WEEKLONG EXPERIENCES

Edible brings its delicious message to life at sold-out smash parties pairing the best food and drink anywhere. Eat Drink Local week’s lineup of experiences includes:

Saturday, JUNE 18. The Festival of the 7 Ingredients: a night of delectable tasting stations to preview Eat Drink Local at the Openhouse Gallery, tickets, $26, available here.

Wednesday, JUNE 22. Taste of Greenmarket: the annual fund-raiser for the city’s Greenmarkets, at Studio 450.

Friday, JUNE 24. Edible Queens hosts a Tasting of Local Wines at Table Wine, 79-14 37th Ave., Jackson Heights, 4-7 pm, FREE. For more information and to RSVP, email ediblequeensevents@gmail.com

Saturday, JUNE 25 Supper Club featuring local foods at LIC Market, 21-52 44th Dr., Long Island City, Queens, Two Seatings, 6 pm & 9 pm, $50 per person. For more information and to RSVP, email ediblequeensevents@gmail.com

Sunday, JUNE 26 Meet the Farmer breakfast event at Sweetleaf, 10-93 Jackson Ave., Long Island City, Queens, 9-11 am, FREE. For more information and to RSVP, email ediblequeensevents@gmail.com

Sunday, JUNE 26 Beer and barbecue at Townline BBQ in Sagaponack to kick off Eat Drink Local on the East End. Look for all seven ingredients, including a roasted lamb with yogurt and chives, smoked oysters, plenty of peas and strawberry-rhubarb something. For more information and to RSVP, call Townline, 631.537.2271, or check here.

Monday, JUNE 27 Meet the Farmer evening event at Astor Bake Shop, 12-23 Astoria Blvd., Astoria, Queens, 5-7 pm, FREE. For more information and to RSVP, email ediblequeensevents@gmail.com

Wednesday, JUNE 29 Tasting of Local Wines at Claret Wine Bar, 46-02 Skillman Ave., Sunnyside, Queens, 5-7 pm, FREE. For more information and to RSVP, email ediblequeensevents@gmail.com

Wednesday, JUNE 29. “Meet Your Maker”: a local food and drink artisan tour at the Brooklyn Brewery. Reserve your space here.

Wednesday, JUNE 29. Strawberry Social: to raise funds for Food Systems Network NYC at La Plaza Cultural Community Garden. Reserve your space here.

Thursday, JUNE 30. A Long Island oyster and beer party to end Eat Drink Local, at Jimmy’s No. 43

JUNE 24–30. Visit any Whole Foods Market in NYC to taste a special summery prepared dish using the 7 Featured Local Ingredients.

JUNE 24–30. Foursquare Check-in Promoting Free Organic Valley Product at Whole Foods Markets. Each NYC store will have a foursquare offer that awards a coupon for a free Organic Valley product to anyone that checks in during Eat Drink Local week.

JUNE 24–30. An interactive bring-something-win-something happening at the Union Square Greenmarket to encourage New Yorkers to cook, grow and forage.

THROUGHOUT JUNE. Cooking and food preservation demonstrations at Greenmarkets citywide.

THROUGHOUT JUNE. Gardens of the Alhambra and other food culture programming at the New York Botanical Garden.

Our food is how we change the world around us. So, Eat Drink Local encourages people to cook an extra meal with seasonal ingredients, take a friend to the Greenmarket, host a locavore feast at your home, and think more about the people behind your food.

And lots more events both downstate and upstate to be announced as the week approaches, so check our weekly calender here.