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Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: Chinese New Year

Posted by manda on February 27th, 2010

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This month we were selected to partake in Foodbuzz’s 24,24,24 to host our unique Chinese New Year meal. As you may know, Chinese New Year was actually on Feb 14 but we decided to have a belated celebration today

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The Fiery Almond by Kara Newman

Posted by manda on December 13th, 2009

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Finally another drink recipe! At the Cook.Eat.Drink.Live 2009 event, we had this delicious drink which was brilliantly concocted by Kara Newman, author of Spice & Ice. Not only does this drink involve Kahlua (my fav!), but also amaretto and cream, while the glass is rimmed with cocoa and chipotle powder.
So we tried to make this in our own home, but in our infinite wisdom we realized as we opened our spice cabinet that we did NOT have chipotle powder, so we went sans chipotle and it was just as good!
The drink on the left was our first try with light cream, and the one on the right was our second with heavy cream. Both were utterly delicious

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Cook.Eat.Drink.Live 2009

Posted by manda on November 16th, 2009

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A few weekends ago we rounded up a group of our classiest (and hungriest) friends we knew and attended Cook.Eat.Drink.Live: “a three-day modern food and wine event at The Tunnel & La.Venue (608 West 28th Street), featuring a large sampling of ultra-premium gourmet foods and spirits, plus appearances from some of the city’s premier chefs.” The space was warm and cozy, with open brick walls and dim lighting, and packed with people! Nevertheless, we managed to eat + drink ourselves silly! Here are some of our group favorites.

Smooth, sweet, and creamy Rum Chata
Pesto Mac & Cheese from Cabot Creamery
Blueberry Pesto and Prosciutto & Smoked Almond Pesto by Pestos with Panache by Lauren
Rocky Road Mini-Cheesecake by Eileens Special Cheesecake
Natsumi‘s House-made Silken Tofu with Dashi broth
Mushroom Risotto by Executive Chef Bill McDaniel of The Red Cat
Salmon and avocado sushi from the Italian/Japanese Restaurant whose-name-I-forget
Chocolate canolis by Ferrara Bakery
the Fiery Almond by Kara Newman (drink recipe)
Rose Regale, Banfi Vintners
NY Strip steak from Debragga
Wanted: Mocha Double Chocolate Chunk Bundt cake by the Great Spirits Baking Company
Whoopie Pies

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Marc’s SoCo Manhattan

Posted by roxiao on June 16th, 2009

A drink often served up at Camp Rock N’ Beary cabin is the famous (to me at least ) SoCo Manhattan. To be honest, I’m not too big into alcohol so I can’t describe why I like it as well as other food items. I guess I like the drink for it’s sweet taste and for the warm and fuzzy feeling I get once I get a glass down. The drink is made by filling a tumbler glass with ice, almost all the way to the top. Pour in the alcohol with approximately the following ratio: 4 parts of Southerm Comfort to 1 part sweet Vermouth. Top this off with a little bit of maraschino cherry juice and then stir until contents are well mixed! The maraschino cherry juice is a very cruicial ingredient to Marc’s SoCo Manhattan. Grenadine does not work as

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