EDEN EATS host Eden Grinshpan pulls into Williamsburg to help celebrate Cooking Channel’s second birthday
Williamsburg waterfront between North Sixth & North Seventh Sts.
Saturday, June 30, free, 1:00 – 5:00 pm
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The Cooking Channel is celebrating its second anniversary with a summer food tour that pulls into Smorgasburg on Saturday afternoon. The party will feature Le Cordon Bleu graduate Eden Grinshpan, host of Eden Eats, and Bronx-based Baron Ambrosia, host of The Culinary Adventures of Baron Ambrosia. There will be special treats to sample (including grilled squash quesadillas, pulled pork sandwiches, fried catfish, five-spice lamb burgers, Georgia lattice-topped peach pie, and red velvet cupcakes), meet and greets with the stars, and live music. If you’ve never been to Smorgasburg, you’ve been missing out on one of New York’s best culinary experiences. Every Saturday, more than one hundred vendors fill a vacant space on the Williamsburg waterfront, directly accessible by a quick ride on the East River Ferry. You can find just about anything you want there, from Mile End, McLure’s Pickles, and Baby Got Back Ribs to Taste of Ethiopia, Sunday Gravy, and Sun Noodle Ramen, from Saucy by Nature, DuMont Burger, and Blue Bottle Coffee to Handsome Hank’s Fish Hut, Rachel’s Pies, and Kings County Jerky. We like starting with the breakfast taco from Cemita’s, followed by maple bacon on a stick from Landhaus, the bulgogi burger from Asiadog, and a Salvadoran specialty from Solber Pupusas. Dessert’s a tough decision, with fine fare from Lush Candy, Danny’s Macaroons, Cutie Pies, Fine & Raw Chocolate, Kumquat Cupcakery, and our fave, the giant s’more from S’more Bakery. Other choices include slow smoked St. Louis spare ribs from Mighty Quinn’s, caramel chorizo lollipops from Bocata, fried anchovies from Bon Chovie, Nordic sushi from Noshi, and the fried Brussels sprouts sandwich with apple and whiskey from I8NY. Some of the vendors come back on Sunday, when Smorgasburg morphs into the Brooklyn Flea, a market that sells handcrafted items, antiques, collectibles, clothing, and plenty of oddities.