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TICKET ALERT: HARVEST IN THE SQUARE

Tickets are now on sale for the seventeenth annual Harvest in the Square gourmet celebration in Union Square Park (photo by James Worrell)

Union Square Park West Plaza
14th St. & Union Square West
Thursday, September 20, general admission $125 (7:30), VIP $400 (6:00)
www.harvest.unionsquarenyc.org

Nearly four dozen local restaurants will be taking part in the seventeenth annual Harvest in the Square celebration of fall, a gourmet fundraiser for the Union Square Partnership. Held under tents in the west side of the park, HITS will feature signature dishes from such eateries as Aleo, Alison Eighteen, BLT Fish and BLT Prime, Blue Smoke, Bread & Tulips, Chat ‘n’ Chew, City Crab, Craft, Dévi, Dos Caminos, 5 Napkin Burger, Gramercy Tavern, Hill Country, Junoon, Republic, Rosa Mexicano, SD26, Steak Frites, the Strip House, Tamarind, Tocqueville, Union Square Café, and Wildwood Barbeque. Drinks will be supplied by Bedell Cellars, Casa Larga Vineyards, Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars, Heartland Brewery, Irving Farm Coffee, Knapp Winery, Paumanok Vineyards, Think Coffee, Wolffer Estate Vineyards, and many others. In addition, there will be booths from City Harvest, Greenmarket Farmers Market, and Whole Foods Market Union Square. This year’s restaurant chair is Brett Reichler of B.R. Guest, and the wine chair is once again Garry Tornberg of Southern Wine & Spirits of New York. The event was founded by Danny Meyer of the Union Square Hospitality Group and Eric Petterson of the Gotham City Restaurant Group in order to raise funds for the beautification of historic Union Square Park. Tickets are on sale now, $125 for general admission at 7:30 and $400 for early VIP entry at 6:00.

JULIA AT 100: A CELEBRATION OF JULIA CHILD’S 100th BIRTHDAY

Julia Child’s one hundredth birthday is being celebrated with special events around the city (photo courtesy PBS)

powerHouse Arena
37 Main St. at Water St., Brooklyn
Wednesday, August 15, free, 7:00
www.powerhousearena.com

August 13 marks the eighth anniversary of the passing of beloved chef Julia Child, who revolutionized home cooking through her series of popular cookbooks and television programs. But Wednesday, August 15, is what would have been her one hundredth birthday, and there are centenary celebrations going on around the country for Child, who won a National Book Award, three Emmys, and a Peabody during her illustrious career. One of the primary gatherings will be taking place at powerHouse Arena in DUMBO, where “Julia at 100” will feature appearances by Tamar Adler, author of An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace, Dave Crofton, co-owner of One Girl Cookies (One Girl Cookies: Recipes for Cakes, Cupcakes, Whoopie Pies, and Cookies from Brooklyn’s Beloved Bakery), Matt Lewis, co-owner of Red Hook’s Baked (Baked: New Frontiers in Baking and Baked Explorations: Classic American Desserts Reinvented), intimate blogger and Nutella lover Alyssa Shelasky (Apron Anxiety: My Messy Affairs in and out of the Kitchen), and Smitten Kitchen blogger Deb Perelman, whose first book, The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook: Recipes and Wisdom from an Obsessive Home Cook is due out October 31. There will be treats from Baked and One Girl, a trivia contest, free wine, and a bake-off; attendees who bring a baked good inspired by one of Julia Child’s recipes are eligible for prize packages. In addition, numerous restaurants are hosting special Julia Child menus, including Buvette, Aureole, Madison Bistro, Union Square Cafe, Marea, and Alison Eighteen. And tickets are now available for the October 28 presentation “On Julia Child at 100,” a discussion with Knopf editor Judith Jones and culinary historian Laura Shapiro at the 92nd St. Y, moderated by Alexandra Leaf.