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Odds ‘n ends posts about things happening in NYC area , plus leftover posts from original BIte of the Best site

Official Tales of the Cocktail Festival Cocktail

And the winner is: Death in the South Pacific by Washington bartender Evan Martin. It's now the “official cocktail” of the 2010 annual culinary and cocktail festival, Tales of the Cocktail. Recipes poured in from New Zealand to Washington as over 150 bartenders punched it up to create a tiki-inspired cocktail for the 8th annual festival. Evan Martin's drink featured Appleton Estate Extra 12 Year Old Rum, Rhum Clement VSOP, Grand Marnier, Trader Tiki's Orgeat Syrup, Fee's Falernum, Fee’s Grenadine, and Cruzan Blackstrap Rum. “This drink hits all the contest requirements on the nose: It creatively mixes multiple rums, sweeteners, and citrus to "tikify" the Planter's Punch template; it has [...]

By |2017-08-31T16:20:16-04:00April 23rd, 2010|Other happenings, USA Travel, xyz misc|0 Comments
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2nd Annual Kentucky Derby Celebration at Eleven Madison Park

On Saturday, May 1, 2010, Esquire magazine and Eleven Madison Park present New York’s ultimate Kentucky Derby celebration from 3:00pm to 7:00pm. Esquire Editor-in-Chief David Granger and Union Square Hospitality Group CEO Danny Meyer will co-host the 2nd annual event at the award-winning restaurant. The celebration will include live coverage of the race at Churchill Downs, Chef Daniel Humm’s take on Southern cuisine, Maker’s Mark Mint Juleps, a Cigar Lounge by Nat Sherman, custom Derby hats by The Hat Shop’s Linda Pagan, live Kentucky Bluegrass music, and a silent auction benefitting New York Horse Rescue. New York Philharmonic trumpeter Ethan Bensdorf will kick off the festivities with the playing of [...]

By |2017-09-03T08:08:51-04:00April 21st, 2010|Other happenings|0 Comments
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FDA to Set Salt Limits in Foods

The Food and Drug Administration is planning to gradually lower the allowable sodium content in processed foods over the next several years to prevent hypertension and other health problems linked to excessive sodium consumption. This will be the first government initiative to set legal limits on the amount of salt allowed in processed foods. The government has called on food manufacturers to voluntarily reduce salt in their products, and — as we've reported here on BiteoftheBest.com — companies such as ConAgra, PepsiCo, Kraft Foods, General Mills and Sara Lee have already announced that they'll do so, as I'm sure the companies were aware of the FDA's plans! Stay tuned for [...]

By |2017-08-31T16:20:16-04:00April 20th, 2010|Other happenings, xyz misc|2 Comments
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Secret Ingredient Showdown

Home chefs across America are being challenged to show off their culinary talents in the new “Ted’s Secret Ingredient Showdown” contest, sponsored by Ted’s Montana Grill. Ted’s Secret Ingredient Showdown runs from April 5 to May 30, 2010. During this time, a new secret ingredient will be revealed by Ted’s Montana Grill every two weeks at www.tedsmontanagrill.com. Amateur chefs are challenged to use their culinary creativity to create an original appetizer, entrée or dessert, using the featured ingredient. Think your recipe has what it takes? Submit it, along with a photo of the dish, or a one-to five-minute video of you preparing the dish. Entries can be submitted via the [...]

By |2017-08-31T16:20:16-04:00April 20th, 2010|Done Deals, Other happenings, USA Restaurants, USA Travel, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Oxnard Salsa Festival

Get ready to sizzle at the 17th Annual Oxnard Salsa Festival celebrating the food, music and the dance, July 24-25, 2010 at Plaza Park, Fifth and "B" Streets in downtown Oxnard, California. The annual event features spicy food, hot music and fiery entertainment and draws an estimated 50,000 salsa lovers to the City of Oxnard for the two-day action packed celebration. Everything is salsa -- the food, the music and the dance. Event highlights include Latin jazz bands, a large salsa tasting tent, a colorful vendor marketplace, international foods, kids korner, salsa recipe contests, Latin dance lessons, salsa dance exhibitions and more. Admission and parking are free. For more information [...]

By |2017-08-31T16:20:16-04:00April 17th, 2010|Other happenings, USA Travel, xyz misc|1 Comment
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Big Apple Barbecue Block Party Returns

Get ready for the sights, sounds, smells and delicious flavors of New York City’s much-beloved barbecue extravaganza. Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group, Blue Smoke and Jazz Standard proudly announce dates for the 8th annual Big Apple Barbecue Block Party: June 12 – 13th, 2010. Join the crowds in beautiful Madison Square Park and surrounding streets for another unforgettable weekend of great food, music and festivities. FastPasses are on sale now for $125 each at www.bigapplebbq.org — which  includes a $100 value redeemable for food, beverage and merchandise and guarantees exclusive access to express lines for the FastPass holder and one guest throughout the weekend. A limited number of FastPasses [...]

