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NYC Tastings


It is time to nibble a 1000 year old culinary tradition. Grana Padano D.O.P, an authentic Italian cheese made to exacting standards, is also the sponsor of two New York Autumn traditions – the Columbus Day Parade and the New York City Marathon. Not Italian or a runner? That’s OK, all are welcome to try Grana Pando cheese at several tastings listed here. Touted as the first hard cheese and Italy’s favorite, there are numerous ways to cook with Grana Pandano. No matter what recipe you choose, remember to reward the cook and try a chard on a slice of apple drizzled with balsamic vinegar while the dish is cooking. Read on for the information on the free Grana Pandano tastings in NYC


Find locally  AT MURRAYS CHEESE AND AT iGOURMET.COM


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A Chef Original


Chef Elizabeth Faulkner treated food bloggers to a special dessert creation called Night Flights to celebrate the Chocolate Adventure recipe contest from Scharffen Berger Chocolate and Tuttifoodie. With components that can be made ahead and stashed in the refrigerator or freezer, this is a company-worthy homemade dessert that can be done in a small kitchen. The simple parfait presentation belies its complex flavors, textures and temperatures. It layers: chili chocolate sauce, pandan coconut pudding, chocolate mousse, smoked salt cocoa nib streusel and chocolate ginger mint sorbet. The Chocolate Adventure contest, in its third year, challenges cooks to use Scharffenberger chocolate or cocoa in sweet or savory recipes in combination with at least one of the adventure ingredients such as pandan, black eyed peas and chili. And Scharffen Berger Chocolate is not shy when it comes to rewarding cooks for their creativity. The winning recipe in each of the two recipe categories -- Sweet and Savory -- receives a $10,000 prize. Read on for the Night Flights Recipe.


enter the contest AT SCHARFFEN BERGER CHOCOLATE

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Oh, How Pretty


Paired with food or flying solo, a collection of good beer under one roof is a thing of beauty. Beers from Brooklyn Brewery, Southampton Publick House, Kelso of Brooklyn, Blue Point Brewery, Ommegang, Left Hand of Colorado, Smuttynose and many more will be available for your unbridled enjoyment at BamCafe on Wednesday, July 29 from 4pm-8pm. The producers, Edible Brooklyn and Edible Manhattan lined up the experts to design smart pairings of regional beer (mostly) and dishes from regional food makers such as Good Fork, Rose Water, Jasper Hill, Widow Hole's Oysters and others. Or attendees can devise their own beer and food parings to suit their own palates. Half price tickets go to those who order or renew an Edible subscription. If you love well-crafted beer, this is a dreamy event. (If you can't make Good Beer, mark your calendar for August 10 and get tickets to the Brooklyn Beer Dinner hosted by Garret Oliver, award-winning brewmaster, at Tiff's Restaurant in Pequannock, NJ.)


$45     TIX AT BROWN PAPER TICKETS


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Getting Better with Age


Brooklyn Uncorked, a Long Island Wine and Brooklyn food event is this Wednesday. If you don't have tickets yet you can get them one of two ways. Full price tickets are available from Brown Paper Tickets. Or you can score half-price tickets by subscribing or renewing your subscription to Edible Brooklyn. Last year's event, our first time, was wonderful, but an enthusiastic turn out made for tight quarters even in the expansive BAM Cafe. The year the event spreads out on two floors at the illustrious Brooklyn Academy of Music at 30 Lafayette Avenue in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Several new Brooklyn food participants will be present including Farmhouse on Adderly, a favorite dining experience of outer borough foodies and intreprid Manhattanites. After the event, head directly across the street to Thomas Biesl, and change this up for your tastebus with yards of beer and mussels, the celebrated celeriac schnitzel or to share a few of their truly fresh and decadent desserts. Brooklyn Uncorked runs from 4-8 p.m. Non-profit partners include: City Harvest, Slow Food and Brooklyn Food Plan. Vinters include: Baiting Hollow, Bedell/Corey Creek, Bouk, Bridge Vineyards, Brooklyn Oeneology, Castello di Borghese, Channing Daughters, Clovis Point, Diliberto, Grapes of Roth, Harbes, Lieb, Long Island Merlot Alliance, Macari, Old Field, Osprey's Dominion, Palmer, Raphael, Roanoke, Sherwood House, Shinn, Sparkling Pointe, Waters Crest, Wlffer Estate.
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Brooklyn Comes Together


