Big Apple Life

A collection of posts on Life in the Big Apple along with interviews with foodie friends

Five Point Snacks Help Veterans

Five Point Snacks recently announced the launch a line of salty snacks with a pledge and commitment to helping U.S. veterans. The company will donate the greater of 11% of its profits or up to 3¢ per bag sold to organizations that support, care for and benefit veterans. Each of the five products commemorates one of the five branches of the U.S. military : Marines — Major Murphy, kettle cooked potato chips,available in 9-ounce or 2-ounce bags ($3.49; $1.49) Navy — Flotilla Tortilla, whole grain white corn tortilla chips in 10-ounce bag ($3.99) Coast Guard — Sailor Knots, mini pretzel knots, 16-ounce and 2.25-ounce bags  ($3.29; $.99) Air Force — [...]

By |2017-08-31T16:19:40-04:00October 29th, 2011|Food & Drinks, Other happenings, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Chefs with Heart

Join the New England Culinary Group as they present Chefs with Heart — an evening of cuisine, music, and dancing — on Wednesday, November 2, 2011, at the Westport Inn (1595 Post Road East Westport, CT) for a 6:30 pm cocktail hour, followed with dinner and dancing at 7:30 pm. The night will feature various chefs each preparing one course + hors d’oeuvres and music by the Bruce Coviello Group. The event is $150 per person with proceeds from CHEFS with HEART going to The American Heart Association. To make reservations or to learn more, click here. -guest contributor

By |2017-08-31T16:19:41-04:00October 25th, 2011|Other happenings, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Gourmet and Fusion Dessert Tasting and Culture Tour

Experience a taste of New York City with Gourmet and Fusion Dessert Tasting and Culture Tour on Saturday, October 29, 2011. The tour starts at 3 W 18th Street at 11:00 am and run approximately 2.5 hours. Treats may include anything from Italian cookies and pastries, chocolate bonbons, the classic New York City cupcake to tart and icy frozen yogurt. At least six tastings will be included on your tour. For more information or to purchase tickets ($55), click here. -guest contributor

By |2017-08-31T14:11:04-04:00October 23rd, 2011|Rambling, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Prasad Chirnomula Cooking at Beard House

Prasad Chirnomula and Sommelier Raju Somerpet is returning to the Beard House on Friday, November 4. The restaurateur of New Haven’s Thali, Thali too and Oaxaca Kitchen restaurants designed an elegant and innovative menu that seamlessly weaves together the cuisines of India and Mexico — "Mole to Masala" — that follows. Dinner is at The Beard House, 167 West 12th Street, NYC. The price for James Beard Foundation Members $130; general public $170. For a special Thali VIP Club discount, use code word "Fennel" and call 212.627.2308 to reserve. MENU Hors d’Oeuvre Crispy Pork Belly Tacos Crab and Ginger Samosas Miniature Chorizo–Buffalo Burgers Seven-Spice Mushrooms Roederer Estate Brut Rosé NV [...]

By |2017-08-31T15:40:30-04:00October 21st, 2011|Rambling, USA Restaurants, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Snooze, an A.M. Eatery – Fort Collins, CO

Just like Tom (Patrick Dempsey) in Made of Honor said while waiting in a long line "This is the best bakery in the world. That’s why it is worth waiting for," I have found an eatery worth waiting in line for called Snooze — a small chain of four restaurants currently in Colorado. Established in 2006 by hospitality, journeyman turned entrepreneur Jon Schegel, Snooze’s success has lead to the opening of  an additional Colorado-based Snooze eatery this year plus one in California. Open only for breakfast and lunch (Monday - Friday from 6:30 am - 2:30 pm and Saturday - Sunday from 7:00 am - 2:30 pm), Snooze's goal is to [...]

By |2017-08-31T16:19:41-04:00October 20th, 2011|Other happenings, USA Restaurants, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Ocean Spray & Chef Ming Tsai’s Cranberry Bog Pop-up

Ocean Spray will debut an open-air, pop-up restaurant inside a cranberry bog at New York City’s Rockefeller Center this coming Tuesday, October 18 from 2 to 3 pm. This year, they are celebrating not only the taste, health and heritage of the cranberry, but also how to prepare and pair fall’s favorite fruit. The grower-owned cooperative invited chef Ming Tsai to host this public culinary experience, the “Cranberry Mix & MINGle.” Thirty lucky guests will enjoy cranberry-infused mocktails and appetizers amidst a 1,500-square-foot bog filled with 2,000 pounds of floating cranberries. The ballot drawing will be open to bog visitors from 8 a.m.-12:00 p.m. the day of the even To [...]

