The Emmy and James Beard award winning chef competition series, Top Chef Los Angeles will be hosting an open casting for Season 7 at Craftsteak, New York City this Sunday, November 8th.
Ever ask yourself what the casters of this high voltage food competition show look for in a contestant? I recently had the opportunity to gain some insights by speaking to Nick Gilhool, the Head of Casting for Magical Elves in Los Angeles and the guy in charge of casting Top Chef.
Aside from seeking out pe... Read Full Story
Whether it be a power luncheon or a first date, sushi restaurants are an ever popular destination of choice. Whether you’re a seasoned sushi-diner or are barely beyond the initiate stage, snippets.com offers some solid advice to help you avoid embarrassing table gaffes. Click on the image below for a free lesson in sushi-eating etiquette.
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Candy corn and Kit Kat bars are great, but for dental health’s sake, let’s keep in mind that there are other ways to embrace the spooky spirits that won’t line the dental industry’s coffers and are a little more gourmet-tasting as well:
Whether you’re hosting Halloween dinner or just want to have healthy, bite-size alternative available for the sugar-frenzied hoards of Trick-or-Treaters flocking to your doorstep, this Eye-Ball Caprese-salad from EvilMadScientist.... Read Full Story
“Where Ramen Reigns Supreme” – Review of Ippudo
BY SARAH IP
Ippudo
65 4th Ave
(between 9th St & 10th Streets)
East Village, NY 10003
(212) 388-0088 / ippudo.com/ny
Ippudo. Photo by Sarah Ip.
College students, take note: Ippudo is not your MSG-laden instant ramen packet. In fact, it’s a far cry from the run-of-the-mill supermarket variety, taking ramen to another level.
My friend and I were in the area for a Susie Suh / Big Phony show later that night at Joe’s Pub. It was a teaser of ... Read Full Story
This giant walk-around tasting on November 2 features the city’s finest chefs and mixologists–all handpicked by New York’s culinary editor, Gillian Duffy–to give you the city’s best flavors in one room.
Taste an array of dishes prepared by some of the city’s most renowned chefs including Blue Hill’s Dan Barber, Dovetail’s John Fraser, Pegu Club’s Audrey Saunders and Marea’s Michael White. Enjoy, get inspired and chat with some of yo... Read Full Story
NOVEMBER 2009 FOOD & WINE AT 92Y
FOOD AND WINE TASTINGS ● LECTURES ● TOURS ● DEMOS
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LECTURES AND TASTINGS
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Sun, Nov 1, 7:30 pm, $27
THE NEW YORK RESTAURANT REDUX: FRANK BRUNI WITH MIKE COLAMECO
Two restaurant insiders discuss what a New York City eatery needs to be successful today. Frank Bruni was the restaurant critic for The New York Times until August 2009. He is a contributing reporter for The New Yo... Read Full Story
A secret garden within a secret garden – A Review of Gottino
BY ELENA MANCINI
52 Greenwich Ave.,
West Village
212-633-2590 – http://www.ilovegottino.com/
Inconspicuously housed behind a charming storefront of an otherwise bustling West Village artery, Gottino offers a garden of delectable pleasures– both literally and figuratively. In the warmer months it’s possible to savor inventively-combined gourmet delights and discover a list of select, non-generic Italian w... Read Full Story
“Not Terrible, But Not So Teariffic” – Review of Teariffic
BY SARAH IP
Teariffic
51 Mott St.
Chinatown
212- 393-9009
Fresh from a weekend trip to Boston, my friend and I arrived back in the brusque city streets of Chinatown where the scents of fish markets, dumplings and automobile exhaust accost you from every angle and the food is plentiful. Famished (notice how most of my entries mention my hunger pangs), we trudged along to Mott Street, my wheeled luggage jolting up and down over cr... Read Full Story
“Quality fast eats done furiously well” – A Review of Bar Veloce
By: ELENA MANCINI
176 Seventh Ave., Chelsea
212-629-5300 – barveloce.com
OTHER LOCATIONS:
175 Second Ave., East Village
and
17 Cleveland Pl., Soho
Bar Veloce, Chelsea
For a bar named “fast,” (”veloce” is Italian for “quick”), Bar Veloce in Chelsea delivers swiftness in all the ways that are desirable for a gastro wine bar. The fast factor is mainly derived from ... Read Full Story
Move up your dinner reservations and attend a food event that’s the first of it’s kind: NYC’s top-dog food critic and former New York Times restaurant critic, Frank Bruni will dish on food criticism, the restaurant biz and reveal a bit about his private self as well in a conversation with eater.com’s Ben Leventhal at next week’s NYC Food and Wine Festival. See details below and click on image for additional information.
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