When: From 4-7pm at Littlefield, on Saturday, September 25, you're invited to bring in your tired kitchenware and trade up for fresh goods.
Admission is $5 plus an item you want to trade, whether it's a bag of cardamom pods (unopened, please), homemade banana bread, or a vintage gravy boat. In addition to your swap item, there will be spots to sell or strategically trade bigger ticket things, like the immersion blender you thought would change your life.
In the spirit of Trading Up, we've also set up an online raffle: http://tradeup.bigcartel.com/
Right now, you can enter to win a day behind the counter at The Meat Hook, $100 gift certificates at Frankies 457 or at Roman's, a day with Ben Flanner at Brooklyn Grange Farm, two tickets to Roberta's Wine and Cheese Garden Party, customized cupcakes by Robicelli's, a jam-making class from Anarchy in a Jar, a $50 gift certificate at Café Grumpy, new cookbooks from Stewart, Tabori & Chang, an at-home ice cream making lesson from MilkMade, or a $50 gift certificate for First-Prize Pies.
You don't have to attend the swap to win a prize--we'll deliver it to you. We will announce the winners at the swap, though. Raffle tickets are $3 apiece, on sale now until noon on Sept. 25. We're donating a third of the proceeds to St. John's Bread & Life, the world-famous soup kitchen in Bed-Stuy. At the event itself, any left over items will also be donated to St. John's Bread & Life, who has a Brooklyn matching campaign with The Brooklyn Community Foundation. Whatever we collectively donate will be matched!
Saranac is sponsoring with $2 half-pints of their Imperial IPA and $3 bottles of their Imperial Stout. It's one of the many events where they'll be pouring during Craft Beer Week (check out their events at Grab Specialty Foods the same day from 4-7pm, or at Brazen Head Oct. 1 from 6-8pm, and later at Branded Saloon, from 9-11pm on Vanderbilt. More details on their events page.)