To select and operate the lineup of vendors, City Parks Foundation, which runs SummerStage, has engaged the Brooklyn Flea, the impresarios of weekend markets with handcrafted food.
But the recent revival of attention to it fits neatly into the modern renaissance of handcrafted food, heirloom agriculture, and using food in its season.
"In addition, there is the overall interest in local and handcrafted food and drink products, and craft beers fit those bills to a T, often with an interesting or unique back story and sense of authenticity".
We love handcrafted foods for which tremendous sacrifices were made.
While Foodzie focuses on mostly, handcrafted artisanal food products, LoveWithFood will partner with any gourmet food producer.
But there may be a table handcrafted from food waste such as stale French baguettes.
The music, handcrafts, food, traditional gatherings, dances and tribal customs already formally on the list constitute, Unesco says, "a living heritage, which, when transmitted from generation to generation, gives communities and groups a feeling of identity and continuity that is considered essential for the respect of cultural diversity and human creativity".
I'd create a deli/grocer par excellence, with unique Italian specialty items from Agata & Valentina; handcrafted artisanal foods and wines from Dean & DeLuca; the dairy, meats, cheese, produce and fun of Stew Leonard's; prepared foods from Balducci's; caviar, smoke fish and coffee from Zabar's; fresh seafood and prime aged meat from Citarella; and organic and natural foods from Fairway.
But best of all, the focus on locally sourced and handcrafted extends to the food.
Starbucks plans to bring the "Starbucks Experience to customers in India by offering high quality arabica coffee, handcrafted beverages, locally relevant food, and legendary service," John Culver, president of Starbucks in China and Asia Pacific, said in a press release.
"Real" tacos, for lack of a better term, are their own world, and I wouldn't want anyone to think I was confusing these handcrafted, labor intensive works of food art with their rich and complex flavors with the basic foodstuff I've described above.
