Get your stomachs ready for Choice Streets, the Village Voice's second annual food truck event at Pier 86 of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum!

Trucks serving everything from pizza to slushies to pupusas will show up with snacks and sweets from all over the world. This year's lineup features old favorites like Coolhaus, Gorilla Cheese, and Nuchas, and newcomers like Miami Food Machine. This handy map will help you navigate the pier and enjoy the on-wheels dining experience.

Tickets are sold out, but it seems that there are still some available on Craigslist for face value ($40 to $50).

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Liz Barclay

Chef Dale Talde of Talde will give a lecture at the Brooklyn Museum

Tuesday, May 7
Pig Butchering with The Meat Hook
Sara Bigelow at The Meat Hook will give a demonstration on butchering an entire pig, and will discuss some uncommon cuts. Show up at 6:30 p.m. to sample sausages, sip beer from Great Brewers, and watch some serious knife skills. Tickets are $85. 100 Frost St., Brooklyn; 718-349-5033

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Courtesy Maysville

mmm, crispy grits with ham

Friday, May 3
The Food Book Fair
The Food Book Fair started on Thursday, but its events will run all weekend. Some highlights include a book signing and Q&A with Deb Perelman of Smitten Kitchen, a foraging panel with Fredrik Berselius of Aska, and a farming panel at the Wythe Hotel. See all the events at FoodBookFair.com. Various Locations

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dinner in Zone A

The day after Hurricane Sandy hit New York, beloved Red Hook restaurant Fort Defiance began a long clean up, which started by moving their wine collection over to a storage facility. Now the Fort wonders, "Were the wines traumatized by the flood? Or did the water turn them more mysterious and profound instead, preserving the liquid inside to be enjoyed in happier days?"

Next Wednesday, May 8, the team plans to open up their best bottles and find out. Owner St. John Frizell and wine director Alex Halberstadt will host a family-style dinner prepared by the restaurant's chef, Steve Linares ($85, includes wine).

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Late afternoon on summer Sundays last year, a crowd packed in to the Crown Victoria's expansive, sun-drenched Williamsburg backyard. Friends nursed beers at picnic tables and, perhaps, partook in a game of bocce ball. But first they grabbed something to eat, forming a long line in front of a table where pork-scented smoke rose and hung invitingly in the air. There, two guys and a gal carved up a whole pig into succulent, tender cuts, sliding them onto paper plates with sautéed greens and banana cream pudding one week, Vietnamese noodles and ice cream another.

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Flickr/ Wally Gobetz

Go to Mitsuwa Marketplace in N.J. with 92Y on Thursday.

Tuesday, April 30
Burger and Beer Bash
Boozemenus will host a burger and beer pairing event at Hudson Common at 7 p.m. Look for the Frito Burger and Righteous Ale, the Hot Dago Burger and Brownstone. Entrance is free but reservations should be emailed to HudsonCommonNY@MHGC.com. 356 W. 58th St., 212-554-6217

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Learn all about beer and yeast at Bitter and Esters on Sunday.

Friday, April 26
Thai Street-Food Demonstration
Chef Jay Weinstein will demonstrate how to make four different Thai curry pastes at the National Gourmet Institute from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Weinstein will pair the pastes with traditional street dishes like vegetable pad Thai, seitan satays, and yellow curry shrimp. Other dishes served will include spicy fish cakes and mango-coconut sorbet. Tickets are pricey at $115, but all guests will get complimentary beer. 48 W. 21st St.; 212-645-5170

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it's kolache time

Food lovers may be familiar with West, Texas, a beloved town off the highway between Dallas and Austin. It's home to Czech Stop and the Village Bakery, famous for their kolaches, the regional pastries that traveled and flourished with the state's Czech immigrants.

Last week, a massive explosion of the West Fertilizer Company plant devastated the small town, killing 15 people and injuring over 150. Homes and businesses were destroyed, and as families return to the rubble, the images out of West have been heartbreaking.

Brooklyn Kolache, the Bed-Stuy bakery inspired by West's pastries, has partnered with Texpats, a collective of New York-based Texans, to provide relief for victims of the explosion.

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Liz Barclay

Edi and the Wolf will celebrate Earth Day with a tasting menu on Monday.

Monday, April 22
Earth Day at Edi and the Wolf
Edi and the Wolf, the Austrian spot on Avenue C, will celebrate Earth Day today with a four-course menu featuring "sustainable springtime ingredients" paired with biodynamic wine producers from Austria. The restaurant promises garlic soup, white asparagus, fish with fiddlehead ferns, and hedgehog mushrooms. The meal will be $45 or $75 with a wine pairing, and a percentage of the proceeds will go toward the Earth Day Network. 102 Ave C.; 212-598-1040

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Flickr/ Garrett Ziegler

Trays from the 2010 Indonesia Food Bazaar

Friday, April 19
Wine, Pâté, and Jazz at Clos New York
Head down to Soho's new wine bar, Clos, for a tasting of three wines, which the Sommelier will pair with different pâté. Live jazz will play from 5:30 to 11:30 p.m., and guests can reserve a spot for $37 online. 64 Kenmare St.; 212-219-0327

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