Category: Foodie Finds

• On the Set of the Food Network

  After our lunch at the Food Network last month, we were taken for a tour of the studio where “Ten Dollar Dinners with Melissa d’Arabian” is filmed. I couldn’t get over the detail that was put into this set! The window scenes made you feel as if you were in the suburbs in spring or summer when we were…

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  December 22, 2010

  Foodie Finds, General, Stories

• Behind the Scenes of the Food Network Magazine

  Yesterday, I mentioned that I had attended a great lunch at the Food Network last month. While food stylists were busy preparing our meal, I walked over to the right side of this huge kitchen. This is where the Food Network Magazine meals are picked and prepared to make sure that they really come out as delicious…

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  December 21, 2010

  Foodie Finds, General, Stories

• Lunch at The Food Network

  I love getting cooking tips from the shows and the magazine produced by the Food Network. Last month, my husband,Robert, our friend Dan, and I had the opportunity to have lunch at their headquarters in Manhattan’s Chelsea Market. I had won this wonderful experience along with a tour of their studios on an on-line charity auction. We took the elevator to the third…

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  December 20, 2010

  Foodie Finds, General, Stories

• The James Beard House

  What’s my favorite restaurant for very special occasions? The James Beard House which  is known as New York City’s best-kept gastronomic secret. Located in the heart of  Greenwich Village, this restaurant is situated in the townhouse of celebrated cookbook author and television personality James Beard. Over 20 dining events are held monthly to showcase culinary artists from…

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  December 7, 2010

  Foodie Finds, General, Stories

• Gramercy Tavern Edible Cookie Recipe

  Grub Street sent me this recipe for edible cookies from famed NYC restaurant Gramercy Tavern. Click here to get it.

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  December 4, 2010

  Foodie Finds, General, Stories

• Recipe for Soup From Philadelphia’s Iron Chef Jose Garces

  Tasting Table just sent me a recipe from Iron Chef Jose Garcia of JG Domestic in Philadelphia, PA. Click here for the full story.

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  November 28, 2010

  Foodie Finds, General

• Enjoyable Trip To Ithaca, NY

  A couple of weeks ago, Robert, Alex, Sarah and I traveled to Ithaca, NY to visit my stepson, Eric, a student at Cornell University. While there, we stayed at La Tourelle. About three miles away from the campus, we definitely needed our car to travel around. But the accommodations were luxurious, and Robert and I…

  kimsswidler

  November 22, 2010

  Fingerlake region, Foodie Finds, General, Outdoor Travel, Senior Travel, Stories

• New Dim Sum at latest NYC Food Complex

  FoodParc on 845 Avenue of the Americas (29th Street) opens this month and one of its tenants is RedFarm Stand, a dim sum eatery run by dumpling master Joe Ng who prepares unusual shumai including one filled with Katz’s Deli Pastrami. Let us know what you think about it if you go.

  kimsswidler

  October 26, 2010

  Foodie Finds, General

• Foodie Alert: James Beard House Information and Recipe

  Click here to see the latest information from the James Beard House in NYC and a recipe for mini lobster rolls.

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  August 21, 2010

  Foodie Finds, General, Stories

• Vegan Empire Expands in NYC

  Click here to read Grub Street’s report that Blossom will expand into a  “Shrewd Fast Food” chain that will even provide vegan soft-serve.

  kimsswidler

  August 19, 2010

  Foodie Finds, General, Stories