Reuters reports: A new group of food-focused startups are applying tricks learned from the technology industry to grow a new wave of businesses to cash in on the growing food movement across the U.S. Like tech entrepreneurs starting out in a Starbucks, foodies who find themselves needing space to prepare boutique treats are turning to shared programs called incubators and accelerators that help them launch by offering communal business spaces and logistical assistance.
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Lauryn Chun Event This Sunday December 17th
Lauryn Chun, founder of Mother-in-Law’s Kimchi and author of The Kimchi Cookbook, will teach traditional methods of making Korean kimchi in a hands-on communal workshop mimicking Kimjang at The New Amsterdam Public Market this Sunday. Kimjang is the traditional annual fall harvest where ladies in the neighborhood gather together and make enough kimchi to last all winter. It’s the Korean version of “putting up” your cabbage for the winter months. Poggi kimchi, which refers to the stuffed cabbage halves, is made during kimjang. Brined cabbage halves are stuffed with a chile paste filling and placed in earthenware onggi jars and buried in the ground allowing for fermentation during the winter months until spring. Note: You’ll have to bring your own quart-sized wide-mouth jar. Read more at the New Amsterdam Public Market website.
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Brooklyn Flea Winter Opens Tomorrow
The Brooklyn Flea at Skylight One Hanson kicks off the winter season tomorrow. Over 100 vendors will be present.
Through March 2013, the Flea’s home is the former Williamsburg Savings Bank, worth a visit just to see the landmark interior. Note: the Flea is closed Dec. 29+30.