Sustainable jerk chicken, greens and rice from Veronica's Kitchen
Here's an NYC edible experiment worth cheering about.
What happens when you pair local street carts with sustainable local farms, and one outstanding food market? The
Vendy Awards +
New Amsterdam Market's "International Meats Local." The concept was launched at this past Sunday's outdoor market.
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| Former Vendy winner Solber Pupusas drew a crowd |
Vendy Awards managing director Helena Tubis hatched tha plan with New Amsterdam Market director Robert LaValva. Tubis sees it as a "really important project [to be] studying the economics of local sourcing for street vendors; seeing how it could make sense for them to use a better quality of meat; and how this would impact the pricing of their food."
Tickets ($20-$35) were exchanged for hefty tastings of five international dishes: meaty pot stickers, spicy jerk chicken, chorizo breakfast burritos, gooey pupusas and fresh tamales.
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| Taiwanese chicken and beef potstickers from A-Pou's Taste |
Former Vendy Award winners -
A-Pou's Taste,
Veronica's Kitchen and
Solber Pupusas - joined nominees
Eggstravaganza, and
Guadalupe's Tamales as the vendors paired with sustainable purveyors Bobo Poultry,
Marlow & Daughters,
Dickson's Farmstand,
Saxelby Cheesemongers, Shushan Farm,
S&SO Produce Farms, and
Rogowski Farm.
And now the Vendys have plans in the works to help vendors source sustainably in general. Can you hear me cheering?
