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Learn About Immigrant Foodways at Ellis Island Event

Nov. 4 event at Ellis Island, dining in the Great Hall.

Upper West Side: A Rosh Hashanah Cooking Lesson from the JCC

Looking for Rosh Hashanah cooking ideas? Check out this “Today” show video featuring Julie Negrin, director of the NewYork JCC culinary program. Negrin teaches Al Roker how to make challah for the Jewish New Year.
What’s challah taste like? Just ask “Today” anchor Ann Curry.
“It tastes just like brioche, doesn’t it, really?”
Hmmm.

Greenmarket Tours with Butter and Savoy Chefs Slated for September

If you want a glimpse of how chefs buy at the Greenmarket, these two farm-to-table tours with Alex Guarnaschelli of Butter and Peter Hoffman of Savoy may be just the ticket. Afterward, you get to eat a meal at each chef’s restaurant prepared from what they’ve gathered at the market that day. Here are the [...]

Upper West Side: Julia & Julie or Jules and Jim?

Naturally, I had to rush out and see Julie & Julia. I happened to see it on the North Fork, but it’s also playing at the the Lincoln Square Theater on Broadway at 68th Street.
What did I think? I loved it! Julia Childs flutters around Paris, then hacks away at that duck. Topping it it [...]

Meet Chef Renee Marton

Renee is a chef, culinary historian and teacher. From 1986 to 1992, she was Executive Chef of Restauant Florent, the legendary French bistro that was situated in New York’s
Meatpacking district. During her career, Renee has run a catering company and worked as a food stylist and recipe tester. Renee teaches at the Institute for Culinary [...]

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Learn About Immigrant Foodways at Ellis Island Event

Upper West Side: A Rosh Hashanah Cooking Lesson from the JCC

Greenmarket Tours with Butter and Savoy Chefs Slated for September

Upper West Side: Julia & Julie or Jules and Jim?

Meet Chef Renee Marton

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