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March 12, 2012
What's Happening This Week: Hello, Choice Eats!
See what epicurean mischief you can get into this week:
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February 27, 2012
What's Happening This Week: Meatball Slapdown, Craft Cocktails
At Edible Manhattan's cocktail pairing event, which takes place on Tuesday, February 28 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., you can try out drinks made by New York City mixologists with craft spirits. Tickets are $45.
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June 8, 2011
Speed Demons: Lady Bartenders Race to Raise Money for Breast Cancer Research
Fulfill your need for speed!Hate to wait for your cocktail? This Sunday at the Astor Center, the drinks will be flowing at top speed. Lynnette Marrero and Ivy Mix of the New York chapter of LUPEC (Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails) will host Speed Rack, a speed barten ... More >>
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June 3, 2011
April Bloomfield Will Help Russ & Daughters Celebrate the New Catch Holland Herring Season
Russ & DaughtersJune is to clupeophiles - or herring freaks as they're more commonly known - what March is to college basketball fans. Why? Because it marks the beginning of the all too brief New Catch Holland Herring season.
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March 29, 2011
Imbibers, Rejoice! Manhattan Cocktail Classic Tickets Go On Sale Friday
TheCulinaryGeek/flickrOn your marks... get set... drink!It's about that time of year again. No, not spring, silly. Time to start planning for the five-day Manhattan Cocktail Classic, which kicks off May 13. Tickets go on sale this Friday, April 1, promptly at high noon. Events include the swa ... More >>
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September 28, 2010
Casa Mono's Chef Andy Nusser & His Sommelier Face Off Against José Andrés & His Sommelier at this Year's Sherry 'Copa'
Sherry amour.The 4th Annual Copa Jerez sherry pairing competition will take place in Jerez, Spain in January. The U.S. finals, which will determine who represents the U.S. next year, will be held at Astor Center on October 6. The finalists include Casa Mono's Andy Nusser and his wine director ... More >>
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July 19, 2010
What's Happening This Week: A Sweet Talk on New York Beekeeping; A Fungus-Filled Mushroom Class
As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! The Secret Lives of (NYC) Bees The Elixir Bar at ABC Kitchen Tuesday, July 20 at 5 p.m. Jean-Georges Vongerichten's newest darling of the culinary world, with its s ... More >>
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June 28, 2010
What's Happening This Week: Natural Wines; Slow Food
As many of you know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! The Wines You Should be Drinking Astor Center June 28, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Andrew Fisher knows from wines. After all, he's been the president of Astor Wines for more ... More >>
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June 8, 2010
Holland Herring Have Arrived at Russ and Daughters
A happy customer demonstrates how to eat a Holland herring. They're best consumed in the company of understanding friends. The nieuwe maatjes season has officially begun: as of this morning, the aquatic delicacies, otherwise known as new catch Holland herring, are available at Russ & Daughte ... More >>
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June 1, 2010
What's Happening This Week: A Latin Food Fest; a Sandwich Seminar
As many of you know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Rayuela's Third Anniversary Throughout June Rayuela Even though this Lower East Side restaurant is the one celebrating a birthday, you get the gift. Throughout ... More >>
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May 19, 2010
Wylie Dufresne and John Zorn Will Help Russ & Daughters Celebrate the Arrival of New Catch Holland Herring Season
Humble fish, mighty flavor.Clupeophiles, rejoice! New Catch Holland herring season is nearly upon us, with less than three weeks left until the first shipment arrives at Russ & Daughters on June 8. Last year, the appetizing mecca celebrated with a herring and aquavit pairing at the Roger Smit ... More >>
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May 4, 2010
Countdown to New Holland Herring at Russ and Daughters
Last year's catchThe time for New Holland herring--equal to the finest sushi--is almost upon us.
