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October 10, 2011

Black Périgord truffle tasting dinner at Ai Fiori

Ai Fiori, my Périgord truffles from Gourmet Attitude on Ai Fiori’s beautiful bowl, and Mare e Monte If you recall my post on Gourmet Attitude’s..
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October 8, 2011

StarChefs Rising Stars Gala 2011

At Bar Basque, Murgo 2007 Brut Rosé for VIP reception, and the lavish table display at Bar Basque This year’s StarChefs Rising Stars Gala 2011..
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October 6, 2011

Lima Tokyo & Macchu Pisco Tasting Dinner at Zengo

Main dining room & Tequila Library Last night I had a fun time at Zengo having dinner paired with Macchu Pisco that dinner ended into..
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October 6, 2011

Lima Tokyo & Macchu Pisco Tasting Dinner at Zengo

Main dining room & Tequila Library Last night I had a fun time at Zengo having dinner paired with Macchu Pisco that dinner ended into..
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October 5, 2011

Recap Day 2 of StarChefs ICC 2011: (Almost) Pierre Hermé Day

Pierre Hermé and his assistant teaching his first workshop Day 2 of StarChefs ICC 2011 was essentially Pierre Hermé (link to his company store) day..
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October 4, 2011

Recap of StarChefs ICC 2011 – Day 1

Judges (Ron Paparocki, Pierre Herme, Michael Laiskonis, Elizabeth Falkner) and Pre-Desserts from Day 1 of ICC’s Pastry Competition Day 1 of StarChefs ICC 2011 was..
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October 1, 2011

Grand Tasting at NYC Food Network’s Wine & Food Festival

The location of the Grand Tasting This late morning/early afternoon I attended Food Network’s New York City Wine & Food Festival: Grand Tasting taken place..
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October 1, 2011

Grand Tasting at NYC Food Network's Wine & Food Festival

The location of the Grand Tasting This late morning/early afternoon I attended Food Network’s New York City Wine & Food Festival: Grand Tasting taken place..
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September 28, 2011

Matsuri Restaurant: Preview of the Seven Deadly Sins Menu

Matsuri: At the bar, my yuzu cosmopolitan, and the dining room Matsuri is a Japanese restaurant located at The Maritime Hotel in Chelsea, under the..
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September 24, 2011

Vendy Awards 2011

View of Downtown Manhattan, a can of Brooklyn Beer’s Lager with a Vendy sleeve, and the crowd Probably some of you might think I won’t..
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September 19, 2011

Revol – Amazing and Beautiful French Porcelain

Grands Classiques Collection: Lion head soup bowl with large dried scallops We know how limited storage space we have in the kitchen, especially living in..
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September 12, 2011

Pig Island 2011 at Governors Island

Pig’s head on a grill, Sixpoint Brewery beer, and grilling up sausages from Hecho en Dumbo Pig Island II took place on Saturday, September 10,..
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September 1, 2011

Private Tasting Dinner by Chef Josh Capon at The Kitchen

At Rue La La’s Tasting Dinner with Chef Josh Capon (top left); kicking off with Stoli Vodka based-drinks and TY KU Sakes Last night, I..
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August 31, 2011

Ladurée in New York City

Ladurée As of the past week or so, almost everyone in the Internet, food forums to respectable food websites talked about Ladurée. In case you..
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August 24, 2011

Very Good Food at the U.S. Open's Tennis Center

U.S. Open’s grounds Whenever I think sports venue or stadium food, I think the typical hot dog, burger or any other mediocre fast food (with..
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