I get daily emails from Grubstreet, Eater and a ton of other websites devoted to keeping up on the latest in NYC food happenings. Yet somehow I was unaware of Num Pang, a gourmet bahn mi shop, with several locations around the city. Fortunately, when I picked up Edible Manhattan (checkout the article on the…
For this pre-Valentine’s Day travel post, a trip down the Romantic Road seemed fitting. This is the Germany of lore. Quaint, walled towns and fairy tale castles greet you at almost every stop along this 290 kilometer (180 miles) drive that begins a few minutes outside of Frankfurt and goes along the center of the…
Getting your hands on a can of Heady Topper is almost as difficult as finding a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle. This world-class American Double IPA comes from The Alchemist in Waterbury, Vermont. And it’s not exported. They ran out of it at the Emmy’s, causing a media uproar. And bartenders have been known to…
Trying to keep up with all the food and cocktail events happening around NYC can be overwhelming and exhausting … but it’s certainly not dull. A few Thursdays ago I attended a book signing party at The Flatiron Room for Fred Minnick’s Whiskey Women – an exciting new book I mentioned in a recent post.…
The obvious promotion of celebrity chefs, TV shows and food conglomerates has reached international proportions with festivals from Aspen to Barbados. Tickets cost upwards of hundreds of dollars, and that doesn’t include plane fare or hotel. Supposedly a portion goes to charity, but that’s questionable. Even smaller festivals, which focus on local ingredients and promote…
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