US Open Concessions Preview

I was recently invited to attend a preview of the food being served at the US Open this year in the space called ACES (cute!).  Very open and gorgeous layout – you’ll see.  I arrived a few minutes late (the place was hard to find, and security was super, super tight) to hear the tail end of executive chef Michael Lockard’s explanations of the various dishes plated on the bar for us to photograph.  I love when press events have displays set up for photography and little tags displaying what each dish is. It makes my job [...]

Girard’s Dressings

I was recently contacted by Girard’s, asking if I’d like to try some of their newest flavors of dressings.  I love dressings and sauces… so of course I was game.  I tried to come up with ways to use the dressings aside from just for salad:The first one made an appearance in one of my school lunches – bottom right cup is shredded cabbage & carrots, tossed with some of the apple poppyseed dressing.  The sweetness was really nice with the veggies (the rest of the lunch is fairly standard for me – turkey/asiago sandwich, mozzarella sticks, chocolate sticks, and [...]

Salumè

It’s press-related week – dedicated to a couple of press events or products that I’ve received for review, etc… I know how you all love reading about these I was recently invited to sample Salumè, the newly opened ‘real Italian panini’ establishment in SoHo.  The space itself is gorgeous – a square layout with huge picture windows in front, allowing as much light as there is in the sky right onto your table to illuminate the glorious food.  There’s even a ‘mezzanine’ level of sorts in the back with more windows, a gorgeous chandelier, and excellent light.  I watched [...]

Fresh Direct Dinner & Facility Tour

It’s press-related week – dedicated to a couple of press events or products that I’ve received for review, etc… I know how you all love reading about these Months ago now, I was invited to a special dinner for food bloggers that would include a tour of the Fresh Direct facilities – something I’m not sure they’ve done ever in the past.  I have to say, I was really excited to tour the facilities, but we were not allowed to take photographs – understandably so, since they are, to my knowledge, the only supermarket in our area that is [...]

Eggland’s Best Seasonal Foodie Event

It’s press-related week – dedicated to a couple of press events or products that I’ve received for review, etc… I know how you all love reading about these I was invited to an event discussing and learning about Eggland’s Best eggs.  I did wonder briefly how they can claim to be better than other eggs – aren’t all eggs created equally (within their own categories; I understand there’s organic, cage-free, etc.)?  Apparently, this is not true (and I’m sure the FDA would have their heads on a platter if this hadn’t been proven in the past): feeding your [...]

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