By |2017-09-01T14:43:49-04:00April 15th, 2010|Other happenings, Rambling, xyz misc|2 Comments
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Kiawah Island’s Gourmet and Grapes Event

Patrick O'Connell,  the Inn at Little Washington Chef, headlines Kiawah Island Golf Resort's second annual "Gourmet and Grapes," which benefites the Hollings Cancer Center. The fine food and wine event runs from April 30 - May 2, 2010, at the Kiawah Island Golf Resort. The event will raise money for the Hollings Cancer Center, South Carolina’s only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center. Renowned chef Todd Gray, of Washington, DC’s Equinox will join the leading chefs of Charleston, SC, for this celebration of food and wine. For more information, visit www.GourmetandGrapes.com or call 800-654-2924. - guest contributor

By |2017-08-31T16:20:18-04:00April 9th, 2010|Other happenings, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Austria Uncorked: A NYC Date with Austrian Food and Wine

Some of NYC’s best restaurants are teaming up to benefit GrowNYC’s “Learn It, Grow It, Eat It” with an upcoming consumer event, Austria Uncorked - A Date with the Wines of Austria and the Foods of the World. On May 5th, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., the Austrian Wine Marketing Board is sponsoring Austria Uncorked, featuring top Austrian wines paired with cuisine from some of NYC’s most acclaimed restaurants: Wallsé; Gordon Ramsey’s at the London; Seasonal Restaurant; Aldea; KLEE; BLT Prime; 10 Downing Food & Wine; Salumeria Rosi; Telepan; Recette; and 15 East. Proceeds from the event will benefit GrowNYC’s “Learn It, Grow It, Eat It” program — a [...]

By |2017-08-31T16:20:18-04:00April 7th, 2010|Other happenings, xyz misc|3 Comments
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Austria Uncorked – A Date with Austrian Wine (San Francisco)

Sample the best wines Austria has to offer at an upcoming San Francisco event, Austria Uncorked. Austrian wines are some of the most pure and delicious, yet many people are unfamiliar with them. The Austrian Wine Marketing Board is hosting Austria Uncorked, a wine tasting featuring wines from 80 Austrian wineries, Austrian cheeses and light fare at 1 Fort Mason in San Francisco, on Monday, May 3rd from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Details: Event: Austria Uncorked – Austrian wine tasting Who: Presented by the Austrian Wine Marketing Board When: Monday, May 3rd from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Where: The Officer’s Club at 1 Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA [...]

By |2017-08-31T16:22:03-04:00April 7th, 2010|Other happenings, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Vermilion’s Secret Ingredient Dinner

Vermilion will present a Secret Ingredient Dinner, a mysterious multi-dimensional event to celebrate Executive Chef Maneet Chauhan competing on Iron Chef America and being named one of the Culinary Institute of America’s (CIA) “Best Chefs in the World.”   Chef Chauhan is the youngest and, one of the few women graduates, to be recognized. The Secret Ingredient Dinner will feature the identical five-course menu that Chef Chauhan and her team executed during her Iron Chef America battle against Iron Chef Morimoto, with Vermilion’s hallmark fusion of  Indian and Latin flavors. during the dinner, dinners can watch the show — course by course — with  live commentary by Chef Chauhan about the [...]

By |2017-08-31T16:20:18-04:00April 2nd, 2010|Other happenings, Rambling, xyz misc|0 Comments
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James Beard 2010 Cookbook Award Nominees

The James Beard Foundation recently announced the final nominees for the 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards for cookbooks published in English in 2009. The nominees are: Category: American Cooking My New Orleans by John Besh (Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC) Real Cajun by Donald Link with Paula Disbrowe (Clarkson Potter) The Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern: Knockout Dishes with Down-Home Flavor by Matt Lee, Ted Lee (Clarkson Potter) Category: Baking and Dessert Baking by James Peterson (Ten Speed Press) DamGoodSweet: Desserts to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth, New Orleans Style by David Guas, Raquel Pelzel (The Taunton Press) Peter Reinhart's Artisan Breads Every Day by Peter Reinhart (Ten Speed Press) Category: Beverage [...]

By |2017-09-01T16:51:17-04:00April 1st, 2010|Other happenings|0 Comments
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Starbucks Menu Additions

Running through airports about to board a plane, I — like most travelers —  grab something to take on-board to eat. I often just grab a cold sandwich at Starbucks. But now Starbucks offers a choice of hot sandwiches along with some fairly healthy snacks with 220 calories or less per serving. I took note of their healthy snacks as many of them had already been featured here on BiteoftheBest.com — including the Food Should Taste Good chips and Kind Bars. (We now have both the Food Should Taste Good chips and Kind Bars in our shop. Just click on each of the items to take you directly to that [...]

By |2017-08-31T16:22:03-04:00March 30th, 2010|Other happenings, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Charleston’s Market Street Saloon Expands Bar Menu

Market Street Saloon, a restaurant and tavern in Charleston, SC known for live country music and family-style service, plans to unveil several new menu items and specials in the coming months. Locally owned and operated by Sam Mustafa, the head of Charleston Hospitality Group and Toast! restaurant, the menu signals a new direction for the Saloon. The offerings will emphasize  the heritage and cooking traditions of the South.  Market Street Saloon has partnered with restaurant consultants, barbecue pitmasters and competitive chefs across the Southeast to develop and expand their menu offerings. The Saloon will introduce a new, limited menu at its new downtown location (32-D N. Market Street) and at [...]

