A $60 ticket includes an amazing three-course meal with unlimited wine from Dandelion Wine and beer by Sixpoint. Veggies are from the community garden and meat comes from Sun Fed Beef in upstate NY (and there will be a wonderful veggie option for non meat-eaters).
The meal will be prepared by two talented local chefs : Caroline Fidanza owner of Saltie, the cult Williamsburg sandwich shop, and Millicent Souris, who has cooked at Egg, Roebling Tea Room and the Queen’s Hideaway. Both chefs have published their own cookbooks and regularly contribute to Diner Journal. Continue reading →
We specifically host our Soup Bowl Fundraiser on the Sunday before Thanksgiving because we want to make sure that before we stuff our faces with turkey and pie that we have the opportunity to offer something to our neighbors in Greenpoint who might not be as well fed as we are during the holidays.
Our 3rd Annual Soup Bowl Fundraiser is this Sunday, November 23rd from 3-5pm at EAT (124 Meserole Ave).
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We have so many gorgeous locally and handmade bowls from potters in Brooklyn!
Isn’t it nice to sit around and stuff your face? This is every American’s God-given right on Thanksgiving! Sadly some people don’t eat anything today – including many people in Greenpoint.
So let’s keep ALL of our neighbors full and plump this Thanksgiving, too. That’s what it’s all about, right? Sharing and caring…
If you make one click on your computer today – consider making a donation in ANY amount – $5, $10 to Greenpoint Soup Kitchen, a local non-profit that feeds the hungry not just on Thanksgiving but every week of the year!
On Sunday Greenpointers hosted one of my favorite of all the events that we organize, first because it supports my favorite local cause the Greenpoint Food Pantry and Soup Kitchen and secondly because it’s the most chill event we do and I actually get to talk to people and not run around like a lunatic. And we raised over $700! Continue reading →
On Sunday November 17, 2013 from 3-5pm at EAT Greenpoint – weeks before we stuff our faces with turkey for Thanksgiving – we are having our Annual Soup Bowl Fundraiser to raise money for our very own Greenpoint Food Pantry and Soup Kitchen which serves 1000s of hungry Greenpointers on a weekly basis.
Here’s the deal:
$25 gets you 1 beautiful and locally handmade soup bowl to take home, filled with delicious hearty soup from the The Splendid Spoon + a Brooklyn Brewery beer!
On Sunday 11/17/13 from 3-5pm at EAT(124 Meserole St) Greenpointers is organizing our Annual Soup Bowl Fundraiser and we need your soup bowls!
Diners buy a bowl, get a bowl of soup from The Splendid Spoon and a Brooklyn Brewery Beer for $25 – with all proceeds donated to Greenpoint Soup Kitchen!
If you can donate a handmade bowl – please email me greenpointers (at) gmail.com so we can arrange a drop-off.
Each first Sunday of the month we have a Sunday Supper at a new location in Greenpoint with a new chef and each first Sunday Supper of the month I am nervous! There is a lot to do and a lot of unknowns. Like will it rain? Do we have enough utensils? Will the chef be on time?
Sunday Supper #7 was particularly more stressful because I was the chef and I suffer from Food Anxiety – which is a clinical neurological condition that involves worrying about making enough food for your guests. One of the symptoms is making way too much food! Everyone in my entire crazy family has this problem – it’s a genetic mutation on the Sicilian strand of DNA I inherited from my father Rocco. Continue reading →
That is my dad. That is his tee-shirt. Somehow this is reality. We are serious about Sicilian food and I want to cook for you!
This Sunday July 14th is Sunday Supper #7, a Big Fat Sicilian and Vegan menu, prepared by me at Greenpoint Church (136 Milton St) from 7-10pm. Proceeds benefit Greenpoint Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry!
I am super excited to announce Sunday Supper #7, a Big Fat Sicilian and Vegan menu, prepared by yours truly at Greenpoint Church (136 Milton St) on Sunday July 14th, from 7-10pm. Proceeds benefit Greenpoint Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry! And we have Van Leeuwen Vegan Ice Cream and Sailor Jerry Rum cocktails, which we are preparing with a Sicilian blood orange twist!
This is the food I love and I am so excited to share it with you in order to benefit such an important cause in our community!
Menu:
Fresh Fava Bruschetta, Olives
Pasta,“Red” Sauce, Fried Eggplant
Fennel, Watercress, Grapefruit Salad
Fresh Cashew Ricotta Cannoli
Van Leeuwen Vegan Ice Cream
Sailor Jerry Rum “Blood Orange” Cocktails
“We just got a request from Councilman Brad Lander’s office: 400 lunches are needed for medically frail seniors staying in the shelter at the Armory. We need them delivered by 1pm.
Here’s the plan: Show up at the Greenpoint Reformed Church 136 Milton St. at 9am.
If you can, please bring bread, fruit, beverages, etc.
We’ll be working hard on this from 9am to noon. At noon, we’ll pack them in my car and drive them over.
For those of you staying up late, feel free to bake cookies, brownies, etc. and drop them off tomorrow morning.
Pastor Ann is going to attempt to coordinate this, since Ann Carroll needs a break. So please, be patient with her.
If anyone is good at organizing stuff like this, feel free to let her know and she’ll gladly put you in charge. Thanks for all the great work.
Please forward this around as I’m a little worried we might not have enough volunteers since most folks are going back to work and it’s early in the day tomorrow.”
Note: Let us remember that our local Greenpoint Soup Kitchen is not only feeding hungry Greenpointers but is working night and day to prepare food for victims of Hurricane Sandy who are staying in shelters.
If you cannot volunteer tomorrow, consider making a donation directly to Greenpoint Soup Kitchen, to help support these efforts.
When 61 Franklin Street Community Garden and Greenpoint Church get together, they throw some of the most fun and delicious fundraiser community dinners – and they’re hosting another one this Friday evening!
