In a few minutes I will be participating in an Urban Foraging tour in Brooklyn. The tour will be given by Ava Chin and “Wild Man” Steve brill, two well know foragers in NYC area. The event grew using The Public School (NYC)

My interest in urban foraging began while working on art project on plants and plant knowledge… Ava is here…more later!

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Tuesday October 17th
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Performing History: Critical Autobiographies
Artists Speak: Conversations on Contemporary Art with Glenn D. Lowry
Tuesday, October 17, 6:30 p.m. MoMa, Founders Room.
An-My Lê and Allison Smith discuss the role of history in their work. Inspired by personal histories, historical reenactments, war, and performance, these artists confront the present by investigating constructions of the past. MoMa Adult and Academic Programs calendar.

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Wednesday October 18th
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Lovely Daze Issue 3 : When I am Alone, Everything is So Surreal
Book Launch and Reception w/Special Performances
Wednesday, October 18th, 2006, 6:00 to 9:30 pm
Whitney Museum at Altria
Lovely Daze website

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Thursday October 19th
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Bjorn Copeland, Sets
D’Amelio Terras, 525 West 22nd Street, 6-8

L-D Section II LIVE (Lansing-Dreiden)
Thursday October 19, 2006
Hiro Ballroom @ The Maritime Hotel
363 W 16th St. NY, NY. $8 advance/$14 day of show/9PM Doors/21 & over.
9pm-10 L-D DJ set / 10pm-Sahra Motalebi / 11pm L-D

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Friday October 20th
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What Was Once One, new work by Lansing-Drieden
Opening October 20, 7-9pm, Rivington Arms
Show runs from October 20 – November 22, 2006
Lansing-Dreiden.com

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Saturday October 21st
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Fifth Taste of China
October 21, 2006. 1:00pm – 6:00pm (rain or shine)
The Fifth Taste of Chinatown! (New York)
Over the course of two years and four events, Taste of Chinatown has become one of the most anticipated attractions in New York City, drawing food fans from around the world. Grab a tasting map (on the day of the event at the Chinatown Partnership tent on Mott Street or at the Explore Chinatown Info Kiosk on Canal Street at Baxter) and stroll along the streets closed to traffic. Sample $1 and $2 tasting plates from over 50 restaurants, tea houses, bakeries and specialty food shops serving Chinese, Malaysian, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, Singaporean, Japanese and Asian Fusion cuisines. more info: Taste of Chinatown, Fifth Annual.

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Friday October 27th
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Matt & Kim record release party w/Japanther
Brought to you once again by Todd P! Friday, October 27th 8pm @ 3RD WARD
Matt & Kim’s CD is in heavy rotation at petiteMort, this dou has the more energy than an entire high school marching band. Catch them at the 3RD Ward, a newish experimental studio and project space in Williamsburg. Click to watch their video for 5K by Colin Moore, like the video their shows do have a reputation for getting a bit messy…

3RD WARD – 195 Morgan Ave @ Stagg, East Williamsburg, Brooklyn
(L train to Morgan ,$tba, all ages)
More info: Matt & Kim, Matt & Kim Myspace, toddpnyc, 3rdwardbrooklyn.org

Nothing says summer fun like a BBQ. If you are like most Manhattanites, the requisite patio with grill is just as elusive as fresh air in city during the hot summer.

Gyu-kaku, japanaese for “bulls horn” is a California based BBQ chain with a focus on charbroiling your food for a simple clean flavor with the help of marinades that you grill yourself at the table. The new restaurant in Cooper Square is modern, sleek, clean, spacious and even has banquets with funky shiny metal curtains. The food is sublime, simple and fun. We ordered the Shogun course menu for 4. The meal consisted of approximately 15 items with the standouts being the Kobe Kalabi, Kobe Toro Steak and buttery Chilean Sea Bass. Should it come to anyone’s surprise that one of the dessert options is smores!?

Gyu-Kaku ($$)
34 Cooper Sq, New York 10003
Btwn Astor Pl & 4th St

Phone: 212-475-2989

(Mixing it up salad bowl style, we have a guest editor who is a true foodie, “Pdouble” is her pen name… Opinions of this guest editor do not necessarily reflect the gastronomical opinions here at petitemort… -editors)

This is for the local New Yorkers… If you are thinking of opening a restaurant in New York, there is so much fierce competition out there that sometimes you have to invent your own specialized menu in order to stand out. We’ve seen a lot of these come and go in the hood, not sure how S’Mac will last with their all Mac & Cheese menu.

I usually do crave mac & cheese, but a funny thing is that I have been making lots of it at home. It’s in the air I guess, 80′s American cuisine. I also say a picture of a TV dinner the other day, and realized how much I missed that too. I might just go out and get a couple those compartmental trays.

Grand Opening is this weekend, maybe they’ll have freebies?