In addition to producing our own great events and bringing you the best of Brooklyn three times a week, we sometimes like to team up with Brooklyn friends and offer our readers an opportunity to get in on special events or deals before anyone else. This is one of those times. We’d like to offer you an early invitation to join chefs Caroline Fidanza (founding chef at Marlow & Sons and Diner), Dennis Spina from the Roebling Tea Room ,and Millicent Souris from Egg (and formerly of the Queen’s Hideaway), as well as butcher Tom Mylan from Marlow and Daughters, for:

The Maine Event: A Week of Butchering, Shucking, Roasting, Smoking, Pickling, Preserving and Distilling on the Coast of Maine
From an al fresco version of Mylan’s popular pig butchering class to an afternoon of blueberry picking and pie making to a tour of a local dairy farm, as well as an authentic lobster bake, the week will be a riotous celebration of local food and the art of preserving the bounty of summer. There will also be a chicken slaughter demonstration for anyone who really wants to get down with where their food comes from. For more highlights of of the week and pictures of the farm, visit the Salt Water Farm website and click on The Maine Event.

Salt Water Farm is a newly constructed kitchen in an antique post-and-beam barn, on 17 acres of costal property, overlooking Maine’s Penobscot Bay. The hostess and owner, Annemarie Ahearn, recently moved from New York City to Maine to teach students traditional methods of cooking usuing local ingredients. Her kitchen is also intended as a place for professional chefs to step away from their daily routine and cook at a more leisurely pace, among friends. And if you’ve followed our coverage of these local chefs, you already know that half the fun of the week will be sitting down to have a cold beer over a pulled pork sandwich or a steamer clams and listening to them dish about the state of food in Brooklyn.

All meals, including a dinner at Francine Bistro with chef Brian Hill, a star of the robust local dining scene, are included, as is beer, wine and garden-inspired cocktails. Lodging, which is also included, is at Point Lookout (down the road from Salt Water Farm), in luxury cabins in the woods. All you have to do is provide your own transportation to Maine

August 12-17, 2009
Camden, Maine
Prices are $2500 per couple, $1500 for an individual. To reserve your spot (space is very limited to ensure small classes) call or email Annemarie at: Annemarie@saltwaterfarm.com
At the farm: (207) 230-0966

Sent by Annaliese. Photos courtesy of Salt Water Farm.