Bar Boulud Alum in Maine; Cochon 555 Returns to NYC

PORTLAND, ME ? Chef Damian Sansonetti, executive chef at Bar Boulud until this past September, is opening a café and catering company in Maine. It could open as early as February. [~EMAINE~]

COCHON 555 ? Eater National has the preliminary details on the fifth anniversary tour of the traveling pork competition Cochon 555, happening next year. The celebration of all things pig kicks off in New York City February 10, at Chelsea Pier. Among the confirmed participating chefs is Alex Guarnaschelli. [Eater National]

BOERUM HILL ? TV chef and Neapolitan pizza whiz Elizabeth Falkner is going to start holding cooking classes at her new Atlantic Avenue pizzeria Krescendo next month. The classes, covering pasta, pizza, and dessert will run through March, though the final details are still getting hammered out. [Grub Street]

WILLIAMSBURG ? The Financial Times takes a stroll through Williamsburg with Brooklyn empire-builder Andrew Tarlow. Click through for paragraphs like: " Today's Williamsburg resonates to the same food beat in motion in southeast London. Standing in line for takeaway food at the weekend Smorgasburg food market ... I felt as though I were back in Borough Market or around Maltby Street –only with the Hudson river ahead of me rather than the Thames." [FT]
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