Anne in Motion!

Dear ASLF Supporter,

So many people from different walks of life come up to introduce themselves with a lovely story about Anne. It’s astounding how many people have Anne Saxelby in common! Some colleagues, friends, and acquaintances are just as you would imagine them to be. Others are not at all who you might expect, and I look at them and wonder how they shared a bond, and they look back at me and wonder the same thing! But that is a beautiful part about Anne, she attracted every type with her energy, charisma, decency in life, and passion to orchestrate a high quality local dairy trade in the Northeast!

Anne was an artist and collector and the treasures she compiled were just as diverse as the people she befriended. Her room growing up was a bric-a-brac masterpiece from ceiling to floor, front to back, inch to inch — an amalgamation of a thousand items from hubcaps to mailboxes, traffic signs to tins, empty bottles, album covers, dolls, antiques, and family heirlooms — and nothing looked out of place. Even though assembled over many years, the room was a perfect composed piece of art, and the last room dismantled before the house was sold — too much beautiful chaos to destroy.

During her time at NYU, Anne produced a series of paintings depicting diverse crowds. Two that hang from our walls show group meetings in public places on NY’s Lower East Side with ten to twenty people in a square, one person speaking and one character in the mix staring strikingly directly into the eyes of the viewer. The drawings forecast the chaotic community board meetings Anne was drawn to later in life where she fought for public markets and their vendors. There was a happy, purposeful momentum around Anne.

Anne was always in motion, as were the things around her, even down to the molecular level! She rode a bike everywhere. Anne was famous for involving friends to help her carry home something found, usually heavy, and then mount it into its place, tucked into her life-sized collage. Anne thought discussing space travel a waste of time, she cared more about the world she was in, and rescuing the finely crafted dresser at the end of the block. Once Anne put a piece of her own art out in the yard of her Cobble Hill apartment and it got picked up! Years later she saw it again, put back out for someone else to take home! Her art stayed around.

Anne loved rusty objects, which are themselves in a state of motion and transition. She grew a fascination for mushrooms, compost piles, fermentation, and especially cheese. To Anne, decomposing objects were in their prime. She once created a sculpture on her roof made up of discarded bread from the restaurant she worked at. When she was 16, Anne rescued a dumpster’s worth of blue tissue paper with her Dad that had been thrown into the crowd during a Blue Man Group performance — she brought her bounty home and glued much of it to the ceiling in her bedroom where it lasted for 22 years, although slightly browner towards the end.

After her death, the vast coalition of Anne, who participated in her many projects and adventures, rallied behind an idea to remember her.  But what exactly are we working towards? What is ASLF actually doing? We think about realizing a fitting legacy for such a great woman often, and we are striving for something resembling this…

• ASLF impacting slow agriculture with extra hands — paid laborer/visionaries helping to overcome challenges and complete everyday farm tasks

• ASLF making inroads for a cultural shift towards slow, quality agriculture as more young adults learn about the ingredients that feed us from sustainable-minded farmers, some of the most important teachers in the world

• ASLF facilitating investments in our apprentice alumni to open businesses that make positive change and anchor communities, like Saxelby Cheesemongers

The work of ASLF happens everyday but the party to celebrate Anne takes place only one night a year! The date is September 13th and Chelsea Market has amazingly and generously given us access to their entire space, both floors from 9th to 10th avenues!

So many fantastic chefs and mixologists have committed to lend their talents to serve something imaginative and delicious — to honor Anne, they have launched the top food event in the world! The local food community consists of such good individuals to do this in Anne’s memory! The energy of the event last year was positively electric and it will surely be again. We hope you and all your friends will join us!

Special thanks to the vendors of Chelsea Market!!! Anne adored public markets, which is the primary way humankind shopped from the dawn of settled agriculture to the 20th century. Public market vendors represent a nod to our past but also groundbreaking innovation as they constantly find new ways for us to experience taste, flavor, epiphany, and pleasure right before our eyes, from the making of fresh noodles to the aging of cheese and the baking of bread.

The chef and artisan lineup with their menus can be found below!

Please come celebrate Anne with us! 

