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Continue reading →: tvsnack: tony bourdain cooks! eric ripert cooks steak!
Tonight’s episode of Tony Bourdain’s No Reservations promises to be Tivo worthy. The nomadic chef takes time out from his global search for extreme and entertaining foods to return to the kitchen at Les Halles after eight years in "a behind-the-curtain look at the working of a restaurant and man…
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Continue reading →: snackstuff: when chocolate pigs fly
What’s this? Why a flying chocolate pig filled with bacon of course. The latest addition to the Vosges swiney sweet line. Just in time to rally a new Easter mascot.Piggy for your basket anyone?
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Continue reading →: snackwire.national: coffee counter attack
Today Dunkin’ Donuts launches a coffee counter attack. While all the Starbucks are closed this afternoon, Dunkin’ Donuts is having a 99-cent sale on all small lattes, cappuccinos and espresso drinks from 1PM-10PM. Fully caffeinated press release after the jump.
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Continue reading →: snackwire.national: starbucks closing tomorrow
If your local Starbucks is your office or favorite rendez-vous point, and you’re planning on spending some quality time there tomorrow afternoon, be advised you will need a Plan B. Tomorrow from 5:30PM to 8:30PM (local time) every single Starbucks owned store around the country will be closed for a…
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Continue reading →: snackwire.international: global expansion for jean-georges in 2008
While Jean-Georges Vongerichten himself is in South Beach readying his big tribute dinner, his Culinary Concepts brigade is working on four restaurants slated to open later this year in the new W Hotels in Atlanta, Istanbul and Doha. Each property will get an outpost of Spice Market, and the Doha…
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Continue reading →: unsnack: elevated sponsorship at the new museum
I went to visit the New Museum of Contemporary Art on a recent Thursday evening, when admission is free from 7PM-10PM if you’re looking for something to do later tonight. I loved the bright minimal building designed by Tokyo-based architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA. The the super-tall, slim metallic…
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Continue reading →: hotsnack: food porn for philanthropy
There are four days left to bid online at the Photography for Philanthropy: An Art Auction to Benefit City Harvest, consisting of 18 color photos of dishes from star chefs like Lidia Bastianich, Johnny Iuzzini, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Francois Payard, Eric Ripert and Laurent Tourondel. Each print, like Daniel Boulud’s "culinary…
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Continue reading →: snackmade: my 12-hour pork butt
One of my favorite winter dishes is my 12-hour pork butt. It is an attempt to make an acceptable facsimile of the Hawaiian dish Kahlua Pig, a childhood staple. In the authentic island version a whole pig is roasted for 24-hours in an underground pit called an Imu. Being an…
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Continue reading →: hotsnack: hacking the james beard awards
This week the intrepid and resourceful folks over at Grub Street Eater had a Big Coup. They published the long list of the James Beard Award Nominees They published the long list of the James Beard Award Nominees, which is a first in the 18 year history of the awards.…






