Archive for 'Events'
Online Chat with Food and Water Watch and Community Food Service Coalition
Food, Inc. has opened the eyes of foodies to the many issues that plague the commercial food industry. The film is alarming and has left many people wondering what they can do about such large issues.
For those who are interested in learning more about the subject and on what to do to make things better, [...]
Cuisine on the Underground
I don’t know about you, but the thought of eating anything on some of the gritty and grimy subway stations in the United States is extremely unappetizing, no matter which top chef might be doing the cooking. The smell and stench of the underground trains, coupled with the noise and ambiance just does not appeal [...]
Full StoryThanksgiving Survival Guide: How to Break Even
You spend days preparing a Thanksgiving feast for thirty-five relatives. Everyone’s seated at the three wobbly tables you lined up in the middle of the living room; the kids are squirming at the extra card tables. You’ve said a thoughtful Thanksgiving prayer and “poof” — everyone’s finished. Your Thanksgiving masterpiece, your culinary magnum opus is [...]
Full StoryAdopt a Turkey this Thanksgiving
Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization, is sponsoring its 28th annual Adopt-a-Turkey Project, which asks socially-conscious individuals to think outside the box this Thanksgiving and adopt a turkey instead of eat one.
Designed to bring awareness to and end the misery of commercially raised turkeys, the project requests a $25 donation to save [...]
Thanksgiving Food Facts and Myths
The first Thanksgiving on record dates back to the fall of 1621, when 52 English colonists and 90 Wampanoag came together in Plymouth, Massachusetts for a three-day feast celebrating the bountiful harvest. The Native Americans contributed five deer to the celebration, with the colonists supplying everything else. In addition to celebrating their crop’s abundance, they [...]
Full StoryChocolate Pecan Pie (without corn syrup!)
Thanksgiving is just around the corner and what better way to count down the weeks than to start cooking. Every family has traditional Thanksgiving dishes they enjoy each year. While I look forward to these every fall, I also like to try new recipes just to spice things up and challenge myself in the kitchen. [...]
Full StoryGena Knox Joins FriendsEat as a Guest Blogger during the month of November
FriendsEat.com is excited to welcome Gena Knox to its family of bloggers during the month of November. Gena joins the team of Antonio Evans, Spence Cooper, and Susan Davis, lending her own special spin on foodie-related topics. We’re looking forward to reading her contributions and becoming inspired by one of the modern gurus of new southern [...]
Full StorySay NO to Nanotech in Organic!
The USDA’s National Organic Standards Board is voting on whether nanotechnology should be banned from use in Organic products. The Board’s initial recommendation is to keep nanotech out of organic products entirely. Scientists use nanotechnology to manipulate atomic and molecular structures on the nanoscale level to maximize corporate profits. The properties of Nan particles are [...]
Full StoryBest Teen Chef Competition 2010
For all you high school seniors who dream of chef school and becoming the next celebrity chef and star of your own television show, the International Culinary Schools at The Art Institutes are accepting entries for the Best Teen Chef Competition 2010. The Best Teen Chef Competition awards more than $200,000 in tuition scholarships to [...]
Full StoryHighlights from Brooklyn Eats 2009 – The Beverages
Brooklyn Eats wasn’t just about food. It was also about beer, wine and cocktails. Fifteen beverage companies came to showcase their goods. Since we wanted to walk out standing so we chose our battles wisely. We decided to conduct a Brooklyn beer tasting. These are the picks we particularly enjoyed:
We started off with Brooklyn Brewery. [...]
Highlights from Brooklyn Eats 2009 – The Restaurants
We attended the 12th Annual Brooklyn Eats Event at Steiner Studios last night. First of all, we’d like to say kudos to the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce for organizing the event. There was good flow of people, not too much bottle neck at the tables and a good assortment of beverage to food ratio on [...]
Full StoryThe 12th Annual Brooklyn Eats Event at Steiner Studios
The FriendsEAT team has been invited to attend Brooklyn Eats which is happening tonight at Steiner Studios from 6pm – 8pm. Brooklyn has quickly become a mecca for foodies.
Over the past five years the Brooklyn restaurant scene has embraced local produce with gusto. Ethnic influences coming from all of Brooklyn have created a plethora of [...]