Sincerely,
Patrick

Anne Saxelby Legacy Fund event Sept 13, 6-10pm, @ Chelsea Market
A night with Anne’s chef friends and vendors from her favorite public market

GET YOUR TICKETS

Enter 9th Ave:

Zone 1 – Check In

Check In & Coat Check

Zone 2 – Artisans Row

Water and Wine – delicious wines and quenching water

Rick’s Picks - assorted pickles and pickled vegetables

Heritage Foods – Red Wattle pork rillettes

The Rounds - a selection of savory and sweet bite sized cookies

Olive Oil Jones – a selection of olive oils from Spain, Italy, and Portugal

LMNOP Bakery – housemade bread sandwich bites

Anarchy in a Jar - bites of cheese, bread, and Anne Saxelby hot pepper jelly and chutney

Fat Witch Bakery – baby brownie bites

Zach and Zoe Honey - honey garlic steak bites

Zone 3 – Amuse Town

Little Egg – deviled eggs with potato chips and herbs

Huertas - Basque dog with chistorra sausage, piquillo mostarda, and aioli

Celestine Cocktail Bar - “Orange Skies:” Rosaluna mezcal, bourbon, apricot, orange wine, sherry, smoked orange bitters; cocktails, beer and wine

Very Fresh Noodles – chicken wings

Seed and Mill - halva charcuterie board

Li-Lac Chocolates – an assortment of chocolates

Filaga Pizza - pizza bites: buffalina and puttanesca

Berlin Currywurst - sausage bites and beer

Zone 4 – A Little Italy

Amy’s Bread – signature semolina raisin fennel crisps with fresh ricotta, honey, sea salt, and thyme

Momofuku Ma Peche Cocktail - jasmine infused Ford's gin, ume shu, peach, tonic

Maialino – vitello tonnato

Feast and Floret Hudson – Hudson Valley vegetable crudo with bagna cauda

La Pecora Bianca - lasagna verdi spinach pasta, mushroom ragu, parmesan bechamel

Roberta’s - tbd

Zone 5 – Gastronomy Way

Corkbuzz with Red Hook Winery – a selection of Red Hook wines

La Vara - sweet pepper anchovy tart with ricotta

Chote Miya - five spice guacamole patak chaat

Leland Eating and Drinking House - chicken jook porridge: rice, egg, ginger, scallion, tamari, chili oil

Leland Drinking House Cocktail – vermouth service with Channing Daughters on the rocks with a twist, olive and soda

Mayhem – Mayhem light lager

Yellow Rose - roasted corn in a cup with seared heritage pork chop

Creamline – Rosenkrans farm beef slider with waffle fry and cheese sauce

Pip’s - smoked mushroom bomboloni with Calderwood fonduta

Gramercy Tavern Cocktail - tbd

Zone 6 – Tasting Room

Pully Coffee/Day Drinks - tbd

La Devozione – La Devozione spaghetti with tomato, garlic and basil

Oxalis - tbd

Oriole Chicago - tbd

Zone 7 – Fishtown

Cull & Pistol/Lobster Place - shucked oysters

Oceana - branzino crudo, pickled grapes, ginger, lemon

Zone 8 – Cloud 9

Takumi Taco - spicy tuna taco with tortilla chips

Economy Candy - nostalgia candy favorites

Tings – vegan spicy pumpkin jasmine rice

Doughnuttery - mini doughnut crisps

Food@Google - “Milk and Honey:” fresh ricotta, farm stand honey, fennel, and pumpernickel

Winner – vegan gazpacho and sandwich bites

Threes Brewing – a tasting of west coast IPA, oktoberfest lager, hazy IPA, and German style pils

Café Spaghetti - cavatelli with corn ragu, funghi & scallions; gin & tonic

META Kitchens - smoked wagyu short rib with gochujang caramel and gjetost cheese & Vault 5 cheddar corn savarin

Kumiko Chicago Spirit-Free Cocktail – tbd

Heritage Foods Bull Shot – Community Vodka and housemade bone broth from heritage breeds

Miznon - tbd

Zone 8.5 - Step and Repeat plus Video Room!

Zone 9 – Flavor Allée

Ho Foods – steamed black pepper and scallion pork buns (in Pearl River Mart)

& Sons - tbd

Casella’s – hand sliced Berkshire prosciutto

Chez Panisse – organic green salad with vinaigrette and Casella’s prosciutto

Frenchette – Comte quiche, jambon maison, black truffle

Via Carota – heritage porchetta

Gage & Tollner – heirloom tomato and stone fruit panzanella with G&T sourdough and herbs

Zone 10 – The Tenderloin

Ayada Lounge - chicken satay in a pastry cup, served with peanut sauce and cucumber relish

PastrySchiff @ Gage & Tollner – pistachio cream puffs

Imports of Marrakesh - Moroccan tea service and photo booth!

