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Dear Friends,
We're looking forward to seeing you at our inaugural Spring Benefit, "A Garden Grows in Harlem," on Monday, April 15. Please see below for details of the live auction, conducted by James Niven, Chairman, Sotheby's Americas, the proceeds of which will support our programming across New York City.  LOT 1: YOUR OWN SLICE OF HEAVEN Learn to make pizza from the masters, the amazing pizzaiolos of Brooklyn's famous franny's. You and nine of your friends will participate in a pizza-making class at franny's new location, culminating in a pizza party after which you'll get to enjoy your own creations for lunch. Since 2004, husband-and-wife owners Francine Stephens and Andrew Feinberg have served some of Brooklyn's best pies and simple Italian food with a dedication to sustainability and locally grown produce. Date to be mutually agreed upon. For up to ten people. All food costs and lunch included. Alcohol is not included but can be purchased separately. Valid weekdays 10am-12pm.  LOT 2: HAPPY EATING AT BON APPÉTIT Be honest. How many times have you turned the pages of Bon Appétit and drooled over luscious images of crisply seared trout, perfectly poached eggs with roasted asparagus, or a beautiful grill-marked ribeye, and thought, “I just want to eat that?” Well here’s your chance. The fabulous cooks in the test kitchen of the premier magazine for all things food – along with a to-be-announced-mystery guest chef – are inviting you and eleven of your friend up to the test kitchen for a meal fit for the magazine’s cover. Date to be mutually agreed upon. For up to twelve people. All food and alcohol costs included.  LOT 3: THE ART OF GOOD FOOD Maira Kalman is an illustrator, author, designer and frequent contributor to The New Yorker. Her recent work includes illustrating Michael Pollan’s classic, Food Rules. Michael Anthony is the award-winning executive chef of Gramercy Tavern. He won the 2012 James Beard award for ‘Best Chef in New York City’. Founded in 1967, Tuscan winery Carpineto has an international, award-winning reputation for consistently elegant wines. Date to be mutually agreed upon. Valid weekdays only. For up to twelve people. Wine and food costs included.  LOT 4: A GREAT MEAL, AS SIMPLE AS ‘ABC’
Shop like a chef, with a chef! And cook like one, too. Dan Kluger, award-winning executive chef of ABC Kitchen, is hosting your own private shopping spree through Union Square Greenmarket. You and Dan will purchase all the fresh, local produce you’ll need for a private cooking lesson and lunch party with seven of your friends at one of the most well-equipped culinary classrooms in the city, Haven’s Kitchen.
Chef Dan Kluger is known for his reverential treatment of Greenmarket goodies and his scrumptious seasonal cooking, executed with flawless French technique. Accolades include the 2011 James Beard award for Best New Restaurant at ABC Kitchen and the 2011 New York Magazine award for Best Chef. Haven’s Kitchen is a recreational cooking school, specialty food shop, and event space. Located two blocks from Union Square, Haven’s Kitchen is dedicated to the preparation and enjoyment of delicious, sustainable, seasonal food. Date to be mutually agreed upon. For up to eight people. All food costs and lunch included. No alcohol included, but can be purchased separately. 
LOT 5: JAKE. YOUR EDIBLE SCHOOLYARD TOUR GUIDE
Yes, that Jake. Jake Gyllenhaal, actor, our Spring Benefit honoree, and longtime supporter of Edible Schoolyard NYC, is taking you and your friends on a private Edible Schoolyard at P.S. 216 tour. He knows the garden well — he planted a pear tree in it at the groundbreaking ceremony in 2010. Oh, and he’s staying for lunch! Famed Brooklyn restaurant Roberta’s is transporting its pizza oven to P.S. 216 to prepare lunch from the garden, in the garden, for you and your guests.
Since 2008, Roberta’s has been serving some of Brooklyn’s finest fare, with an emphasis on local, sustainably sourced ingredients. In August 2011, The New York Times named Roberta’s ‘one of the more extraordinary restaurants in the United States.’ For up to ten people. Date to be mutually agreed upon. All food costs included. No alcohol permitted. 
LOT 6: COCKTAILS, CANAPÉS AND CHEMISTRY
You bring the booze, he’ll bring the “buzz.” Dave Arnold, Momofuku’s mad scientist mixologist at Booker and Dax, will use his centrifuge — or immersion circulator, or rotary evaporator, or whatever other gadget he’s currently tinkering on — to create the signature cocktails, and no doubt conversation pieces, for your private party of up to thirty guests. There will probably be some liquid nitrogen too. Canapés will be created and supplied by the culinary masters at Bite; Altadonna Wine and Prosecco also included.
At Booker and Dax, Dave Arnold uses new techniques and technologies in the pursuit of making delicious drinks. In 2004 he founded the Museum of Food and Drink in New York. In 2005 the International Culinary Center tapped him to head its new Culinary Technology department. Bite brings a unique, chef-driven sensibility to the catering arena. Celebrating flavor first, Bite’s chefs create a cuisine distinguished by intensity, balance and precision. Altadonna wines are native Italian varietal wines made from grapes selected from premier vineyards by Italy’s most lauded winemaker, Stefano Chioccoli. For up to thirty people. Date and location to be mutually agreed upon. All liquor to be provided by auction winner. Prosecco and all food costs for canapés are included.  LOT 7: HIGH ON THE HOG, HIGH ON THE ROOFTOP
April Bloomfield, award-winning chef-owner of The Spotted Pig, The Breslin and The John Dory Oyster Bar, is holding a private pig roast for you and your friends
at one of New York City’s most spectacular green spaces — the rooftop farm at Brooklyn Grange in Long Island City. Fresh produce at your feet, the New York City skyline surrounding you, and the smell of delicately roasted pork around you — what could be better?
*All items expire April 15, 2014, unless noted otherwise in description.In February 2004, April opened New York City’s first gastropub, The Spotted Pig. Under April’s direction, The Spotted Pig has earned a Michelin star for six consecutive years. April has been named one of Food and Wine’s ‘Best New Chefs’ and is currently nominated for this year’s James Beard Foundation’s ‘Best Chef: New York City.’ Brooklyn Grange is an established and growing urban farm business. Cultivating organic vegetables atop rooftops in New York City, the farm sells its produce to restaurants and the public. For up to forty people. Date to be mutually agreed upon, no Friday or Saturday nights (farm open May – September). All food costs and five cases of Brooklyn Brewery Beer included. 
PROGRAM AUCTION
Help us grow! At the beginning of April we started teaching kitchen lessons from a retrofitted classroom. Now help us to turn a barren concrete courtyard into a verdant urban oasis that will provide a rich teaching environment for our students and help us to grow our programs across New York City.
If you are interested in bidding, please contact benefit@esynyc.org. My best,  Kate Brashares Executive Director |
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