According to the organizers:
Internationally recognized artist, vintage and designer market Artists & Fleas announces 7 themed weekends of culinary delight from NYC’s most innovative food entrepreneurs.
In the spirit of the Maker Culture that inspires their business and community, Artists & Fleas is dedicating weekends in January, February and March to feature the most exciting food start-ups and makers to be featured at the Williamsburg market. Please see below for a calendar of themes and some of the companies who are involved.
Event Calendar & Themes:
- Some Like It Hot: Spicy, steamy and just plain sexy – January 21-22
- Features treats that will warm, sooth, surprise and delight you with just the right amount of kick.
- Participating Vendors Include:
- Filfil Foods – hot sauce w/ garlic as main ingredient
- Health-ade Kombucha – spotlight on their spicy flavors!
- Ukuva iAfrica spices from South Africa
- Kyle’s Kimchi – handmade kimchi
- Save It For Later: Aged, cured, fermented and brined – January 28-29
- Spotlights foodie makers with a passion for the art of preserving.
- Participating Vendors Include:
- Brooklyn Whatever – pickles, nuts, olives and more, made in BK
- Health-ade Kombucha – spotlight on fermented flavors!
- V Smiley Preserves – preserves of fruit, honey and aromatics
- Kyle’s Kimchi – handmade kimchi
- Super Bowl Favorites/Things That Pop: Snacks that talk back – February 4-5
- Brings you the snacks you didn’t know you needed to add to your Super Bowl watch-party menu. Participating Vendors Include:
- Yu Bakery’s Yu Puffs and YuBuns made from yuca
- Kiinoa Snacks – A superfood super snack made from quinoa!
- Tom’s Lemon Coffee – Sparkling cold brew with fresh squeezed lemonade sweetened with maple
- YEH chips (unconfirmed) – meaty goodness, delivered in chip form
- Brings you the snacks you didn’t know you needed to add to your Super Bowl watch-party menu. Participating Vendors Include:
- A Love Story: Sweet Treats – February 11-12
- This weekend will entice you with delectable, arousing treats for you and bae to share this Valentine’s Day weekend.
- Participating Vendors Include:
- Sweet Dough – ready to bake cookie dough
- Brigadeer Bakery – fresh made brigadeiros
- EatChic Chocolates – modern twist on classic peanut butter cup
- Honey House – lone star love, baked in Brooklyn
- Too Cool Chix – ice cream sandwiches with “magic in the middle”
- The Awkward Scone – cheeky approach to the art and enjoyment of afternoon tea
- Dalloway Chocolate bean to bar chocolate, just launched, first market ever
- All Granola – debut of special flavor, “hazelnuts over you”
- Health-Ade kombucha – focus on sweet flavors
- Free: Dietary restrictions = creative opportunities – February 18-19
- Free is for anyone who’s ever had to look bleakly at a menu with no vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, sugar free, dairy free, peanut free, sulfate free, x-free items.
- Participating Vendors Include:
- Moffle Bar – mochi + gluten free waffle = pure heaven
- BuckWhat – gluten free snacks made with buckwheat
- Kiinoa snacks – A superfood super snack made from quinoa!
- EatChic CHocolates – modern twist on classic peanut butter cup
- Brooklyn Whatever – pickles, nuts, olives and more, made in BK
- Filfil Foods – hot sauce w/ garlic as main ingredient
- Tom’s Lemon Coffee – Sparkling cold brew with fresh squeezed lemonade sweetened with maple
- Taste of Home: Family traditions from around the Globe – February 25-26
- Takes you on a culinary journey around the country and the world to taste the traditions of entrepreneurs from all over.
- Participating Vendors Include:
- Zesty Z – za’atar spread and condiment
- One Culture Foods – new American sautée and finishing sauces
- Honey House – lone star love, baked in Brooklyn
- Golden Bites – traditional brazilian cake rolls
- Sweet Dough – ready to bake cookie dough
- It Takes Two: Better together – March 4-5
- Because chocolate wouldn’t be the same without peanut butter, or bacon without eggs, or cheese without crackers… you get the picture. Participating Vendors Include:
- Moffle Bar teamed up with J Rock’s Excellent Ice Cream
- Noona’s Ice Cream – korean-inspired ice cream flavors, celebrating flavor combos and local maker colabs (http://www.noonasicecream.com/koreannyc/)
- Because chocolate wouldn’t be the same without peanut butter, or bacon without eggs, or cheese without crackers… you get the picture. Participating Vendors Include: