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  • The Night People Paid To Eat My Food (A Charity Dinner in Bellingham)

    The Night People Paid To Eat My Food (A Charity Dinner in Bellingham)

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    A few months ago–what seems like an eternity ago–Craig’s mom, Julee, asked if I’d be willing to donate a cookbook dinner for a charity auction to benefit the Whatcom Center for Early Learning in Bellingham, Washington, where she and Craig’s dad, Steve, live. I said, “Sure” and didn’t think twice about it. Of course I’d…

  • The First Post-Sandy Dinner at Hearth

    The First Post-Sandy Dinner at Hearth

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    As far as good deeds go, they don’t come any easier than the one we did on Saturday night. The East Village had just gotten its power back after Hurricane Sandy which, as I’m sure you’re aware, has left the east coast devastated, thousands homeless, others still without power and heat. The restaurant community had…

  • The 2nd Annual New York Foodie Photo Scavenger Hunt

    The 2nd Annual New York Foodie Photo Scavenger Hunt

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    If you’ve been reading this blog for more than a year, you may remember an exciting contest from last year called “The Great New York Foodie Photo Scavenger Hunt.” It worked like this: I wrote a long list of celebrated New York foodie destinations and assigned different points for various tasks that contestants had to…

  • The Great New York Foodie Photo Scavenger Hunt

    The Great New York Foodie Photo Scavenger Hunt

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    Attention New York City Food Lover, Do you have a camera? Do you have a friend? How would you like to spend your weekend running all over the city with your friend taking pictures of you in front of all of the foodie landmarks, eating cookies from Levain Bakery and smoked fish from Russ &…

  • The Latte Art Throwdown

    The Latte Art Throwdown

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    What a night! Lessons learned from last night’s latte art throwdown at Joe: The Art of Coffee, a fundraiser for Red Cross disaster relief in Myanmar and China: (1) Baristas love a good throwdown; (2) Baristas take a throwdown seriously–many of their hands were shaking as they poured! (3) When MC-ing such an event, it…