using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        string json = @"

            [

              {

                ""blah"": ""nothing interesting here""

              },

              [

                {

                  ""id"": 1,

                  ""name"": ""foo"",

                  ""desc"": ""description of foo""

                },

                {

                  ""id"": 2,

                  ""name"": ""bar"",

                  ""desc"": ""blurb about bar""

                },

                {

                  ""id"": 3,

                  ""name"": ""baz"",

                  ""desc"": ""buzz about baz""

                }

              ]

            ]";

        JArray ja = JArray.Parse(json);

        List<Item> list = ja[1].ToObject<List<Item>>();

        foreach (Item item in list)

        {

            Console.WriteLine("(" + item.Id + ") " + item.Name + " - " + item.Description);

        }

    }

}

​

public class Item

{

    [JsonProperty("id")]

    public int Id { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("name")]

    public string Name { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("desc")]

    public string Description { get; set; }

}

​