Upcoming Food and Wine Events at the 92StY

TICKETS/INFO | www.92Y.org | 1395 Lexington Ave. | 212.415.5500
APRIL 2009 FOOD LISTINGS
Food and Wine Tastings ● lectures ● tours ● demos
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LECTURES AND TASTINGS
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Wed, Apr 22, 6:30-8:30 pm, $40
Francine Segan’s World of Tasting: FOOD IN FILM: AN EVENING OF FLAVORS FROM THE SILVER SCREEN
A perfect event for movie buffs and foodies! Enjoy an amusing lecture on [...]

EAT: World Financial Center Restaurant Showcase

Presented by Brookfield Properties
Featuring World-Class Cuisine “Under Glass” for as Little as $1
In the World Financial Center Winter Garden
Thursday, March 26, 11:00am – 2:30pm

  NEW YORK – The restaurants of the World Financial Center are celebrating their culinary specialties, testing new menu items and showcasing signature dishes at EAT:  World Financial Center Restaurant Showcase.  The 17 [...]

Candela Candela

92 Second Ave., btwn. 5th and 6th Streets,  East Village 
(212) 529-2563 
Cuban -Italian
It’s a well known fact that pairing cuisine styles generally doesn’t work. Such restaurants rarely do justice to either cuisine. But Candela Candela does a fair job at pulling it off. And while it may not be at the top of any trendista’s list, Candela-Candela [...]

What do Apiary, Alto, Motorino, La Superior have in common?

Hint:
It starts with a B and it’s on the cheerier side of the recession pill.
Click on the image below to find out.

Lantern

311 Second Ave., Gramercy Park
212-777-2770
Hands down, Lantern is a Gramercy neighborhood keeper.
Why?
It’s inexpensive. It has a tasteful, contemporary New AgeAsiatic decor. O.K. it veers a bit on the très side trendy, but it’s withoutthe attitude. That makes for a relaxing atmosphere, that’s pleasing to the eye without pretension or the annoying hipster vibe.
Lantern has an [...]

Corner Stone – where St. Patty’s is about more than a good Guinness

Check out my review of Corner Stone in one of Queens’ growing Irish immigrant enclave, Maspeth.
Click on the image below for the full review.

Beets: The New Happy Divorcee, Courtesy of Mark Bittman

In yesterday’s New York Times section, food guru and author  Mark Bittman persuasively proposed that beets and goat cheese go splits-ville.
Click on the image below for the simple, creative things he does with beets to celebrate their natural flavor. Way to go, Mark!
To experience Mark Bittman on food politics, click on the You Tube [...]

Second Avenue -the strip for cheap eats on the go or sitting down

Walking home from Second Avenue in the East Village one night
late last week, bargain meal offers kept popping onto my path from all sides.
Spice, a food and popular Thai Restaurant chain on 104 2nd Ave. and corner of E. 6th St.  is offering a $6 dinner special between the hours of 4 and 6 PM. [...]

Joe Doe

45 E 1st St.
(Btwn 1st & 2nd Aves), East Village / LES
212-780-0262 chefjoedoe.com

This unassuming LES newcomer is a true diamond in
a vast field of coal among eateries springing up in this
ultra-trendy downtown district.

For starters it features a menu that is thoroughly original
and innovative and the effects are pleasantly surprising.
While Joe Doe brands itself “seasonal American,” [...]