By |2017-08-31T16:20:19-04:00March 28th, 2010|Other happenings, USA Restaurants, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Flaxseed Substitute

I am never about substituting flavor, but I know that sometimes we need to make substitutions in the name of cutting out some of the calories, in cutting out some of the fat.... And hey, sometimes that can actually be done with little or no flavor lost. It is possible... Heard of flaxseed before? No, me neither really. I mean, I had heard the word, but never actually used it, let alone knew what to do with it. It was a foodie friend of mine that recently informed me about this unique ingredient, letting me know that this seed could actually be used as a fat substitute in many baked [...]

By |2017-08-31T16:20:19-04:00March 25th, 2010|Other happenings, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Adventure Chefs on iTunes

Adventure Chefs — a new competitive cooking show — has just released exclusive content on iTunes. The show pits two contestants against the forces of nature and each other. Thrown into a remote wild environment, the Adventure Chefs have 24 hours to hunt, fish, forage and collect enough wild food ingredients to prepare a 3-course gourmet meal for three guest judges. Show creator and host Terry Cronin says Adventure Chefs is "like Survivorman meets Iron Chef or Hell's Kitchen meets the Crocodile Hunter. An Adventure Chef has to be versatile and imaginative because they must collect these wild ingredients and still make their meals delicious.” You can now sign up [...]

By |2017-08-31T16:20:19-04:00March 21st, 2010|Other happenings, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Kraft Pledges to Cut Sodium

Kraft — the largest U.S. food maker— said  it will cut the salt in its products that are sold in North America by an average of 10 percent over the next two years to appeal to health-conscious consumers, according to a recent Washington Post article. These changes will affect more than 1,000 products and eliminate more than 10 million pounds of salt over the two-year period, according to the company. Kraft said it will cut the salt in Oscar Mayer Bologna by 17 percent, Easy Mac Cups by 20 percent and Velveeta by 10 percent. Health experts generally agree Americans eat too much salt with most of it coming from [...]

By |2017-08-31T16:20:20-04:00March 20th, 2010|Other happenings, xyz misc|1 Comment
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Recipe Contest — Mushrooms: Every Day, Every Way

The Mushroom Council’s annual “Mushrooms: Every Day, Every Way” recipe contest with Taste of Home is “springing” into high gear! From breakfast to dinner — with  appetizers or sides in between — the Council seeks the most creative and delicious mushroom recipes. • To enter the contest, click here or visit mushroominfo.com or tasteofhome.com. • Three winners will each receive a $1,000 cash prize, and one grand prize winner chosen from the top three will receive an additional $1,000. • The contest is open now through August 1, 2010. With a growing list of research studies linking them to positive health benefits, mushrooms are a great way to add flavor, [...]

By |2017-08-31T16:20:20-04:00March 18th, 2010|Other happenings, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Rewards Network Double Reasons for Dining Out this Spring

Rewards Network, the leading dining rewards program in America, with more than 10,000 restaurants in the U.S. and Canada, and partners including American Airlines (AAdvantage), Hilton HHonors, Southwest Rapid Rewards and Delta Sky Miles, is offering a double rewards program. Available until June 30, 2010, the All Double No Trouble program allows Rewards Network members to double their rewards every time they dine out at one of Rewards Network’s 10,000 restaurants on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. Points accumulated can go towards airline miles, hotel accommodations or products at stores like Best Buy. To achieve double rewards, members need simply complete a dining survey after their meal. For more information [...]

By |2017-08-31T16:20:20-04:00March 14th, 2010|Other happenings, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Coca Cocktails

We all know the crazy history.. The world's most revered soft drink, the famed international icon, the word synonymous with 'soda'... Coca Cola began with actual cocaine as an ingredient. Though there is no longer any coke in Coke, you'd be surprised where you can find coca nowadays. It is certainly true that the coca leaf has had a long and mottled history, dating back thousands of years. The plant has been used by Bolivian farmers and misused by almost everybody else... hey, the Coca Leaf will always attract controversy. It's the newest controversial player to toss their hat in the ring that is so darn interesting. Agwa de Bolivia [...]

By |2017-08-31T16:20:21-04:00March 8th, 2010|Food & Drinks, Other happenings, xyz misc|1 Comment
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Worst Pizza

I'm all about sharing a good resource when I find one. I never used to understand all the discussion over pizza. There were so many blogs dedicated to the best pizza places, where to find a good slice, etc. It was all foreign to me. I had the luxury of growing up in an area of the country (New Haven) that is considered to be a pizza mecca. All our pizza places were good, heck.. there wasn't a Pizza Hut or Dominoes that would even set foot in our town, it was a waste of everyone's time. New Haven has a plethora of honorable mentions on any 'top pizza' list, [...]

By |2017-08-31T16:20:21-04:00March 4th, 2010|Other happenings, USA Restaurants, xyz misc|0 Comments
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