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Category Archives: Events
An Ayurvedic chef and much more at Saratoga Wine & Food Festival
This weekend’s Saratoga Wine & Food Festival got off to a fast start with a good crowd at the Ayurvedic cooking demo on Tuesday night; details below. As promised, here’s a list of the chefs who will be participating in … Continue reading
Saratoga Wine & Food Festival reinvents itself
We’ve reported from time to time on the Saratoga Wine & Food Festival, an event on the grounds of SPAC that used to happen the weekend after Labor Day. Watching Zak Pelaccio break down a pig, a burger bash in … Continue reading
100 years of little weiners at New Way Lunch
Last weekend was the 100th birthday of New Way Lunch in Glens Falls, NY, and they rented the Farmers’ Market for a great big party. Highlight of the day was a hot dog eating contest, and 5 cent hot dogs … Continue reading
Hot and not at Summer 2019 Fancy Food Show
We recently returned from the Summer 2019 Fancy Food Show in NYC. Attendance was light on Sunday when we arrived, but really picked up on Monday indicating continuing strength in the two major marketplaces covered, gourmet tchotchkes and foodservice. Here … Continue reading
“Renouncing foreign princes” in Utica, NY
Last Saturday, June 22, was a glorious day to visit Utica NY with a blue sky, ideal temperatures and light puffy clouds. We were there for the World Refugee Day Celebration and planned to celebrate by eating as wide a variety of … Continue reading
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World Refugee Day is this Saturday, June 22
Did you make it to Utica last year for the World Refugee Day celebration and follow our itinerary? Neither did we, but we’re planning on it this coming Saturday. This post has the (approximate) hour by hour details. As before, … Continue reading
Serving up sustainable fisheries
Half the seafood eaten in north America is consumed outside the home, according to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). But the chef serving fish faces a learning curve with his or her clientele. Everybody knows beef, pork and chicken—where it … Continue reading
Fishing for insight at the 2019 North American Seafood Expo
I was so impressed with Shucker Paddy’s skill and expertise that I followed him to his next venue, the annual Seafood Expo in Boston. This is a vertical show where you can see not only the finest in fish and … Continue reading
Guess what: soft serve ice cream is not all the same!
I did not have the purest of motives when I signed up for FussyLITTLEBlog’s Tour de Soft Serve (Schenectady Edition). I intended to expose the futility of the exercise since all soft serve is the same, from the same mix … Continue reading