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November 8, 2018

Taste NY Holiday Market at the State Museum

Visitors can shop at “made in New York” food and beverage vendors at the New York State Museum’s Taste NY Holiday Market on Sunday, December 2 from 11:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Admission is free. The Museum is located at 222 Madison Avenue, Albany.

Vendors will offer samples and sales of chocolates; cheese; maple and apple products; hand-crafted beer, wine, spirits and cider; and other edible gifts. All participating vendors produce their products in New York State. There will also be cooking demonstrations, educational activities and a chocolate fountain station courtesy of We Do Fondue and Price Chopper/Market 32. For more information, including a list of vendors, visit the Museum’s website.

Following is a schedule of demonstrations and educational activities at the event:

  • Lavada Nahon – Culinary Historian (11:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.): Enjoy learning about the diverse foodways of New Netherland and early New York. Explore how the lives and cultures of the Dutch mixed with those of the English, enslaved Africans, French, Germans, Jews and others to create a vibrant foundation found nowhere else in colonial America.
  • Second Regiment of the Albany County Militia – Colonial Foodways (11:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.): Explore 18th century food in both the military and the home front. Enjoy everything from beer to bread and learn how our founding mothers and fathers ate during the American Revolution.
  • Paul Supley – Chocolate Historian (11:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.): Enjoy historic foodways at their sweetest with culinary historian Paul Supley of Van Wyckes Chocolate House. Van Wyckes Chocolate House explores the importance of chocolate in the 18th century through hands-on engagement. Discover the historical uses of chocolate as a medicine, a breakfast food and a pleasurable treat. Explore the material culture behind the making of chocolate and take the opportunity to discuss with Mr. Supley the different ways 18th century New Yorkers enjoyed one of our favorite guilty pleasures.

 

  • Cooking Demo with Chef Michael Lapi (1:00 – 2:00 p.m.): Focusing on fresh ingredients from local farms in the Mohawk Valley, Chef Lapi will cook up a recipe perfect for holiday entertaining.