Pig Island

Posted by Carolyn

on September 27, 2010

During my five years as a Manhattanite, I’ve never once made it to Governor’s Island- though not for lack of trying as I’ve been wanting to go all summer. This coming Saturday, however, I’m determined to make it- boyfriend in tow to check out the first annual Pig Island.

Pig Island is a culinary festival featuring local food, NY State wines, Six Point Craft Ales, and live music. Twenty chefs from some of New York City’s finest venues will be preparing their specialties. I just got the menu and restaurant lineup (see below) for the event and it looks like it’ll be an amazing day of foodies. Just checked the weather too and it looks like the sun will be cooperating. For more information and tickets, check out their website!.

MENU:

Double Crown‘s Chris Rendell: Bak Kut Teh
Butter‘s Michael Jenkins: “Eat a Pig Sandwich”
Ducks’ Will Horowitz: Charred Pork Sausage with Pickled Chili Crab Slaw
Green Table‘s Brent Sims: Whole Hog Brunswick Stew
Waterfront Ale House‘s Sam Barbieri: Hickory Smoked Pulled Pig with Carolina BBQ sauce, Slider Rolls, and Slaw
John Taylor and Rub: North Carolina style BBQ with Moravian Slaw
Palo Santo: Pork Tacos
Print’s Heather Carlucci: Maple Bacon Sticky Buns
Grill a Chef‘s Joshua Stokes: Root Beer Glazed Pig with Crushed Kabocha and Sage Cracklin’s
Food Experiments: Mixed Grill
Up in St Barts‘ Matt Weingarten: Whole Hog Sausages with Harvest Pickles
Great Performances: Pickled Peach Relish, Coco Bread, and Jerk Pork Rillette
I Trulli‘s Patti Jackson: Cotechino and Testa with Beans
Porchetta‘s Sara Jenkins: Porchetta
Delicatessen‘s Michael Ferraro: Whole Pig Puebla Mole Tostados, Pickled Stone Fruit and Shallots
Mama O’s Kheedim Oh: Braised Pork with Kimchee
Nuela: Pig Terrine with Prune Plums and Fennel
Cody Utzman of Papacitos and Brooklyn Standard: Cobra Kai Tacos; A Korean-Mexican Taco Variety with Kimchi, Sesame Oil, Avocados, Cilantro, and Tortillas