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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 [...]

NEW YORK RESTAURANTS: Christmas, New Years Dining Options

If you’re looking for a dining out spot over the holidays, here are some options. Most eateries are closed on Christmas Day, but all are open for New Year’s Eve.

Vermilion
480 Lexington Avenue, NYC
212-871-6600

OPEN: Christmas Eve: 5:00pm-11:00pm
Christmas Day: 11:30am-10:00pm
New Year’s Eve: 5:00pm-3:00am, 2 seatings: the first seating is from 5:00pm-8:00pm, [...]