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April 27, 2010
An Asian Food Fest Starts This Week, A Latino One is Coming in June
dslrninja/flickrA food fest for every breed.The first LUCKYRICE Festival kicks off this Thursday, celebrating the tastiest foods from Asia (and Asian Americans). Opening night will feature an Asian-inspired cocktail party at The Bowery Hotel hosted by Top Chef Masters' Kelly Choi, with a drin ... More >>
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April 13, 2010
A Field Report From Pizza a Casa's First Class
Mark Bello leads a class at Pizza a Casa.Now that everyone and his investment banker is opening a pizzeria, it may come as some surprise that pizza is, in fact, something that can be made easily at home, even if you don't happen to have a 700-degree wood-burning oven in your apartment and a D ... More >>
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March 30, 2010
Manhattan Cocktail Classic Tix Go on Sale Tomorrow (Scratch That: Tonight!)
Your ticket to tipple.Following a two-day preview last fall, the Manhattan Cocktail Classic gets ready to hit the Astor Center May 14-18 as tickets go on sale tomorrow special pre-sale at 8 p.m. EST tonight. Per Diner's Journal, the event will feature seminars on Curaçao cocktails, monk-made ... More >>
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March 22, 2010
What's Happening This Week: A Street Food Celebration; Mexican Passover
As many of you know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Streets International Third Annual Street Food Celebration Benefit Astor Center March 24 Seamus Mullen of Boqueria, Tom Colicchio of Colicchio and Sons, and Fl ... More >>
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February 16, 2010
What's Happening This Week: A Vegetarian Food Festival; Mardi Gras Cocktails
As many of you know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! A Taste of Mardi Gras Astor Center February 16 Now that the pink-and-red madness of Valentine's Day is over, it's time to focus on this month's most important c ... More >>
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February 1, 2010
What's Happening This Week: Big Game & Lucid Food
Our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Cooking Wild: The Other Big Game Astor Center February 1 Join chef and culinary instructor Emily Peterson for this primer in big (and some not so big) game. Basic butchering techniq ... More >>
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January 12, 2010
Class Action Listings 2010
Our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Cooking Wild: The Other Big Game Astor Center February 1 Join chef and culinary instructor Emily Peterson for this primer in big (and some not so big) game. Basic butchering techniq ... More >>
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December 21, 2009
What's Happening This Week: A Fondue Feast & Christmas Eve
Our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Fondue: Hands-On Cooking & Wine Pairing Astor Center December 21 Is there anything more satisfying than a pot of hot cheese on a cold day? Join culinary instructor Emily Peterson fo ... More >>
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November 30, 2009
What's Happening This Week: Cooking with Italian Grandmas; Eating Sushi with a Concierge
Our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! SLOW U: Cooking with Nonna, Cenone di Natale ($45) Astor Center November 30 Who cooks better than Italian Grandmas? Not too many people, according to Rossella Rago, host of the onli ... More >>
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November 9, 2009
What's Happening This Week: Green Cocktails & Greek Lamb
Our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Organic, Shaken & Stirred: Step Up to the Green Bar! (free) Counter November 10 You've greened your kitchen; now it's time to green your bar. Join Paul Abercrombie, author of Organi ... More >>
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November 2, 2009
What's Happening This Week: Tasting the City & A Couple of Tweetable Tastings
Our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! New York Taste Skylight, 275 Hudson Street November 2 New York Magazine is hosting its 11th annual New York Taste event, benefiting City Harvest. Join culinary editor Gillian Duffy ... More >>
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October 9, 2009
Posts of the Week
Welcome to Friday afternoon. Without further ado, the week's best posts: The Early Word paid visits to Sunset Park's El Comal taqueria and Luke's Lobster. Spain's Ribera del Duero region is producing some mighty fine wines. In Battle of the Dishes, McDonald's Big Mac squared off against Burger Ki ... More >>
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October 5, 2009
Back from the Classic: Tales from Manhattan's Cocktail Convention
