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.

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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Why whiskey? Why, indeed…

Tom Fischer has one of those jobs that sounds fabulous but is no doubt exhausting in real life. As proprietor of Bourbon Blog, he travels the world making contacts with the distillers and distributors of rare spirits in order to … Continue reading

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Maple madness at International Restaurant Show

This week I was in New York City for the International Restaurant & Foodservice Show. It’s an opportunity for restaurant owners to check out new kitchen equipment, barware, dining room furnishings and such with demos from well-informed manufacturers’ reps. If … Continue reading

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Foraging for my supper at Fin Your Fishmonger

I admire foragers and one day hope to be one. But for now I was lucky enough to participate in the first Sunday Seafood Supper at Fin Your Fishmonger in Guilderland, held on February 18. These events will happen on … Continue reading

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Hot and not at the Winter 2018 Fancy Food Show

There were several clear trends at the just-concluded Fancy Food Show in San Francisco. Coconut water and other coconut vehicles continued their march to world domination. Artisanal salt was big. There were 20 booths offering small-batch ice cream flavors, a … Continue reading

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