Culinary Conversations @ The Tenement Museum

Join the Tenement Museum for their regular Culinary Conversations. The series examines the food, recipes and cultures that surround New York City. Keep an eye here or on the Culinary Conversations page to find out about different sessions and purchase tickets.  Find out about this week’s program (and future programs) below:

EAT THE CITY: FARMING THE FIVE BOROUGHS

MAY 28TH, 2013, 6:30 PM

On rooftops, in vacant lots and warehouses, New Yorkers are planting and harvesting a bounty of city-grown crops. A roundtable of local farmers, led by Eat the City author Robin Shulman, discuss the challenges and rewards of growing food in the most urban of environments. A tasting menu, prepared from local produce, will be served.

TORRISI ITALIAN SPECIALTIES

JUNE 19TH, 2013, 6:30 PM

Dubbed the “future of Italian food in America” by the NY Times, Chefs Rich Torrisi and Mario Carbone of Torrisi Italian Specialtieschannel the eclectic immigrant flavors of Chinatown, the Lower East Side and Little Italy into their distinctly local take on Italian-American cuisine. Mitchell Davis, VP of the James Beard House, joins to tackle the question of what it means to cook “Italian” in today’s New York. A tasting will follow the discussion.