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Continue reading →: snackstuff: robu-baby going, going, gone
Interesting thing about the blog is that every single word and picture lives on forever in cyberspace. Sometimes you forget about a post until someone Googles something and you start getting traffic on an old post, say from last September. Seems a Beanie Baby collectors site over in the UK…
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Continue reading →: hotsnack: chef survey: how about those tasting events?
You put 40 or 50 chefs into a big room, have them serve tasting portions of a signature dish. Add in some wine and spirits vendors, and maybe a bottled water company. Then sell a couple hundred – or thousand- tickets to the public. You’ve been to one (maybe hundreds?)…
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Continue reading →: snackstuff: japanese pen shells
I was at a press luncheon last Monday at Le Bernardin. At one point, Maguy LeCoze stopped in to say bonjour et comment ça va? I explained I was a bit fatigued as I was in-between chefs night out and the Beard awards. She said Champagne is always good for…
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Continue reading →: snackwire: gone fishing
Today is the official start of the Alaskan Copper River Salmon season. To wit, Wild Salmon chef Charles Ramseyer was on a river boat yesterday catching the catch-of-the-day. He flies back today with fish in hand, hoping to be the first to serve it up tonight in Gotham and make…
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Continue reading →: partysnack: chefs night out and…
Good times last night on the James Beard pre-Award Chefs Night Out party circuit. While I only got to hit three of the five parties on my dance card, it was a festive six-hour haul for a Sunday night. Hundreds were in attendance and instead of listing out all the…
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Continue reading →: partysnack: james beard awards party marathon
Back in the day, the parties surrounding the James Beard Awards (both official and not) would kick off on Friday night, with the media awards. There were brunches (notably Daniel Boulud’s block party outside Café Boulud – which he should consider throwing again. N’est-ce pas, Daniel? ) and cocktail parties…
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Continue reading →: hotsnack: beard award press room protocol
I’ve been a volunteer in the press room at the James Beard Awards for almost 10 years now. (Yes, I’ve been around that long and am old lady on the circuit.) We’d all show up an hour beforehand, maybe order in some pizza, and wait for the show to start.…
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Continue reading →: Partysnack: Picholine kicks off the awards party train
You may have read that it’s time for the James Beard Foundation Awards. While the official ceremony happens on Monday night, there are typically a couple parties leading up to the main event. There’s been a bit of a party drought for the past couple of years but it seems…
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Continue reading →: partysnack: gala paparazzi
Paparazzi from the Food Bank for NYC Can-Do Awards Gala on April 23, 2007. Attended by Adam Roth, April Bloomfield, Bart Freundlich, Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Christy Turlington, David Bowie, Denis Leary, Diana Krall, The Edge, Edward Burns, Elvis Costello, Emeril Lagasse, Felicia Taylor, Francesco Clemente, Helena Christensen, Iman, James…
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