Pat LaFrieda Meats – prime rib and ribeye carving station

Pain D’Avignon – bread installation including new Anne Saxelby cheese bread

Cain Vineyard and Winery – Cain Cuvée NV13, a beautifully balanced, light and complex with 10 years of bottle age

Sarabeth’s - tbd

Claro – tacos de tinga with heritage turkey, queso azul, and Pasilla Oaxaca

Claro Cocktail – “Dalé:” tequila, mezcal, fino sherry, guava, celery soda and Tapatio, celery ribbon garnish

Zone 11 – Grand Prix

Eat Off Beat – tbd

Maki a Mano – ceviche

Food Education Fund – savory and sweet focaccia

Chaat Dogs – bite-sized hot dogs nestled in a ghee toasted bun topped with chaat

Le Rock Cocktail – “Bijou Blanc:” navy strength gin, gentian, genepy, white vermouth

Emma’s Torch - game sausage with Napa cabbage slaw, hot mustard, and everything pretzel crumble

City Tech and CUNY - chocolate striped coconut macaroons, anise biscotti, and “brookies”

Pebble Bar Cocktail Bar – “The Last Waltz:” citadelle, green chartreuse, lime, orange, brine; cocktails, beer and wine

L’Arte del Gelato – gelato bar serving nocciola delle Langhe, stracciatella, limone, and fior di fragola

Downstairs @ Chelsea Local

Zone 12 --- Saxelby Hall

Saxelby Cheesemongers – an assorted selection of Anne’s favorite cheeses

Heatonist – Anne Saxelby Farmstead Hot Sauce tasting

ARTECHOUSE Cocktail – “Star Dust” with Community Vodka

Shopsin’s - macaroni and cheese pancakes

Gramercy Tavern –Saxelby Cheesemongers raclette

Chambers Street Wines – a pouring of three vibrant organic wines imported by Five Flights

Meat Hook – hunters sausage, Jasper Hill cheddar, pickled pepper (under stairs)

Fort Defiance and Counter Culture Coffee Cocktail - Irish Coffee (under stairs)

Manhattan Fruit Market – chocolate covered strawberries

Momofuku – chilled spicy noodles with sausage and candied peanuts

Black Seed Bagels – mini everything bagels with whitefish salad spread

Interboro Spirits & Ales – Interboro whisky and amaro and canned cocktails

La Newyorkina - assorted doughnuts and mini ice pops

Clinton St. Baking Company – mini blueberry pancakes with warm maple butter and sugar bacon bites

Zone 13 – Double Happy Place

Win Son – pan griddled heritage pork dumplings and chili vinaigrette

Kimbap Lab – jumeokbap rice balls with ssamjang aioli

Pearl River Mart – Hong Kong curry puffs (vegan) with eggplant and sweet potato seasoned with Grandma’s curry

Mao’s Bao – jian bao pan fried buns: pork, beef, chicken, lamb, ImpossiBao, and Oreo

Tea and Milk - classic boba milk tea

Zone 14 – The Chamber Hall

Rolo’s – spicy salami croissant, ricotta cheese, pickled Jimmy Nardello peppers

Carbone - Mario's Meatballs

Chianti Classico – Monteraponi 2021

Brezza Las Vegas - octopus and potato salad dressed in bagna cauda

Shmackwich – New York City’s signature chopped cheese sandwich

Dickson’s Farmstead Meats – house made sobrasada with whipped ricotta, herb oil, and boquerones on crostini

Mel’s – chopped salad with gem lettuce, provolone, finocchiona, mortadella, fennel, cucumber, banana pepper, and Pecorino Parco

Ernesto’s - Bayley Hazen cheesecake puff con ancho

Union Square Café – heritage bacon with apricot jus

Union Square Café Cocktail – Blvd. A: bourbon infused with dried apricot, salers, blanc vermouth

Grand Army - baby brielle oyster, yuzu kosho mingonette (at Dickson Bar)

Ford's Gin Martini Bar with Grand Army – martinis, cocktails, beer and wine (at Dickson Bar)

Faccia Brutto Amaro Bar – a tasting of Carciofo, Amaro Gorini, and Fernet Pianta (at Dickson Bar)