Even before the doors opened this morning, the Brooklyn Food Conference was a success. In just seven months 300 volunteers created a grassroots food conference that would bring together more than 75 food organizations under one roof for a free event to inform the community with workshops, multimedia and face-to-face contact with the people and organizations that are our local food producers and food agenda thought leaders. The ultimate goal behind the event is to forge a just,secure, sustainable, healthy and delicious food system. Speakers include: Dan Barber, Ana Lappe, Raj Patel,and LaDonna Redmond. There are workshops for kids, teens and adults lunch for sale and tonight -- a casual dress dance. So drop what you are doing, hop on the F train and head to John Jay High School immediately. Visit the site for more transportation info, including the schedule of a shuttle bus from other subway stations. If you can't make it, there is a tremendous amount of educational materials ready for download on the web site, including the launch of a new video series aptly named, "Talking Food"  Thanks to everyone involved in making the event happen including: The Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn's Bounty, Why (Finding Answers for Poverty and Hunger), The Caribbean Women's Health Organization, Brooklyn Rescue Mission and all the local farmers and food organizations


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Grand Street Settlement Event


A Benefit for the Grand Street Settlement May 7th at the Puck Building it will be a LES neighborhood thing, but folks from all neighborhood acronyms are welcome...UES, DUMBO, MEPA, UWS. If you haven't been to the Lower East Side lately, the 9th annual Taste of the LES will be a tour of over thirty five local restaurants in one venue. The evening benefits the Grand Street Settlement and will help fund their programs that serve low income people of all ages living in the neighborhood. This historic section of Manhattan wasonce the first stop for many immigrants before they moved to other neighborhoods, upstate or to other parts of the country. Since 1916, this organization has established a sense of community and has adapted to reflect the needs of the cultural mix of it's neighbors. For the past nine years, as more restaurants have found their way back to the LES, they have helped make the party by serving up signature dishes and cocktails at this annual event. Restaurants that reestablished the neighborhood scene such as WD-50, The Stanton Standard and Oliva will be joined by newcomers Porchetta and Sorrella. Old school nosh purveyor, Velseka, will be side by side with Think Coffee, the Tiny Giant Sandwich Shop and many more. Thursday, May 7th, 2009 Time: 7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Location: The Puck Building, 293 Lafayette Street (at Houston)


$150 for individual tickets AT TICKETWEB


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Grill and Get Discoverd!


Pro and amateur grill masters can compete on the YouTube

National Restaurant Association Hot Chef Grill Challenge.

The winner will showcase their grill creations at a live cook demonstration at the world's largest restaurant event. The 2009 National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show

takes place in Chicago, May 16-19.



Enter your Grill Video YouTube


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NY Craft Beer Week


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Over ninety different craft beers will be heavily poured during the ten day NY Craft Beer Week. And when the week's goal is to taste what the kind area brewers have to offer, why not tack on three extra days? Details follow.


$13.00 tickets VIA BROWN PAPER TICKETS


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Bid on a Tuscany Picnic


The 4th annual Slow Food Auction is happening now on eBay. Bid on gourmet trips, book collections and gourmet food packages to benefit Slow Food USA. There are auctions and Buy Now opportunities. Even Jack Johnson tickets!


Slow Food  Fundraiser AT eBAY


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Divulge the family secret recipe for a $10,000 prize? You bet! The mag with the motto “Recipes that Work,” wants recipes that worked for your family.

 

$ SUBMIT RECIPE AT COOK'S COUNTRY


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Ah, spring. It’s the time of year when a chef’s fancy turns to… motorcycles!  Right now there are hundreds of East Coast professional chefs tuning up their rides in preparation for Share Our Strength Chefs on Bikes fundraising campaign. 


$ SUPPORT A BIKER CHEF


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