By |2017-09-03T10:03:43-04:00October 15th, 2011|Rambling|0 Comments
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Harbor Sweets Fall Factory Tours

Take a fall factory tour of Harbor Sweets (located at 85 Leavitt Street, Salem, MA) this October and get a close up of chocolate being hand molded all the way to being wrapped and gift packaged. Guest's will also get the opportunity to enjoy tasty almond butter crunch covered in white chocolate after touring the New England chocolate factory. This October the free factory tours take place five days a week at 9:oo am, 11:00 am and 2:00 pm. The tour is described as a cross been Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory and Santa's Workshop.' For more information about Harbor Sweets or Factory Tours, click here. -guest contributor

By |2017-08-31T14:10:03-04:00October 15th, 2011|Other happenings, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Les Dames d’Escoffier New York Royal Flush

It was a evening fit for Royals and benefiting Dames: On Saturday, October 1, at Pier Sixty/Chelsea Piers Les Dames d’Escoffier New York collaborated with the 2011 Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival presented by Food & Wine to co-host a Tribute Dinner honoring His Royal Highness Prince Robert of Luxembourg, Managing Director of Bordeaux’s Domaine Clarence Dillon and culinary prince, Chef Jacques Pépin, Dean of Special Programs at The French Culinary Institute, host of 11 acclaimed public television series and author of 26 cookbooks including the recently released Essential Pépin. The dinner, sponsored by Bank of America and emceed by Martha Stewart, featured a stellar lineup [...]

By |2017-10-24T17:35:02-04:00October 14th, 2011|Rambling|0 Comments
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An Evening of Food and Photography

New York Kitchen invites you to enjoy an evening of food and photography Saturday, October 22, 2011 from 6:00 - 9:00 pm at 411 Gallery at Digital Plus (located at 411 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn). The event will include thirty prints on display by photographer Myriam Babin with food provided by selected NYC restaurants including Gramercy Tavern, Market Table and Txikito plus a silent auction of all the  photographs, bottles of wine, and dinners at selected restaurants with a dinner for two at Gramercy Tavern. Photographer Myriam Babin created the New York Kitchen — a blog documenting the scenes behind New York City restaurants — by combining her photography and interest [...]

By |2017-08-31T14:11:04-04:00October 13th, 2011|Other happenings, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Juice It Up! Expands Presence in California

Juice It Up! — a California-based smoothie and juice bar chain — known for serving blended-to-order real fruit smoothies, fresh-squeezed juices and healthy snacks, is increasing its presence in Southern California by opening up to five new locations over the next year in the Los Angeles area. The new locations — planned to open by the end of 2012 — include Santa Monica, Century City, Culver City and West LA. Recognized as Southern California’s original smoothie and juice bar, Juice It Up! smoothies are consistently voted “best tasting” among the top smoothie bar chains. Their blends include classic smoothies, power blends, Brazilian blends, non-dairy blends and more. For more information [...]

By |2017-08-31T15:38:24-04:00October 13th, 2011|Other happenings, xyz misc|1 Comment
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Book Signing with Kevin Zraly at Bedell Cellars

Bedell Cellars will host Kevin Zraly this Sunday, October 16, 2011 at 2:00 pm at 36255 Main Road in Cutchague, NY. Zraly — author of World Complete Wine Course Book and wine educator — will speak about his 40-year perspective of the wine industry and Long Island wines. A question and answer session along with book signing of Zraly's newest release Complete Wine Course 2012 Edition will follow. Books will be available for purchase ($27.95). Each guest will be provided with a tasting glass of 2008 Bedell Cellars Musée and 2009 Gallery wines to accompany the lecture. There is no cost to attend the event. For more information, click here. [...]

By |2017-09-03T13:12:53-04:00October 10th, 2011|Foodie Interviews, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Food Network NYC 2011 Wine & Food Festival

This past weekend's Wine and Food Festival — with events around the city — was the place to see, be seen and meet new friends. The Thursday night Chelsea After Dark event kept Chelsea Market (home to the Food Network) open late with shops offering sampling and my old friend Emeril hosting a lounge. As with all these events, the food and booze flowed. Friday, I headed to Brooklyn for the Burger Bash presented by Pat LaFrieda Meats where I literally ran into Whoopie, the host for the evening -- she took over for Rachel Ray, last year's host. (Pardon the blurry shot, as it was taking rather quickly with [...]

By |2017-08-31T16:19:42-04:00October 3rd, 2011|Rambling, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Women Chefs Cook Up a Successful Fundraiser To Support SHARE

What's behind a successful event? A group of great women, naturally. On September 19, Bite of the Best attended “A Second Helping of Life,” a fundraiser for SHARE, a "lifeline" that provides peer support to women fighting breast or ovarian cancer. More than two dozen of NYC's female chefs cooked an array of savory and sweet dishes at this walk-around tasting with live and silent auctions. Each chef was paired with a "leading lady" from theater, television, publishing and the culinary arts.  As we table hopped tasting everything from Rebecca Charles' decadent lobster roll and Anita Lo's chilled avocado soup with unagi to Emily Isaac's cookie dough truffles and Gina [...]