For those who couldn't wait until next July to hightail it down to New Orleans for Tales of the Cocktail, Manhattan had its own cocktail extravaganza this past weekend. Bartenders and drinks enthusiasts from the country congregated at the Astor Center for seminars on everything from the histo ... More >>
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September 15, 2009
Hot Doug's Cometh
Le Fooding is importing French chefs, the Spotted Pig is importing Fergus Henderson, and now, Serious Eats is importing Doug Sohn, the man behind the Chicago hot dog mecca Hot Doug's. For one night only, on October 7, Sohn will be serving his dogs and duck-fat fries at the Astor Center. Tickets for ... More >>
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August 31, 2009
What's Happening This Week: Catch a Cab Tasting & an Ice Cream Social
As many of you know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Slow U: Ice Cream, from Sugar and Snow Astor Center September 1, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Do you scream for ice cream? Find out where the summer treat comes from with th ... More >>
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July 15, 2009
New York Gets Its Own Cocktail Convention
Those of you who enjoyed Chantal's excellent coverage of NOLA's Tales of the Cocktail (read her posts here, here and here) will be happy to know that New York will host its own cocktail extravaganza next year. The Manhattan Cocktail Classic will be held next May, with a preview this October 3-4 at A ... More >>
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June 12, 2009
The Blogroll Gazette--Top Chef Masters Reactions & Food Inc. Reviews Abound
This week in food blogs... The Feedbag and Eat Me Daily weighed in on the discussion presented at "Gender Confusion: Unraveling the Myths of Gender in the Restaurant Kitchen," a panel discussion held at the Astor Center this week. Ed Levine of Serious Eats sat on the panel. Conclusion? Not really b ... More >>
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June 11, 2009
Under the Toque--Kiddie Chef Signs TV Deal; Mario Magliaccio Has NOT Moved Back to Italy
Leah Cohen, who has been named executive chef at Centro Vinoteca, said her food would differ from her predecessor Anne Burrell's in that it would be less rustic, more modern, "incorporating a little bit of Asian notes and flavors into the dishes." [The Feedbag] Sigh. A 14-year-old "chef" from East ... More >>
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May 11, 2009
What's Happening This Week--Russ & Daughters Tasting and a Ramp Hunt
As many of you know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! This week, we bring you a ramp hunt and a lox and herring tasting. Mark Federman of Russ & Daughters will host a guided tasting of its most famous products lik ... More >>
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May 5, 2009
Last Weekend's Hot Dog Hootenanny--Can You Identify These Franks?
Seven sorts of franks were offered for tasting, can you identify them and their point of origin? (click to examine more closely) Last Sunday a Hot Dog Hootenanny was held at Astor Center, sponsored by seriouseats.com. Bruce Kraig, the author of Hot Dog: A World History, offered a hot dog ... More >>
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April 24, 2009
Balvenie Encourages You to Make Your Scotch
A group of 40 adults has paid $95 each to deconstruct and reconstruct The Balvenie Signature Batch this evening at Astor Center. As luck would have it, we had the chance to participate in a little preview of the event with drinks makers Shingo Gokan of Angel's Share, Albert Trummer of Apotheke and J ... More >>
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February 5, 2009
Dispatch from the Bacon and Bourbon Expo
The expo on the second floor of the Astor Center seems to shimmer in the cold night air (click to enlarge). Online it was a billed almost like a class, but it felt more like a trade show once I'd arrived at the Bacon and Bourbon Expo early Thursday evening. On the main floor, whiskey exhibito ... More >>
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October 6, 2008
Michelin Announces 2009 Stars
The expo on the second floor of the Astor Center seems to shimmer in the cold night air (click to enlarge). Online it was a billed almost like a class, but it felt more like a trade show once I'd arrived at the Bacon and Bourbon Expo early Thursday evening. On the main floor, whiskey exhibito ... More >>
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September 9, 2008
Cooking with Stephanie Izard
The expo on the second floor of the Astor Center seems to shimmer in the cold night air (click to enlarge). Online it was a billed almost like a class, but it felt more like a trade show once I'd arrived at the Bacon and Bourbon Expo early Thursday evening. On the main floor, whiskey exhibito ... More >>
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December 13, 2005
Astor Wines to Leave Astor Place
Village institution to open wine school, library

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