September 12th

September 12th, 2007

International Pickle Day VII

Sunday, September 16th, 2007
11am-4:30pm

-Pickles from all cultures!
-Live Music and Free Samples!
-On Orchard Street between Broome and Grand Streets
-Valet bicycle parking by Transportation Alternatives!
-New restaurant Cafe Katja opening for pickle day w/ drink specials for the pickle connoisseurs!

For more information:
LES BID: 212.226.9010
LowerEastSideNY.com
NY Food Museum: 212.966.0191
NYFoodMuseum.org

Directions

Via Subway:
to Delancey St.
to Essex St.
to Grand St.

Via Bus:
M15 to Grand and Allen Streets
M14a to Grand and Essex Streets
M9 to Grand and Essex Streets

Itinerary

DEMONSTRATIONS:

1pm: Rick Fields – gourmet pickling
1:30pm: Just Food – canning at home
All Day: Six kinds of Vinegar people can taste (rice, cider, wine and more)

KID FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES:

Inspector Collector: Crafts projects for kids
Make-Up Mania : Pickle Face Painting

FREE LES BID TOURS:

11AM: Learn about the LES’ retail culture. Meet at Katz’s Deli, corner of Ludlow and Houston.

1:45 PM: By Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy. Historic East Broadway, including The Henry Street Settlement, Shteibl Row, The Educational Alliance, Seward Park and Library, The Yiddish Daily Forward Building & Strauss Square; *Visit to Beth Hachasidim.De Polen, an original shteibl (one room synagogue). Browsing at Judaica shops on Essex Street, and back to Pickle Day. Leaves from 261 Broome Street, the LES BID Office.

EXHIBITS:

Learn about pickle science, NYC pickle history and the culinary traditions
from all over the world, and right around the corner.

BOOK SIGNINGS:

      Pickled: Preserving a World of Tastes and Traditions
      A collection of stories and recipes from research for the first Pickle Day.

      Wild Fermentation
      Sandor Katz’s quintessential book on fermented foods.

Life on Lower East Side
Suzanne Wasserman : (Photograph Book)

MUSIC

12:30-4pm An eclectic mix provided by Main Squeeze and other Lower East Side Bands

Press

      Visit the following links for Press on Pickle Day
      http://cw11.trb.com/news/local/morningnews/wpix-hoffhome,0,2442462.htmlstory?coll=wpix-morning-news-1
      http://www.amny.com/features/am-pickles0911,0,2593728.story

We would like to extend a special thank you to those who made Pickle Day possible:

NYU Community Fund
Cornell University Cooperative Extension NYC's "Garden Mosaics and Urban Agriculture Project"
Congress members Nydia Velázquez and José Serrano
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver
Transportation Alternatives

About Us

Established in 1992, the Lower East Side Business Improvement District (LES BID) is a non-profit, economic development organization created to revitalize the Orchard Street Shopping District while preserving its unique and diverse character. Today, the LES BID is a community of over 400 merchants and property owners managed by a Board of Directors and consisting of local merchants, property owners, residents and elected officials. The LES BID promotes the local businesses, hosts events and provides community beautification services including sanitation, security and graffiti removal.

Wanna know more about happenings on the Lower East Side.... go to www.LowerEastSideNY.com