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Neighborhood Watch

3/17/08

3:00 PM

Schnitzel Moving Into the West Village; Recession Makes Gael Greene Crave Sweets

Astoria: You think $12.95 is good for an all-inclusive brunch deal? Michael’s has a weekday three-course dinner deal for the same price. "This neighborhood never ceases to amaze." [Joey in Astoria]
East Village: Pichet Ong is teaching a class at Astor Center tomorrow on sweets and science. [Zagat] A new stuffed-potato bar is coming to town, but there’s already one on East Houston Street near Avenue A called NY Stuffed Idaho. [Eater]
Midtown West: Moylvos celebrates Greek Easter with “Breaking the Fast.” At midnight on April 27 they’ll host a parade to the local Greek church and offer a tasting menu that includes slow-roasted lamb with yogurt-Feta dumplings. [Restaurant Girl]
Upper West Side: The Insatiable Critic samples the new sweetshops in town. [Insatiable Critic]
West Village: 14th Street near Fifth Avenue is getting a schnitzel shop. [Bottomless Dish/Citysearch]

More: Neighborhood Watch »astor center, astoria, east village, greek easter, midtown west, moylvos, ny stuffed idaho, pichet ong, schnitzel, west village

VideoFeed

3/ 5/08

5:30 PM

Video: Chris Cosentino Cooks Head to Tail

There aren’t many out-of-town chefs who can draw a crowd, but California's Chris Cosentino is one of them. The offal king cooked a “Head-to-Tail” dinner at the Astor Center last night, and Grub Street brought a camera along. Beware of graphic footage of coxcombs, tendons, trotters, and other delights. Click the image to watch the video.

More: VideoFeed »astor center, chris cosentino, offal

NewsFeed

2/ 4/08

4:35 PM

Duck Liver = Romance at Valentine’s Day Foie Gras Dinner

"Lover" and "liver" are only a letter apart.Photo courtesy D'Artagnan

If you’re anything like us, nothing says “romance” like ingesting eight courses of duck liver. And so there’s probably nowhere you and your Special Friend would rather be than at the D’Artagnan foie gras dinner being held at the Astor Center on Valentine’s Day. PETA public enemy Ariane Daguin, the founder of D’Artagnan and the nation’s most conspicuous pro–foie gras activist, has put together a dinner of foie gras accompanied with different vintages of Chateau Y’quem, the Sauterne wine prescribed by tradition to accompany foie gras everywhere. The dinner will start out with foie gras canapés, followed by foie gras terrine, pan-seared foie with port reduction, then foie-stuffed quail with black truffle shavings and a grape-and-black-truffle sauce, followed by – what else? — foie gras beignets. What libido could be unmoved by such a feast? And isn’t that worth $1,300 a couple? We think the question answers itself.

Perfect Pairings: D'Artagnan Foie Gras & Chateau d'Yquem - A Dinner
with Ariane Daguin [Astor Center]

More: NewsFeed »ariane daguin, astor center, d'artagnan, foie gras, valentine's day

Foodievents

1/18/08

12:41 PM

Mixology Immortals Met at Last Night's Astor Center Opening

Front row from left: Consultants Gary Regan and Charlottte Voisey, Julie Reiner of Flatiron Lounge, David Wondrich, Audrey Saunders of Pegu Club, Dale “King of Cocktails” DeGroff and wife Jill, Jim Meehan of PDT, and Leo DeGroff. Back row from left: John Deragon of PDT, Milk and Honey owner Sasha Petraske, Giuseppe Gonzales of Flatiron Lounge, Kenta Goto of Pegu Club, and Eben Freeman of Tailor.Photo: Josh Ozersky

Last night’s opening bash at the Astor Center was an amazing event – there was ibérico ham, hip-hop violinists, and Joey Campanaro, Josh DeChellis, and Seamus Mullen cooking hors d’oeuvres. But what people will remember will be the mixologists. A veritable cocktail hall of fame was present, and we managed to get them all together at once for an image that makes us thirsty just looking at it.

More: Foodievents »astor center, cocktails, dale dugroff, jim meehan, joey campanero, josh dechellis, seamus mullen

Neighborhood Watch

1/14/08

3:00 PM

Gavin Kaysen Tests His Menu at Café Boulud; Williamsburg's Pampa Still a Mystery

Astoria: Time Café is said to serve a solid brunch. The fries look a bit pale, but after a few "terrific" mimosas, they'll probably hit the spot anyway. [Joey in Astoria]
East Village: The culinary study center the area desperately needs opens today. [Restaurant Girl]
Flatiron: On Monday, January 28, 4-Foodies is hosting an Italian Favorites tasting at Lunetta. [4foodies]
Upper East Side: Bar Boulud's success hasn't hurt Café Boulud, where chef Gavin Kaysen is currently testing his new menu; the latter DB spot still attracts eye candy like former Giants star Tiki Barber. [Mouthing Off/Food&Wine]
Williamsburg: A sleek new building on Graham Avenue will soon be home to a restaurant called Pampa, but no one really knows what the place will be like. [Bottomless Dish/Citysearch]

More: Neighborhood Watch »astor center, astoria, bar boulud, cafe boulud, east village, flatiron, gavin kaysen, pampa, time cafe, upper east side, williamsburg

NewsFeed

11/28/07

1:15 PM

East Village Gets the Culinary Study Center It Desperately Needs

Ready for you, your curiosity, and your disposable income.Photo courtesy Astor Center

Astor Wine and Spirits isn’t content to just be the place where the rich denizens of the East Village buy their Priorat reds; now the store has spawned a state-of-the-art culinary facility, Astor Center, above its Lafayette Street shop. Lesley Townsend, the director, is quick to ward off comparisons to other recreational cooking programs around. “We’re not a cooking school. We’re not a wine school,” she says. “We’re going to be a host facility for events and symposia and conferences and panels.” Like Dale DeGroff’s Beverage Alcohol Resource (BAR) program, at which the King of Cocktails teaches five-day exhaustive master classes for aspiring mixologists.

More: NewsFeed »astor center, astor wines and spirits, dale degroff, east village

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