Upcoming Book Club Events

BOOK LAUNCH

THE PICKLED CITY: THE STORY OF NEW YORK PICKLES

WEDNESDAY, April 15
7:00 PM

MUSEUM OF FOOD AND DRINK
55 water street
BROOKLYN, NY 11201

What can a pickle tell us about a city?

Join authors Monique Mulder and Paul van Ravestein at MOFAD for the launch of The Pickled City, a visually rich exploration of New York through food, migration, design, and urban culture. Tracing the pickle’s journey from ancient Mesopotamia to the Lower East Side, the book reveals how everyday foods carry stories of identity, resilience, and city-making.

The evening centers on an in-depth conversation between the two authors, shaped by an exceptionally engaged audience. Among the guests are seasoned veterans of the pickle industry, including Steve Leibowitz (United Pickle), Howard Silverstein (Ba-Tampte), and Alan Kaufman (The Pickle Guys), as well as historians and storytellers such as Greg Young of The Bowery Boys podcast and LizaBanks Campagna, tour guide in The Met and stand-up comedian. We’re also pleased to share that Niki Russ Federman will be attending. Slow Food New York City is a partner in the event and will invite a select group of guests connected to the themes of culinary history, health, community and sustainability.

This is an exclusive event with a maximum of 50 guests. Tickets are limited and expected to sell out quickly.

The evening includes a tasting and drinks featuring pickles from The Pickle Guys and pickled herring from the iconic Russ & Daughters. Guests will also have the opportunity to visit MOFAD’s exhibition on street vending—an especially fitting backdrop highlighting the vendors and small-scale food entrepreneurs who, like New York’s picklers, have long shaped the city’s culinary and cultural landscape.

If you have any questions feel free to email us at slowfoodnyc@gmail.com.

Past Book Club Selections and Events

Book Talk with Trevor Warmedahl, in partnership with Chelsea Green Publishing
Cheese Trekking: How Microbes, Landscapes, Livestock, and Human Cultures Shape Terroir

Book Talk with Nancy Matsumoto, in partnership with The New York Society Library
Reaping What She Sows: How Women Are Rebuilding Our Broken Food System

Book with Alyshia Galvèz, in partnership with Cabrini Coalition
Eating NAFTA: Trade, Food Policies, and the Destruction of Mexico

The Gastronomical Me by M.F.K. Fisher

Reflections of a Wine Merchant by Neal Rosenthal

Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit by Barry Estabrook

High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa by Jessica B. Harris

Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn’t Food by Chris van Tulleken

We are What We Eat: A Slow Food Manifesto by Alice Waters