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Eventwire: Here's the Lineup for the Gelinaz! Food Event in Belgium

Here's the lineup for Gelinaz!, a sort of culinary happening taking place in Ghent, Belgium on June 30. The dinner will last seven to eight hours, will feed 70 people at a time, includes the participation of 25 internationally-recognized...

Edible Forest Will Offer Free Food To City Dwellers

An urban food forest in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Seattle will enable locals to pick fruit and vegetables.

Weekend viewing: A food politics story for kids—Mr. Zee’s Apple Factory

I’ve been waiting for the weekend to write about the kids’ story by Bettina Elias Siegel, the school food advocate who writes The Lunch Tray blog  (and who put “pink slime” on the map). Her video story—in rhyme yet—is titled Mr. Zee’s Apple Factory: A Tale of Processed Food and is worth the 12 minutes it [...]

@JayMcInerney: "My meal at Restaurant at Meadowood...

"My meal at Restaurant at Meadowood in Napa reminds me of my first meal at the French Laundry and only meal at El Bulli. Chris Kostow rules!" — Writer Jay McInerney has very nice things to say about chef Christopher...

The Brunch Dish: Less Guilt, More Pleasure at Stax Cafe

I secretly kind of love Waffle House, IHOP, Cracker Barrel, and the like. These types of breakfast joints are guilty pleasures that I thankfully only indulge on rare occasions, in moments of crippling weakness. So I'm thankful for Stax Cafe, which is as close as a restaurant can get to IHOP without throwing integrity out the door.

Here's Questlove's Fried Chicken, Tom Yum Cupcakes, and Crab Rangoon at Hybird

Roots drummer Questlove has lent his signature fried chicken and punctuation mark of choice to Hybird, one of the newest food stalls in Chelsea Market. But dumplings, cupcakes, and slushies come along for the ride as well, in flavors like carrot cake-red curry and truffled egg. Could this WTF-ery be any good? We tried it all to find out.

Video Interlude: Watch Danny Bowien Cook Bacon on Jimmy Fallon

Yesterday night technicolor-haired, James Beard award-winning Mission Chinese Food chef Danny Bowien showed up on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to make/drink boozy Orange Juliuses (which were infused with lemongrass and black peppercorn) and cook some Thrice-Cooked Bacon. This...

This Week in Food News: Singer Claims McDonald’s Sandwich Ruined Her Voice, Cleveland Hero Gets Free Burgers For Life

Photo by iirraa A gospel singer claims that a glass shard in a McDonald’s chicken sandwich ruined her voice; Ohio hero, Charles Ramsey, gets rewarded with free burgers; and a meat processing director faces prison in connection to the... Read more

Hodgson’s Double India Pale Ale

I’ve never encountered any products from Olympia, Washington’s Fish Brewing Company in the past, but that wasn’t going to stop me from picking up this 9.9% ABV Imperial IPA from them. I’m always up for giving a new brewery a shot and this Hodgson’s Double India Pale Ale is a pretty solid introduction. Part of [...]

David’s Tea: The new “Starbucks” of tea?

22 hours agoFood & Drink / Tea : T Ching

I’m always on the lookout for new tea blends - encountering a new tea blend piques my curiosity. A few months ago, when I was in San Francisco attending the Fancy Food Show, I visited a mall and noticed a small... Continue reading ? The post David’s Tea: The new “Starbucks” of tea? appeared first on T Ching.

Listage: Cocktails: Expensive; Morrissey Versus Foie Gras

Los Tacos No. 1, NYC · Cocktail Prices Are Reaching New Highs. How Much is Too Much? · Morrissey Attacks Duchess of Cambridge Over Taste for Foie Gras · What I Learned From My Waitress · Diners Badly Underestimate...

Must Try: Vegan Caramel Mocha Latte Ice Cream

22 hours agoFood & Drink / Cooking : Foodista

Rich and satisfying, this vegan ice cream is the perfect ending to any meal. The vegan status just makes it even better. We think this recipe is divine eats. Vegan Caramel Mocha Latte Ice Cream 2 cups whole cashews 1 cup brewed coffee-HOT 1 cup sugar 1 cup milk substitute Click here for complete instructions

Chicken & Spring Onion Dirty Rice

22 hours agoFood & Drink / Recipes : Coconut

Ingredients: 1/2 lb chicken livers, pureed 4 cloves garlic, minced 2 jalapenos, minced 2 stalks celery, diced 1 large bunch spring onions, bulbs and greens diced (separate use) 2 tablespoon minced fresh Italian parsley 1 1/2 teaspoons...Show More Summary

Retro Dessert: Cherry Jello Poke Cake

22 hours agoFood & Drink / Cooking : Foodista

This recipe if one of the earliest memories that I have of cooking something from scratch in the kitchen. Sure to become a most loved dessert for your family, it is a simple treat that your little chefs can help make. Cherry Jello Poke...Show More Summary

New beer Friday

Shmalz Brewing has introduced the Hops In HE’BREW Hoppy Variety Pack, made up of Genesis Dry-Hopped Session Ale, Hop Manna IPA, Bittersweet Lenny’s R.I.P.A. and HE’BREW’s first seasonal lager — David’s Slingshot Hoppy Summer Lager. “It’s fascinating how craft beer is surging while big beer companies are trying to catch up by marketing look-alike ‘craft’ [...]

The Hugo Cocktail from 'The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen'

Inspired by and named for the infamous hurricane that wrecked the Carolina coast in 1989, Matt and Ted Lee's Hugo cocktail is just as fierce as its namesake. At its core, the beverage is a riff on a Dark and Stormy, but it uses a serious dose of fresh ginger juice instead of the soda. Show More Summary

Sunier, Fleurie, 2011

It’s going to be a cool and rainy Memorial Day weekend here in the Northeast–boooo! So I’ll spare you the dummer quaffers and hit you with something structured yet fun and gulpable at the same time: Sunier, Fleurie, 2011. It turns out that although Julien Sunier is from Burgundy, he’s not from a wine family. [...]

How to Make Chocolate Dipped Frozen Bananas for Your Arrested Development Viewing Party

Every Arrested Development fan knows that there's always money in the banana stand...but what kind of bananas are there? Check out the slideshow to see some make-at-home versions of the Bluth creations, pop some bananas in the freezer and get ready for the final countdown.

Mad Men Cocktail Catch-Up: Episode 6: Elderflower

There wasn’t much happening drink-wise in Episode 5. That was fine. There was a lot of heavy history happening in that episode – I’ll forgive them a lack of cocktails. That brings us to episode 6, where Roger starts picking up clients in airport lounges. The orders start with Roger drinking (ewww) water with an [...]

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