The New Jersey Museum of Agriculture is hosting a “Bluegrass Concert & Dinner” fundraising event on Saturday, July 10 from 6 -10 p.m. at the Mountain View Golf Course in Ewing. Tickets are $60 per person and the evening includes a catered buffet dinner, beer and wine open bar (cash bar for premium drinks), and … Continue reading
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Help Wanted: A revolution in school lunches
If Jamie Oliver’s show about revolutionizing the school lunch program in Huntington, WVa piqued your interest, and if you have professional food service experience, here is an opportunity for you to look at: HELP WANTED: NUTRITION MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY A group of public charter schools in Newark is seeking a manager to run its nutrition/food service program. They … Continue reading
Cat Cora @ Hamilton Manor June 2
Here’s something I found out about at Taste of the Nation. Thanks to Friends Health Connection and the Mercer County Community College Hospitality Club (they had a table at Taste with brownies and adorable red velvet cupcakes), celebrity chef Cat Cora visits our area on June 2, for a book signing and tasting event at the Hamilton Manor. … Continue reading
Eggsactly!
Once again elements restaurant impresses, this time at Monday’s Taste of the Nation. (Thank you to all who came out and participated!) What’s in that egg? It was spaghetti carbonara; a classic Italian pasta dish with a creamy sauce with bacon & sometimes peas. Chef Scott Anderson made this version with asparagus foam instead of peas though, … Continue reading
Fight Hunger with Taste on April 26
Princeton’s Taste of the Nation is Monday, April 26 at the Westin in Forrestal Village. Don’t miss out on this premier gourmet food tasting with your favorite restaurants. While you enjoy fabulous food and wine (and much, much more), you’ll be helping to stamp out hunger in your own back yard. 100% of your ticket … Continue reading
Vino Galore
Lots of wine tastings and dinners on the horizon – At Princeton Corkscrew on Hulfish Street, there are regular tastings in the store from 5:00-8:00pm. April 20 brings Matt Cline from Three Wine Company of California, in a tasting of three old vines wines, and on April 29 they welcome Michel Fonne from Domaine Michel … Continue reading
Taste of the Nation Princeton
Princeton’s Taste of the Nation (part of a nationwide series with the goal of eradicating childhood hunger) has become our area’s premier hunger-relief fundraiser since it’s inception here in 1992. I worked on the event myself for a number of years, even chairing it twice, and I think the world of the parent organization, Share Our Strength. … Continue reading
Earthquake
A terrible start for the Chinese New Year, a year of the tiger, which is said to be an inauspicious year of natural disasters. First Haiti (right before the lunar new year), and now Chile. (Makes our blizzards pale in comparison, right?) People are already lining up for food, as in the Reuters photo of a line … Continue reading
Calling all Slow Foodies
This will be the last Slow Food Central New Jersey Winter Farmers Market for the season-sob! Don’t miss out, come to Tre Piani on Sunday, 2/28, 11:00am – 3:00pm to celebrate all things local. An updated list of vendors is on the Slow Food Central New Jersey website. If you’re not a Slow Food member, please … Continue reading
From Argentina to Italy to Greece
So many events and so little time. On Tuesday, Feb. 23, 6:00pm, Eno Terra in Kingston hosts a taste of Argentina and Bodega Norton wines. Chef Christopher Albrecht will serve light fare to accompany the wines. $25.00 per person (excludes tax and gratuity). Call Eno Terra for reservations (609) 497-1777. The very next evening (2/24), their … Continue reading
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