Category Archives: Events

Eating is always an event, of course. But this category is about planned events with food and drink involved, often with special offers for our readers. Unless they are of general interest, event posts are deleted after the event has passed.

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

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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

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Cauliflower rice…. try this at home!

After seeing the innovations with cauliflower at the Fancy Food Show, we naturally had to try our hand at home. First up was cauliflower fried rice. You can buy “cauliflower rice” in your produce department but since it’s nothing more … Continue reading

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Cauliflower Curious at Summer Fancy Food Show 2018

I first became aware of the shape-shifting abilities of cauliflower while practicing Dr. Ludwig’s Always Hungry? diet. His Shepherd’s Pie uses cooked cauliflower puréed with cannellini beans as an excellent substitute for mashed potatoes. Cauliflower is a non-starchy vegetable, making … Continue reading

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Best and Hot at 2018 Summer Fancy Food Show

The 2018 Summer Fancy Food Show was an excellent adventure, with an international audience gathering to share our love of food and get distracted by the jumbotrons at Javits Center playing the FIFA World Cup. This is the first of … Continue reading

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Keeping it cool at Eat Drink Saratoga 1.0

The weather did not do this past weekend’s Eat Drink Saratoga festival any favors. There was an excessive heat advisory for June 30, meaning don’t go outside if you don’t have to. But those who ignored this advice and slathered on … Continue reading

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Your weekend guide to Utica ethnic eats

A family schedule conflict threatens to keep us from attending the World Refugee Day Celebration in Utica this Saturday, June 16. But I assume you’re going, so I will share my strategy for scoring maximum ethnic cuisine throughout the day. … Continue reading

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AYCE Lobster Rolls on June 7… are you in?

Here’s something a lot of Burnt My Fingers readers could get behind: in honor of its tenth anniversary, Tasting Table is putting on a Lobster Rumble with unlimited lobster rolls at the Brooklyn Expo Center on June 7. Get your … Continue reading

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Eating our way through the Wilton, NY bicentennial

Public records describe Wilton as an “active county subdivision that is not coextensive with an incorporated place” abutting Saratoga Springs, where I reside. When locals think of Wilton they think of shopping malls, fast food outlets, big suburban homes and … Continue reading

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My Royal Feast

On a recent visit to the Bay Area I enjoyed as good a meal of its type as I’m ever likely to experience. My Chowhound friend Melanie Wong has been tracking Chef Zhongyi Liu, a Beijing-trained chef who once represented … Continue reading

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