By |2017-08-31T16:19:43-04:00September 23rd, 2011|Other happenings, xyz misc|0 Comments
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FREE Tickets – South Bay Food Fest

California's South Bay Food Fest takes place Saturday, October 15, 2011 at the Home Depot Center located at 18400 Avalon Blvd in Carson, CA. The event runs from 1:00 - 7:00 pm (12:00 - 7:00 pm for VIP) and will feature over 30 of the top gourmet food trucks along with the best restaurants in the South Bay. The fest will include BBQ and eating competitions, live entertainment, boutique shopping, a kids fun zone with pumpkin patch and more. General admission is $10.00, Family 4-pack $30.oo and VIP $40.00 (includes access one hour early, a commemorative t-shirt and access to the VIP lounge in the American Express Stadium Club). Bite [...]

By |2017-08-31T16:19:43-04:00September 23rd, 2011|Done Deals, Other happenings, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Carmen Anthony Cakebread Wine Dinner

Experience the wines of Cakebread Cellars with Carmen Anthony's newest wine dinner on Wednesday, September 28th, 2011 at 6 pm. Napa Valley's Cakebread Cellars is a family-owned and operated winery promoting quality wine, organic food and a healthy lifestyle.  Each of their wines will be paired with a unique dish from the 4-course dinner. Carmen Anthony Steakhouse of New Haven is located at 660 State Street, New Haven, CT. The cost of the dinner is $75/person not including tax and gratuity.  For more information, click here. To make a reservation call, 203.773.1444. - guest contributor

By |2017-08-31T15:40:31-04:00September 20th, 2011|Other happenings, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Xocolatti Opened in Soho

Xocolatti (choco-latti) — a shop for chocolate lovers — opened recently in Soho, New York (172 Prince Street). The name is a creative twist on the Aztec word xocolātl (cacao), which the ancients believed to be a food of the gods and was a luxury reserved for royalty. The store features an assortment of handmade truffles, slates and authentic gelato. The gelato is made from the freshest fruits and non-homogenized milk from local farms. New flavors will be introduced on a seasonal basis, with some current truffle flavor including sake, champagne, caramel and milk. For more information, click here. -guest contributor

By |2017-09-03T13:24:36-04:00September 19th, 2011|Other happenings|0 Comments
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First Fifty to FoodPop

“FoodPop is like Facebook for the food world” says Saveur’s Editor-in-Chief James Oseland. FoodPop claims to be revolutionizing the way people share food online. Their new beta-site is by invitation only. Now, I don't know much about how it works yet (I'm just playing with it now as well), but I will give them credit for one thing, they've got good taste ;)The people at FoodPop are apparently big fans of our blog, so they've sent a group of invitations to us for our BiteoftheBest.com readers to join their new site. Get ready for your sneak peak at what they’re up to, but you better hurry as we only have [...]

By |2017-08-31T16:19:43-04:00September 15th, 2011|Done Deals, Food & Drinks, Other happenings, xyz misc|5 Comments
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Iowa’s World Food Festival

The World Food Festival - Des Moines' food and entertainment event - will take place Friday, October 7th - Sunday, October 9th, 2011 in downtown Des Moines' East Village. The event will run Friday 11:00 am - 10:00 pm, Saturday 11:00 am - 10:00 pm and Sunday 11:00 am - 5:00 am. Admission is free. For more information, click here. -guest contributor

By |2017-08-31T16:19:44-04:00September 8th, 2011|Other happenings, xyz misc|0 Comments
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The Art of Blind Tasting

The third annual Summit Wine & Food Festival will run Friday, September 9 - Sunday, September 11, 2011 at the Grand Summit Hotel in Summit, New Jersey (located on 570 Springfield Avenue). The Art of Blind Tasting at this event takes place Sunday from 2:30 - 3:30 pm with Master Sommelier Fred Dexheimer illustrating how blind tastes are done on just sight, smell and taste. Tickets for the event are $30. The festival will also include a variety of tastings, seminars and demonstrations. For more information or to purchase tickets for this event and others, click here. -guest contributor

By |2017-08-31T16:19:44-04:00September 5th, 2011|Other happenings, xyz misc|0 Comments
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Craft Beer Week 2011 in New York

New York Craft Beer Week begins on Friday, September 16 and runs through Sunday, September 25, 2011, celebrating craft beer in all five New York City boroughs. The ten-day fest will feature craft breweries, local celebrity chefs, more than 100 beer stations and 30  restaurants all joined together to celebrate the art of craft beer . Event activities include a Brewer's Brunch, Get Real's All-American Craft Beer & Food Festival, 4th Annual Freaktoberfest Boutique Beer & Music Festival, Meet the Brewer's Event, and more. For details about the events, the official NY Craft Beer Week program and resource guide, or tickets ($10.00),  click here. -guest contributor

By |2017-08-31T14:11:05-04:00August 28th, 2011|Rambling, xyz misc|1 Comment
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