The Takedown cometh… and we are getting the amazing and generous support of some mega corporations!!!! Brooklyn Kitchen is THE Brooklyn go-to spot for gastronomes to buy there gear, take classes, and have their freakin knives sharpened!!! If you don’t own your own whetstone, go there. Check out their website and take their INSANELY CHEAP classes!!! Butcher Tom Mylan (a one-time Takedown judge!) shows you how to butcher a pig, a lamb and a dinosaur- for between $75 and $125! A Knife skills class for $25!!!! Man oh man you are so dumb if you aren’t already there.
And thanks also to Clarkson Potter, a division of Random House!!! Mega big names in their bullpen, including Rachael Ray (who I will one day marry), Alice Waters, and a ton of other humongously popular chefs!! My friend Emily T. is a very big gun over there- that is my connection to this publishing superpower. And her son thinks I rule. He is four.
The reason I love these guys so bad, is that they have donated prizes in the form of cookware and cookbooks, and for that, I am super, super grateful!!!
