Entries tagged with 'Astor Center'
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[Photo: booleansplit on Flickr] So you've got the cocktail equipment and we're sending cocktail recipes your way, but that doesn't give you all the tools you need to shake, stir, and serve like an expert. The additional ingredient that's...
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Street food has come a long way since 2001, when Sean Basinsky founded the Street Vendor Project as a way to provide legal representation and advocacy to immigrant vendors. It's become more tech-savvy, more PR-filled, and arguably more imaginative...
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What could be better than crab cakes made from blue shell crabs? Add lobster rolls, clam chowder, and baked beans to the mix, and you’ve got a veritable feast—fitting for the Astor Center’s “A Downeast Feast,” a class celebrating...
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"We watched Skeen fry, braise, and re-fry the pigs' ears." Over the weekend I had the good fortune of attending a class for lovers of all things piggy, entitled "Snouts, Trotters, Ears, and Tails" led by chef Ryan Skeen in...
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©iStockphoto.com/stacey_newman Can you tell if a man or woman made your burger? Do kitchens run differently depending on the gender in charge? (Do you feel like you're in a college lecture hall taking a liberal arts course?) These topics...
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The NYC Food Film Festival, something like Cannes for people who are always thinking about the next meal, is kicking off Saturday, June 13. The menu of movies ranges in subject matter from Peeps to okra. We have two...
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Last night, six of Mahattan's top pastry chefs featured their tasty desserts at Sugar & Whips, an event sponsored by the Astor Center and iSi America. Each dessert had an aerated element. The event was only $25, but if...
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Yesterday, a great group of Serious Eaters came out to the Astor Center for the Hot Dog Hootenanny. The whole afternoon was devoted to tubular meats in many shapes and forms, from all different regions. Thanks to everyone who...
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From left: Bacon-wrapped hot dog with egg and cheese from Crif Dogs, Ed chomping down, and the Bulgogi dog from New York Hotdog & Coffee. All right, all you hot dog-loving serious eaters, listen up. The Hot Dog Hootenanny...
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Chien chaud! Perro caliente! Rouchang! Red Hot! Weenie! Frank! Bacon is delicious and a hamburger is the apotheosis of meat on bread, but hasn't enough ink been spilled on back fat and Black Label? Whatever you call it, the wiener...
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