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Come out to Flushing, Queens for one hour of archery instruction at Queens Archery. Whether you are preparing for the upcoming bow-hunting season or just want to be badass, learn some archery basics and get some practice.

Afterwards, I'd like to check out some of Flushing's Asian food and markets. Flushing has incredible Korean food and some really interesting tea/vegetable/fish markets as well. For some inspiration, here is Anthony Bourdain's journey to Flushing. It's Chinatown on steroids.

Join us at the back room of Jimmy's No. 43, an excellent little bar in the East Village with great food and wine. Jimmy's hosts CSAs, Slow Food events (including Jackson Landers), and yes, Jimmy's does have a few good beers on tap.

Not a quiz night tonight — but see you there for a happy hour.

John

Come enjoy three courses at Get Fresh Table and Market of grass-fed meats, wild fish, and local vegetables cooked with pastured lard. The chef has created a meal that's completely gluten, grain, legume and added-sugar free.

The menu will be whatever in season that the chef can find at the farmer's market. Some things I've had there include seared sea scallops, pastured pork belly beet salad, black sea bass, and venison tenderloin.

$52 includes meal+tax+dues, but not tip, drinks, or dessert
The restaurant is BYOB with $4 corkage fee.

Get excited for our first Paleo Kitchen Skillshare! At this workshop several experts in paleo cooking will share skills that can help you make nourishing and delicious paleo meals.

If you have a skill to share, volunteer to be a workshop leader!

So far the workshops are:
Real World Paleo Cooking Prep at the begining + between other workshops finishing dishes. With Sarah Davies.
Learn how to prepare simple, gluten/grain-free and added chemical-free dishes that yield two meals per day for the whole week! We will prepare mandarin chicken with potato (or roots) and zucchini, cucumber salad, split pea soup, and a simple candy. This demonstration will be hands on and use real quantities (for those of us who are challenged in choosing proper portions).
Using Your Bones: Nourishing bone stocks and marrow 30 minutes by Melissa from Hunt.Gather.Love
Don't throw away your bones! Learn how to use bone stock and marrow, plus vegetables tops to create a delicious soup.
Rare Minerals: Iodine, calcium, and potassium 10 minutes
Many new paleo dieters have trouble getting these important minerals in their diets. Discuss their benefits and then learn and simple and easy ways to get them like nori wraps and dashi.
John's Favorite Vegetable Dishes

This isn't a full meal, but you will get to sample every dish we make. There will be plenty of time to meet and greet, bring a bottle of wine if you like.

The cost of the workshop covers meetup expenses and materials

Come with us to beautiful Cold Spring, NY to Glynwood Farm to pick up a lamb that was processed just for us. At this sustainable historic farm, you will learn about what makes grass-fed and finished animals special in nourishing human health, the environment, and small family farmers.

During the tour you will get tips from the farmer about how to cook lamb and you will have your choice of lamb cuts for $5 a pound which is a great deal! Lamb like this sells for $13 a pound at Union Square Greenmarket. This is a great way to get your paleo diet running! I am a member of several meat shares and it has made my paleo diet so much easier to have a stock of healthy food in my freezer. It's also a great way to improve your cooking repertoire and learn about different cuts of meat! John Durant, Melissa McEwen, and Vlad Averbukh will provide tips for eating and living paleo! If you want we can plan a special dinner and cooking workshop with our lamb.

A Japanese film crew will accompany us to film a segment about New York trends!

How we will get there: You can take a Metro North train and then a taxi, but make sure to indicate you want to do this on the form so we can arrange a taxi in advance. If you are driving let us know if you would do a rideshare. The farm is about an hour north of NYC.

You must put down a deposit of $20 for the meat as a commitment…so you will get a minimum of four lbs of lamb and you can sign up for more if you want it.
If you want to bring a guest, please email me first mgmcewen @ gmail.com so I can adjust the numbers
If you are interested in the lamb, but can't come, RSVP anyway and then email me with how many lbs you want, what cuts are your favorite, and when you can get your lamb. mgmcewen @ gmail.com

Questions? Email mgmcewen @ gmail.com
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Directions and info for tomorrow
Hey everyone! I hope you are excited about going to the farm tomorrow, if you are going. We are going to be at the farm at about 10:20. Sorry about the time change, but the train schedule worked out that way. For those of us taking the train, meet at Grand Central main clock (it's the big huge clock) at 8:10 sharp…the Hudson line only runs so often on weekends and we don't want to miss it.
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If you can provide a ride for us from the train station to the farm, please let us know! The farm is about 11 mins by car from the station.

For those driving, check out Glynwood's driving directions
http://www.glynwood.o…

Please bring cash to pay for the lamb if you want more than 4 lbs or haven't made a deposit. The farmer says he also has pastured pork and chicken for sale. Bring a cooler if you have one…the meat will be frozen when we pick it up.

See you there!
Melissa
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