[Flickr: realsmiley] Any engaged couples out there? Tonight, the Astor Center will help you sort out all your food and drink wedding details with "Eat, Drink, and Be Married." Learn how best to choose wine for your reception, take... More
Karen Uribe & Mariana Suarez [Photograph: Gourmet Latino Festival] This weekend, Astor Center hosts the Gourmet Latino Festival, a celebration of the city's finest Latin American cuisine and libations. Karen Uribe (pictured at left), along with Mariana Suarez (pictured... More
"It's not going to be top-down. It wasn't Fidel Castro who said, 'Hey, let's all grow our own food.'" If you're not quite sold on urban farming, Brian Snyder might be the motivational speaker who could Power-Point you into a... More
[Photograph: Laren Spirer] Can you feel it in the air? It's currently World Cocktail Week, and in New York City, that means only one thing—we're gearing up for the Manhattan Cocktail Classic. We were privy to a preview in... More
[Flickr: realsmiley] Any engaged couples out there? Tomorrow night, the Astor Center will help you sort out all your food and drink wedding details with "Eat, Drink, and Be Married." Take part in a guided champagne tasting, to help... More
[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... More
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... More
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... More
"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... More
©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... More
