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Oysters Out in Force at Fourth Annual NYC Food Film Festival, June 23-27

May 25, 2010 by serge the concierge

Produced in association with the James Beard Foundation and benefiting the Food Bank For New York City, the NYC Food Film Festival returns for a 4th Edition from Wednesday, June 23rd to Sunday, June 27th, 2010.

At final count, 27 movies will be shown including the program says the 'World’s 1st Food Truck Drive-In Movie' on June 26th.

Here's how the whole thing will happen:

"On Saturday, June 26, from Noon to 10pm, the NYC Food Film Festival presents The World’s First Food Truck Drive-In Movie, where the food trucks drive in and the crowd arrives on foot. A caravan of the region’s best food trucks will assemble in Brooklyn, under the Brooklyn Bridge, offering authentic artisan fare from Waffles and Ice Cream to Pupusas and Cheeseburgers. Attendees can sample from this vast array of treats, and watch food films that celebrate the food truck tradition. FREE tickets to The World’s First Food Truck Drive-In Movie will be available on the Festival website starting Friday, April 17th, at noon on a first come, first served basis."

The Breton in me could not fail to notice that Oysters are Out in Force on this year's program with the following:

The Mud and the Blood
Dir. George Motz - 12 mins
Collecting and roasting oysters is a specialty of the South and one of the best places to enjoy this Southern treat is the Lowcountry of South Carolina. (screening out of competition)

Widow's Hole Oysters
Dir. Liza de Guia - 6 mins
Meet Oysterman Mike Osinski whose Greenport, Long Island oysters are so local that they go from water-to-table in NYC in the same day.

Working The Miles
Dir. Joe York - 14 mins.
A visual portrait of a Gulf of Mexico oysterman and his wife.

Also in sync with my Brittany roots, Dan Delaney of Vendr.tv on La Dominique Creperie in Philly.

Pig ears, blood sausage, urban farmers and bread making are some of the other topics that make it on the program.

Not sure which day I will be there yet.

I hope it will be a chance to meet some of you in the flesh.

I'm hungry now, time to eat lunch...

Posted on May 25, 2010 in Consumer Products, Event, Film, Food and Drink, Personal Organizer, Restaurants, Serge the Concierge, To Do Lists, Weblogs | Permalink | Comments (0)

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