Event

DUCK, DUCK! RYE?

DUCK, DUCK! RYE?

An all-duck, Competitive Chef "Quack" Down and New York Spirits Tasting

Date/Time: Sunday, March 22, 1PM to 3PM

Slow Food NYC is Crackers for Quackers!

Duck Confit, Peking Duck, Duck Tacos, Duck Ragu? Is there another avian as culinarily versatile as the likes of Donald and Daffy? We don't think so.

Join Slow Food NYC at this competitive, all-duck "Quack" Down, where chefs will deliver delectable, duck dishes for your delight. To accompany your New York duck, you can try samples of spirits made in New York featuring ingredients grown in New York!

Chefs are lining up with sophisticated, internationally inspired, duckalicious entries including Duck and Waffles, Duck Pastrami,Duck Rendang,Duck Tagine,Duck Empanadas,and Duck Curry!

Duck, Duck! Rye? is sponsored by Slow Food NYC friends Hudson Valley Duck Farm and Jimmy's No. 43. Pouring their spirits are Breuckelen Distilling, Van Brunt Stillhouse, Kings County Distillery, and Fingerlakes Distilling.

Proceeds from this event will benefit the not-profit Slow Food NYC Urban Harvest program supporting good food education for New York City kids at 16 schools around the City and on an educational, urban farm in East New York, Brooklyn. Urban Harvest activities include edible gardens, cooking classes, field trips, good food courses, and student run "farmstands" offering fresh, local produce to neighboring communities.

What: Duck, Duck! Rye?
When: Sunday, March 22, 2015, 1pm 3pm
Where: Jimmy's No. 43, 43 East 7TH Street, Manhattan (btwn. 2nd and 3rd Aves.)
Advance Tickets:
- Slow Food Members - $20 ($25 with a special Urban Harvest Contribution)
- Non-members - $25 ($30 with a special Urban Harvest Contribution)

At the door, the price is $30 to all. If you can't attend, you can still make an Urban Harvest Contribution at
http://www.nycharities.org/donate/c_donate.asp?CharityCode=2740