Freshworks Festival 2012!

The First Annual Freshworks Festival in Birmingham, Alabama--held this past weekend was a great success!

The festival, featuring food trucks from around the South, great beer, wine and water (yes water) in addition to some of Nashville and Birmingham's finest musicians, was all to benefit The Jones Valley Teaching Garden in the heart of Birmingham.

Jones Valley Teaching Garden is an oasis in the middle of the city that grows fresh produce and flowers for purchase and also provides space for neighbors to grow vegetables in their own raised bed plots.  Educational programs for children and adults help to continue and teach the good work of raising food close to home.

Thank you all for your support of this great resource!

Here are some scenes from this year's festival:

Many thanks to the sponsors who made this festival possible.

Good People Brewing Company, Royal Cup Coffee, Grass Roots Wine, Mountain Valley Spring Water, Whole Foods Market, United, SRA Foods Inc., Birmingham Magazine and Jim 'n Nick's Bar-B-Q

To learn more about the Jones Valley Teaching Farm, visit www.jonesvalleyteachingfarm.org

 

Scenes from The Big Apple BBQ Block Party

Well folks, another Big Apple BBQ Block Party in New York City has come and passed.  Here are some scenes of the fun and friends that gathered with the Jim 'n Nick's Team while we were there this past weekend.

Can't wait for next year!

Headed to New York City!

The Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q rig is hitting the road for New York City again this week to participate in the Big Apple BBQ Block Party in Madison Square Park.  For the last several years, we have been honored to be a part of this great event that celebrates barbecue from all over the country concentrated in one city block on Saturday, June 9 and Sunday, June 10.  Entrance to the event is free and individual vendors sell their barbecue right from their smoking rigs that line the park. There are beverage vendors and free concerts too.  A percentage of the proceeds goes to the Madison Square Park Conservancy.

The Jim 'N Nick's Crew from last year's event.

Cooking on Madison Avenue, New York City

Our buddies, Pat Martin of Martin's BBQ Joint in Nolensville, TN and Rodney Scott from Scott's Bar-B-Q in Hemingway, SC will have their own rigs at the park to serve from.

We are also very happy to attend the Southern Foodways Alliance "Potlikker Film Festival" that is taking place at Blue Smoke in New York on Friday night.  There will be food prepared by our friends, Kenny Callaghan of Blue Smoke, Ryan Prewitt of Herbsaint in New Orleans, and Robert Newton from Seersucker in Brooklyn.  Julian Van Winkle will pour and Joe York will show some short films from the Southern Foodways Alliance archive.  For tickets and information go to:  www.southernfoodways.org

www.southernfoodways.org

Kenny Callaghan

We hope to see you in New York this weekend!