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Dessert Recipe: S’Mores–Not Just for Kids

As Chef Renee says, these S’mores crafted for adults—a little Cointreau goes a long way—are a great start to the summer season.  Sit around the campfire (or make them the finishing touch for a picnic in Riverside Park) and savor these very adult treats.
Grown up S’mores
Serves 6
12 skewers
1 box Carr’s wheatmeal biscuits (crackers)
6 ounces bittersweet [...]

Wedding Foods at Astor Center March 11 Featuring Momofuko, Landmarc, Other Purveyors

Eat, drink, get married. Wedding bells are ringing at the Astor Center March 11 which is displaying festive wedding-friendly foods from the likes of Momofuku Milk Bar, Ronni-Sue’s Chocolates and The Cleaver Company.
Could one of these purveyors be your dream wedding caterer?
Tastings of food and champagne will be offered.
One couple will win a hands-on cooking [...]

Upper West Side: Zabar’s Gives Valentine’s Day a Jewish Twist

Chocolate babka? Blackout cake?  Zabar’s, the Upper West Side fancy food emporium, is offering up a range of Valentine’s goodies—from chocolates to cookies.  But if you want a Jewish theme to your Valentine’s Day celebration, the Jewish-style deli is enhancing the traditional mix of chocolate roses and heart-shaped confections with babka and bagels. Yes, dahlink, [...]

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 [...]

Upper West Side: Michael’s to Offer Cake Decorating Classes

It isn’t exactly the French Culinary Institute, but for $27, you can learn the essentials of cake decorating at Michael’s new store on Columbus Avenue between 97th and 98th streets.
The craft super-store will be offering beginner cake decorating classes starting Nov. 2. (See schedule below.) More advanced classes are on tap for December, says store [...]