Where to Watch World Cup Soccer Italian Style

Ovest Pizzoteca is featuring a special prix-fixe menu for all
World Cup Soccer games (June 11 – July 11).

The $16.00 Prix Fixe menu includes:

1 Bufala Pizza, 1 Birra Italiana and 1 Espresso.

Enjoy unlimited pizza for $12 during all Italian national games.

For iNFO & RSVP 212 967 4392 or info@ovestnyc.com or click on the [...]

Summer Food and Film Events at 92Y

Updated with tasty new food film series!
Eat This Film!
Foodies and cinephiles alike take note: online film journal Reverse Shot and New York food magazine Edible bring you Eat This Film!, a summer screening series at 92YTribeca that looks at our relationship to food via the moving image. This series will highlight a unique selection of timely and timeless [...]

The something for everyone Memorial Day dessert

With so much emphasis on what goes on the grill, what to serve for dessert for Memorial Day Barbecue can be a challenge to anyone who wants to venture beyond the ready-made stuff?
A slice of this quick-and-easy-to-make peanut butter cup and pretzel terrine, courtesy of Real Simple Magazine will be a cooling crowd-pleaser.  Sweet and savory, [...]

El Cinco is Wild – How to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in New York City

Happy Cinco de Mayo!  Make it mas loco!
In need of ideas? Click on the image below, courtesy of Murph’s Guide, for some Cuervolicious celebrations throughout the city.

Celebrate Earth Day all year long – fifty ways to be green

Happy Earth Day! But don’t think green today and waste tomorrow.
Access fifty easy tips on how to live green and love your planet all year long, courtesy of
Hugh Garvey in Bon Appetit Magazine
Click on the bison burger below to learn what those are.

What food fuels your Oscar mood? – Francine Segan on Foodie Movies

BY BETH KAISERMAN
While it was cold and slushy outside, movie clips, trivia and delightful Italian sweets warmed the audience of Francine Segan’s Food in Film lecture last week at 92nd St. Y.

Segan told some weird and interesting tidbits – like Charlie Chaplin, a diabetic, once went into shock after eating a shoe made of [...]

Need more than the weather to stir things up? Martini week begins March 1st.

Tasting Table and Thrillist are proud to present Martini Week from March 1-14.

Visit top bars  as they offer $10 martini cocktails, featuring premium vodka and gin, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. nightly.
Click on the image above for a list of participating venues.

NYC Restaurants celebrate D’Artagnan’s 25 Birthday with Fabulous Degustation Menus

Select NYC restaurants are celebrating a quarter of a century of D’Artagnan’s purveyance of fine French foods and wines from February 18 – 22. Enjoy special offerings and custom degustation menus paired with wines from South West France, created by famous chefs from South West France.
Reserve now to participate in this inimitable offering. Click on image [...]

SenseofWine 2010: Q & A with Francine Segan

Francine Segan, acclaimed food historian, James Beard nominated cookbook author and US Spokesperson for Dolce Italia, Italy’s Confectioners Association reveals her favorite Valentine’s Day dessert pairings in the SenseofWine 2010 Q & A below.

-1- What is your favorite Valentine’s Day wine pairing? We’re interested in both savory and sweet.

Asti-Spumante is my one-and-only-true-love Valentine’s [...]

Where the number one wine producer meets the number one consumer: Vino2010

BY ELENA MANCINI

Vino2010 is where “the world’s number one producer (Italy) meets the world’s greatest wine consumer (USA).” This was renowned wine-educator, Kevin’s Zraly’s lively opening statement for the vino2010 conference in New York City yesterday.  According to the latest data, Italian wines represent circa 31% market share of U.S. wine imports.  The year [...]