Sell Out Sunday – The Return

Weekends are difficult. It’s nice to occasionally take a full two days off from writing. But the Fussy household is full of six-day workers (including half of the children) so my schedule is far from atypical.

Still, I’ve been struggling for a long time about what to write on Sundays. It wasn’t the best day to talk about wine. It turned out to be a great day to write about breakfast, but over the past several months I’ve covered most of my breakfast repertoire. In theory I could try to expand my cooking for the sake of the blog. But that kind of feels wrong.

Then there was this Sell Out Saturday thing where I took press releases and set them to post automatically on the one day I did take off. I never really got into the hang of that.

All of this is to say that I think I see Sell Out Saturday morphing into Sell Out Sunday. Except the things I’m promoting below aren’t all press releases. Two are actually events that I was informed about over email that are being spearheaded by people I know. I figure that’s close enough.

Maybe this should be Shout Out Sunday, because I also just stumbled upon a new Albany food blogger I think you should meet. Her name is Mimi and her blog is here (and now in the blogroll).

We’ll see. But until I figure it out, you should check out these upcoming events.

The All Over Albany One
On May 17 AOA is hosting a Burger Lab at Central Steak . You’ll get to invent your own sliders using a lineup of tasty toppings — everything from pork belly to wasabi scallion aioli to caramelized fennel to cotija cheese. The event is a fundraiser for the ASAP Daisies — a group of young philanthropists who help a host of good organizations in the Capital Region.

For $15 you get all the sliders and toppings you can eat — plus a fun night with interesting people. Get your tickets here — there’s a limited number. It all starts at 6 pm on May 17 (that’s a Thursday).

But wait, there’s more: You could win a free ticket and also get your burger creation on the Central Steak menu.

Click here for all the details and to enter your submission.

The All Good Bakers One
ALL GOOD BAKERS’ GRAND OPENING PARTY
FRIDAY MAY 4, 2012 5:00 PM – 6:30PM
540 DELAWARE AVENUE
ALBANY, NY 12209

THIS IS A FREE EVENT!

Contact: Britin Foster at allgoodbakers@gmail.com
518-463-1349 (shop)

All Good Bakers, Albany’s Farm to Bakery Café, will celebrate their recent move from Quail Street to 540 Delaware Avenue with a Grand Opening Party on Friday, May 4 from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm.  With the help of The Chef’s Consortium of the Hudson Valley, outdoor tasting tables filled with AGB’s fresh, seasonal sandwiches, salads, baked goods, desserts and beverages will be featured. The Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region will perform a ribbon cutting at 5:00 pm, friends from Albany Wine and Dine for the Arts and From Scratch Club will join the fun, Travis from Organica will be there to answer questions about our new Hydroponic Garden; City and County Representatives, local merchants, supporters, neighbors and press are invited to help commemorate the opening of All Good’s exciting new shop in the DelSo neighborhood!

Nick and Britin Foster of All Good Bakers, with the help of their new staff of Lauren Ciaglo and Liz Alan, provide the Capital Region with locally and responsibly sourced Artisan Loaves, Affordable Seasonal Lunches, From-Scratch Baked Goods, and Desserts, all prepared in-house with the absolute freshest, most sustainable ingredients available in the area.

Open Wednesday through Friday 8am-3pm and Saturday/Sunday 9am-3pm with Brunch at 540 Delaware Avenue next to The Yoga Loft, Mingle and Nichole’s (lot and street parking available, handicap accessible, takeout available).

The Jewish One
Back by popular demand, Daughters of Sarah is delighted to announce the second annual Chop, Mix & Roll!

For those mid-twenty to mid-forty somethings, we hope you will join us and the Daughters of Sarah nationally recognized and award-winning culinary team who will show guests how to quickly and inexpensively craft tasty food presented beautifully.

It’s “Iron Chef” meets “30 Minute Meals” meets “Chopped,” and it’s going to be a lot of fun…again.
Dinner* will include demonstrated foods, drinks & much more!

$18 per person. RSVP by May 4
Call 518.724.3261

* All food is prepared under the supervision of the Vaad HaKashruth of the Capital Region

NEW this year – an opportunity to win a FREE week of Camp at Albany JCC’s Camp Olam! Thank you, Albany JCC!!

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
7 – 9PM
The Massry Residence
at Daughters of Sarah
182 Washington Ave. Ext., Albany

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