Court St.-Boerum Pl.), Brooklyn
www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=198189470226127
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2008/06/sts-constantine.html
Free admission
Bone Suckin' Shell Shuckin' Surf and Turf
Tuesday, June 7, 6:00-9:00
Chelsea Market, 410 West 16th St. (Ninth-Tenth Aves.)
www.BrownPaperTickets.com/event/176886
Tickets, $60; ages 21 and over only, advance purchase required; a portion of proceeds benefits Food Systems NYC
Via The New York Times
Taste of Long Island City
Tuesday, June 7, 6:30-8:30
Gantry Plaza State Park (49th Ave. at the East River), Long Island City, Queens
www.ChocolateFactoryTheater.org/e_tasteoflic_2011.html
Tickets, $50; proceeds benefit The Chocolate Factory Theater
Internet Week 2011: Food 2.0
Wednesday, June 8, 10:30-7:30
Wix Lounge, 10 West 18th St. (Fifth-Sixth Aves.), 2nd floor, Manhattan
www.FoodAndTechConnect.com/site/2011/06/02/internet-week-2011-food-2-0
Suggested donation: $5 to $10 per panel
The Food of Spain: A Most Intricate Gastronomic Tapestry
Wednesday, June 8, 6:30-9:00
Queen Sofia Spanish Institute, 684 Park Ave. (at 68th St.), Manhattan
www.CulinaryHistoriansNY.org/events.html
Tickets: $40, discounted for CHNY and QSSI members
Sold out: Lobster Roll Rumble, June 9 (VIP tickets still available)
Ongoing: Mad Sq. Eats, daily through June 9; Hester Street Fair, Saturday, through autumn; New Amsterdam Market, Sunday, through November; Fulton Stall Market, Sunday, through October; Red Hook Ball Field vendors, Saturday and Sunday, through autumn; Brooklyn Flea, Saturday and Sunday, year-round; New York Greenmarkets, year-round; Community Markets, year-round.
Classes: See the schedules of the Astor Center, The Brooklyn Kitchen, the Ger-Nis Culinary & Herb Center, the Institute of Culinary Education, the International Culinary Center, the Japanese Culinary Center, Murray's Cheese, and the Whole Foods Bowery Culinary Center, and the roundup of classes on CourseHorse.
Walking tours: Tag along with Big Onion, the Institute of Culinary Education, NoshWalks, NYC Discovery Walking Tours, Urban Oyster, and "Wildman" Steve Brill.
Tickets on sale: Midtown Lunch Fifth Birthday Party, June 11; Big Apple BBQ Block Party, June 11-12; From Coffeehouses to Banquet Halls, June 25; Get Real Belgian Festival, July 8-9; The Great Hot Dog Cookoff (chef signups only, for now), July 23; Vendy Awards, September 24