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Archive for December, 2009

Happy Holidays. We’ll return in January

Happy holidays to all.  We’re on vacation.  See you in January.

Cocktails and Snack Recipe: For New Year’s, A Sparkling Cocktail; Caramelized Spice Walnuts

Usher in the New Year with Caramelized Spice Walnuts from Chef Renee Marton.  Pair them with a Sparkling Ginger Daisy.  There’s even a mocktail recipe those who don’t imbibe.
Happy New Year!

Sparkling Ginger Daisy Cocktail
from Spice & Ice – 60 tongue-tingling cocktails, by Kara Newman (Chronicle Books, 2009)
A daisy is a classic juice-based cocktail sweetened with [...]

Upper West Side: Tavern on the Green To Throw Farewell New Year’s Bash

Right before the current owners of Tavern on the Green shut the doors of the legendary eatery located on the Upper West Side just inside Central Park, they’ll be staging a last hurrah - a New Year’s Eve 2009 farewell bash.
The extravagantly decorated restaurant—there’s topiary outside and stained glass windows within—was launched in 1976  by [...]

Upper West Sider Creates Chip n’ Etzel—Pretzels and Potato Chips Team with a Cookie

Do you crave potato chips?  How about pretzels? Wouldn’t you love to plow through a box of cookies? You could gorge on all three snacks at once. But that would be a bit piggy.
What to do if you’re hit with a mega-snack attack?
Upper West Sider Sara Leand, aka Sara Snacker, has come up with a [...]

Recipe: White Chocolate Truffles with Cashews, Coconut and Drunk Raisins

With Christmas and New Year’s coming up, you’re going to want to have a recipe for making a sweet treat—my vote is always for chocolate truffles—that’s rich and decadent. This one, White Chocolate Truffles with Cashews, Coconut and Drunk Raisins, from Chef Renee Marton, fits the bill:
WHITE CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES WITH CASHEWS, COCONUT AND DRUNK RAISINS
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