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Margarita Day Deal at Oficina Latina

In a city where one drink can cost you $16, it is a good thing we have food and drink themed holidays. This Margarita Day (Wednesday, February 22), Oficina Latina in Nolita will be offering a $16 3-Margarita deal. You get a tasting of their three signature 8 oz margaritas: avocado cilantro, chipotle mezcalita, & […]

Madison Avenue Bombards Kids With Candy and Fast Food Ads

Writing for Natural Society, Mike Barrett reminds readers children in America spend approximately 44.5 hours per week watching television and are exposed to up to 3,055 ads per year. Around 50 percent of the ads are for candy, snacks, sugary cereal, and fast food. Children have an average of 3 snacks in between meals, most […]

Vai Restaurant Review New York

Susan Rike invited me and a few other food writers to eat at Vai. It is the brainchild of Vincent Chirico (who is tall, dark and handsome) and the newest addition to New York City’s Upper West Side. The restaurant resides in  the old home of Taberna on Amsterdam between 80th and 81st and boasts a modern Mediterranean […]

Consumers Flock to Off Brands as Name-Brand Food Prices Skyrocket

Consumer demand for more expensive brand-name food products has plummeted as cash-strapped consumers flock to cheaper off brand items in droves to save money. Consumer Edge Research analyst Rob Dickerson claims General Mills has raised prices by 8.1% over the last 52-weeks for all its food categories, while volume has fallen 8%. Market Watch claims […]

Organic Food From Europe To Hit US Grocery Aisles in June

The U.S. and European Union have announced a reciprocity of organic standards. Whatever is considered organic in the U.S. will now also be recognized as organic in Europe, and vice versa. Kathleen Merrigan, deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, made the announcement recently at a trade show of the organic industry in Germany. […]

Chef Claude Godard’s Crepe Mamie Jeanne Recipe

Recipe on the bottom. I had the honor of meeting Chef Claude Godard recently. Outside of being an incredibly nice person, he’s also a killer Chef. This Burgundian Chef was born into a family of chefs which included his grandfather, Gaston and his father, Jean-Claude. Sure, food was in his genes, but Godard trained to refine […]

National Margarita Day Deal Alert and Recipe

Recipe Follows: National Margarita Day takes place on Wednesday, February 22. They’ve decided to celebrate with us with 1/2 priced pitchers of their signature Ginger Margarita ($24 instead of $48). If you can’t make it to Spice Market, make them at home…they’ve shared their Ginger Margarita recipes with us: Ginger Margarita (Makes 1 serving) For the […]

Brazilian Carnival in NYC

My obsession with Brasil began in college when I interned for a Latin American art history professor at Princeton. I fell in love with the culture, music, film, art and of course; the food if Brasil. I’ve been to Brasil, but not to Carnaval. If you have never had Brazilian food, the time around Carnaval […]

FriendsEAT February Meetup at Jeanne and Gaston

Each month we select a restaurant in NY for our dining meetup. This month we have selected Jeanne and Gaston, a brand new Modern French Bistro in the West Village. I selected Jeanne and Gaston for many reasons: Chef Claude Godard: He has a long culinary history, a Michelin star under his belt and is […]

E. Coli Contaminated Chickens Linked to Urinary Tract Infections

According to a report in the March issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, a publication of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, bacteria causing urinary tract infections may come from E. coli contaminated chickens. As many as 85 percent of urinary tract infections are caused by E. coli, according to the report. HealthDay explains […]

NYC Mardi Gras Celebrations

Fat Tuesday may be the ultimate food holiday. Mardi gras is French for Fat Tuesday. It is celebrated the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday as the last day of indulgence before the ritual fast of lent. This means food, lots of it. While Mardi Gras is “the” holiday in New Orleans; there’s no reason New Yorkers can’t celebrate. These […]

Heart Attack Grill Customer Has Heart Attack While Eating There

Fox 5 Vegas has posted an amateur video showing a man suffering a heart attack while dining at Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas. What was he eating, you ask? He was eating a Triple Bypass burger (thankfully it was not the Quadruple Bypass burger which reigns in at 8,000 calories). The diner survived, and […]

McDonald’s Finally Dumps Pig Crates (11 Yrs After Chipotle Grill)

McDonald’s is finally phasing out pig crates, and requiring its pork suppliers to dump gestation pens — but it took the company 11 years after Chipotle required its pork suppliers to raise pigs outside or in large cages. Gestation cages are cruel, 2 by 7 feet pens that are way too small for a full-sized […]

BPA Found in Beech-Nut and Gerber Baby Food

Tests in the state of Maine have found bisphenol-A, or BPA in 11 of 12 samples of baby food, according to the Bangor Daily News. A coalition of health and environmental groups in Maine plan to petition state regulators, and have accused prominent baby food manufacturers of violating Maine’s BPA disclosure rules. New rules recently […]

Sushi Samba’s Carnaval Cocktail

I love when restaurants and chefs share recipes with us. This time, Sushi Samba shared their special Carnaval Cocktail recipe. You can get it at both locations for $12…but if you’re not in NYC, you can try it at home. It’s a great way to bring a touch of Brazil to your live. ½ kiwi, […]

5 Memes for Valentines Day

The love for food breaks boundaries. Here are a few food inspired Valentine’s just for you. (Click “Next” to see 5 Memes for Valentines Day)

French Court Finds Monsanto Guilty of Chemical Poisoning

In a judgment that could strongly influence other health claims against pesticides, a French court has found Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning of a French farmer. Grain grower Paul Francois, 47, says he suffered neurological problems including memory loss, headaches and stammering after inhaling Monsanto’s Lasso weedkiller in 2004, and blames Monsanto for not providing […]

Obama Admin Awards $50K Grant to Potato Chip Co

First lady Michelle Obama has been very active these days promoting good nutrition and healthy meals. She recently sweet-talked Jay Leno into snacking on apples and pizza made with eggplant, green peppers and zucchini on the “Tonight Show”. She praised Dallas schools during a stop to help judge a cooking competition that paired chefs and […]

Interview with Chef J. Joho

When I got the opportunity to interview Chef J. Joho, I was thrilled. His formal training began as a 13-year-old apprentice for Paul Haeberlin (not a bad start), and by 23 he was the sous chef at a Michelin three-star restaurant where he commanded a 35-person staff.  Chicago is one lucky town to have him […]

Are There Cardinal Rules in Cooking?

Samuel Arbesman, a senior scholar at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and author of the forthcoming book “The Half-Life of Facts”, examines the rapid growth in the science of cooking in a recent article and questions whether there are really any fundamental laws of cooking. Arbesman points to the array of new food branches, from […]

Food Label Changes Color As Food Ages

A feature attraction at the Good Design Awards, an awards program organized by the Japan Institute of Design that evaluates and encourages unique design, was To-Genko’s proposed new method of tracking food expiration dates with the use of a visual aid dubbed The Fresh label. The label changes colors based on the level of ammonia […]

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