If Wynonie Harris took the words right out of your mouth when she sang: Baby don’t take my whiskey ‘way from me. Baby don’t take my whiskey ‘way from me. You can help yourself to my last dollar, If you touch my jug, you’re gonna hear me holler! Don’t take my whiskey ‘way from me….
I recently received a Fall-special care package from SPLIT BEAN COFFEE, a Southern California based Micro-Roaster of single origin Nicaraguan Coffees, and confectioner of Artisan Quality Gourmet Sweets, featuring their world famous Alfajores La Misión® and their Dulces del Rocío® Award Winning Marshmallows. All of Split Beans products are freshly made by hand upon ordering,…
Stock prices are falling, gas prices are rising, the economy is collapsing and thus Artisanal Premium Cheeses of New York has decided to … lower shipping prices. Yes, lower. The cheese shop (www.artisanalcheese.com), affiliated with my favorite midtown restaurant of the same name (about which I’ve written before) has decided to give customers a break….
It’s rich. It’s indulgent. It’s dark. It’s delicious. It’s the Second Annual Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker and TuttiFoodie.com “Chocolate Adventure Contest.” This contest calls for both amateur and professional chefs to submit their most ingenious recipes — pairing this year’s “adventure ingredients” with Scharffen Berger® chocolate in Sweet, Savory and Beverage categories. One grand prize…
Wait, I know…by making a weekend of it and staying overnight for some Good Music. (I know this is late notice but I just heard it through the grapevine.) But if you hurry, there are still a few tickets available for both B.R. Cohn Friday’s night Charities Auction Dinner and also for Saturday’s Music Festival….
I can’t believe it’s already been 15 years since Oldways, a widely-respected non-profit “food issues think tank” successfully introduced the consumer-friendly health-promoting Mediterranean Diet Pyramid. I remember we all had fantastic time eating, drinking and learning from the pros about incorporating more Mediterranean foods into your diet. (Keep in mind that back then, olive oil…
At home, I’ve always had a wide assortment of exotic red, green, white, and black peppercorns on hand to spice up my cooking. Lately, I’ve added on a whole shelf of specialty rainbow- colored salts. But alas, while traveling I had to make due with a shake of plain ol’ S & P–that is until…
My past experiences with Filipino food could be summed up in two words: Lumpia and Adobo, which were always served lukewarm and swimming in grease, from the steam-table of some bare-bones divey restaurant, on the streets of Manhattan, close to a hospital. No wonder I thought I didn’t particularly care for the cuisine. But after…
If the recent Slow Food Festival in San Francisco, just whet your appetite to taste and learn more about delicious, nutritious, sustainable, organic, fair trade food and beverages then you’ll want to check out the British Columbia’s, EAT! Fraser Valley, with its multitude of exhibitors, many based in the Fraser Valley, who are coming to…
Hi, I’m Gil and I’m a Chocoholic. This is my first meeting… But September 6th and 7th, I’ll be feeding my habit with thousands of other chocolate addicts as we flock to the 11th Annual Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival, benefiting Project Open Hand. We’ll enjoy activities for the entire family including chef demonstrations, an ice…
Starting tomorrow, 50,000 people will participate in the first ever Slow Food Nation, boldly heralded as the “largest celebration of American food in history.” Held throughout San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza Farmer’s Market, City Hall, Herbst Theater, and Fort Mason Center from August 29st through September 1st, tickets are going fast for all events.
Youth Food Week 2008 – The Balmoral’s number one restaurant – the first in Edinburgh to receive a Michelin star – has teamed up with The Kitchin and Restaurant Martin Wishart to create Youth Food Week–Michelin dining geared for the young people of Edinburgh. (I wish this great concept would come to the States!) Taking…