A chile pepper festival? In Brooklyn? It might seem odd for a southwestern staple to be celebrated in a northeastern city-within-a-city, but really it couldn’t be more natural. Brooklyn is home to people who hail from (or are descendants of those who hail from) countries and cultures where the fieriest fruit is a bedrock of cuisine, and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden lays at the crossroads of them all.
I am especially looking forward to the cooking demonstrations this Saturday at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Garden’s 15th Annual Chile Pepper Fiesta, but the Festival has lots of entertainment to offer, from music and dancing, to chile tattoos and jewelry. Don’t miss Matt Timm’s Chili Takedown (you might remember the fondue takedown I attended) at noon. Well, I might miss it. It’s at noon. That is early in Eastern Saturday Time. But it’ll be great! Nearby there will be Thai fruit and vegetable carving, which sounds fun (intricately carved fruit and veggies freak me out a little for some reason, but still, I am fascinated by it!). And legendary folk musician Pete Seeger is perfoming a rare concert at 4:30 (his name might not be immediately familiar, but trust me, you know at least 90% of his songbook).
See you there!
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