Category: Foodie

• Priceline: Las Vegas Top Choice for Labor Day Weekend

  

    Priceline.com’s annual list of top Labor Day destinations is out, and Las Vegas still tops the list for the upcoming holiday weekend. Las Vegas is joined in the top five by Chicago, Atlanta, San Diego and New York City, all of which held on to a top five ranking from 2013 with the exception…

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  August 19, 2014

  Foodie, Las Vegas Travel, Stories

• Foodie Alert: Movable Feast at the CIA

  The Culinary Institute of of America  and USA Today are offering a unique culinary experience on June 21, 2014.   Entitled, ” Movable Feast,” the event permits you to: Dine “across the CIA” at all three of its award-winning restaurants Mix and mingle with three of the Hudson Valley’s most celebrated CIA alumni chefs who…

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  June 4, 2014

  culinary institute of america, Foodie, Foodie Finds, New York Travel, Stories, Travel dining

• Sounds of the City : James Beard Awards at Lincoln Center

  

  Dessert Bar at the James Beard GalaEarlier this month, I was invited to attend the James Beard Awards in NYC.  Hosted by Master of Ceremonies, Ted Allen, this is the season’s ultimate culinary event where chefs from around the country receive what is well considered to be the most prestigious culinary awards including Rising Star…

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  May 21, 2014

  Foodie, Foodie Finds, General, James Beard Foundation, New York, New York City, New York Travel, NYC restaurants, Stories

• Foodie Alert: Chef of the Century Joel Robuchon Scouting for New Restaurant at Four Locations in NYC

  

    Earlier this month I had the honor of speaking with “Chef of the Century” Joel Robuchon for an hour at his namesake restaurant, Joel Robuchon, in Las Vegas. During this interview at his sumptuous three Michelin starred establishment located in the MGM Grand, Chef Robuchon told me through an interpreter that he was scouting…

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  March 24, 2014

  Foodie, Foodie Finds, General, Joel Robuchon, Las Vegas Travel, Stories, Travel tips

• Foodie Heaven: Celebrating Lunar New Year with Peter Chang at James Beard House

  I’ve written before about the great restaurants that NYC had to offer. One of my favorite is, deservedly, the James Beard House. Originally the home of world famous chef James Beard, this brownstone is now the headquarters of the James Beard Foundation and the location of amazing dinners given by chefs from all around the…

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  February 17, 2014

  Foodie, Foodie Finds, General, James Beard Foundation, New York Travel, NYC restaurants, Stories

• Foodie Alert- Food Photography Tips From James Beard Foundation

  If you’re like me, you love  to take pictures of some of the unusual dishes that you’ve sampled while on a trip away from home. Check out an interesting James Beard Foundation Blog piece about successful food photography tips from  BonAppétit’s creative director, Alex Grossman. Mr. Grossman discusses the biggest mistakes that he sees people make with…

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  February 4, 2014

  Foodie, Foodie Finds, James Beard Foundation, photography tips, Stories, Tips

• Zagat: 12 Must-Try NYC Chinese Restaurants For The Lunar New Year

  Zagat lists 12 restaurants that it believes we should try out in NYC. They are: Han Dynasty China Blue Fung Tu Milk River Decoy Lucky Luna InDessert Louie and Chan RedFarm, Mee’s Noodle Shop and Xi’an Famous Foods    

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  February 1, 2014

  Foodie, Foodie Finds, New York, New York City, New York Travel, NYC restaurants, Stories

• Lonely Planet Holiday Travel Gifts-Travel/Foodie Books

  Looking for holiday gifts for someone who likes to travel and might also be a foodie? Lonely Planet has a series of very interesting books that could fit the bill: 1.  The Food Book: A Journey through the Great Cuisines of the World  Filled with colorful photography, this culinary reference providing insights into the culture,…

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  December 5, 2013

  Deals, Foodie, Foodie Finds, General, Lonely Planet, Stories, Tips, Travel books

• Foodie Alert: Hipster Dining- Pros and Cons and What’s Next

  Check out Zagat’s interesting piece about hipster dining that they say is spreading from Brooklyn, New York to other cities around the country. Pros include: There’s an Almost-Obsessive Focus on Quality Definitions Are Fuzzy Cocktails Are Just as Important Servers know their stuff Cons include: There’s Still Too Much of the Same The Wrong Ingredients…

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  November 25, 2013

  Foodie, General, New York, New York City, Stories, Zagat

• Foodie Heaven: Cake Making Tips From Martha Stewart

    Last month I had the great opportunity to attend a Master Cake Decorating course given by Martha Stewart at the International Culinary Center in Manhattan. Part of  this year’s Foodnetwork NYC Food and Wine Festival, the advertisement for this two hour sold out event noted that each of the 40 attendees would receive pointers…

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  November 14, 2013

  Foodie, Foodie Finds, Foodnetwork, General, Martha Stewart, Stories