The Feed BlogTime Out New York\'s Restaurant & Bar\'s blogEvent notice: Tickets to Grant Achatzs cookbook release on sale tomorrow- September 16, 2008 Calling all molecular gastronomy fiends: Tickets to the Astor Center&8217;s November 6 cookbook release of Grant Achatz&8217;s first Alinea cookbook go on sale tomorrow. The 2008 James Beard Award winner for Best Chef will prepare five signature Alinea bites, along with Grand Si&232;cle de Laurent-Perrier, a rare champagne. The cost, $225, is a lot less ...http://www.timeout.com/newyork/the-feed-blog/restaurants-bars/?p=3191 Live at StarChefs: David Wondrich can punch us anytime- September 15, 2008 That we shared our lab table with Freeman&8217;s owner William Tigertt, and that it was in an oak-paneled room decorated with taxidermy moose heads and eagles, only helped make our punch workshop&8212;led by Imbibe! author and cocktail historian David Wondrich&8212;among the day&8217;s best. Chalk it up to booze-driven euphoria (we&8217;re fresh off a few mugs&8212;see ...http://www.timeout.com/newyork/the-feed-blog/restaurants-bars/?p=3181 Live at StarChefs: Morimoto, jokester- September 15, 2008 The Iron Chef shakes our hand then sniffs it and apologizes for making us smell like fish. For you chef, anything.http://www.timeout.com/newyork/the-feed-blog/restaurants-bars/?p=3171 Live at StarChefs: Audrey Saunders on gin- September 15, 2008 Pegu Club owner Audrey Saunders is no hater. Though vodka&8217;s respectability among the cocktail elite lingers somewhere between Britney and Girls Gone Wild, the Pegu Clubber is a touch more diplomatic than her bartending brethren. &8220;Everyone is pooh-pooing vodka, but it&8217;s not a bad spirit,&8221; she said at her workshop, &34;Gin&8230;the Other White Meat,&34; ...http://www.timeout.com/newyork/the-feed-blog/restaurants-bars/?p=3161 Live at StarChefs: Eben Freeman minds his Benjamins- September 15, 2008 Not that we can&8217;t support an eye-opener, but our tummies would have none of Tailor mixologist Eben Freeman&8217;s smoked Coke at 9am today. But if our delicate constitutions were assaulted by the a.m. booze, it seemed to energize our fellow classmates Johnny Iuzzini, Death and Company barkeep Joaquin Simo and Rayuela mixologist Junior Merino, who ...http://www.timeout.com/newyork/the-feed-blog/restaurants-bars/?p=3151 Live at StarChefs: Toby Maloney on bitters- September 15, 2008 You might remember Toby Maloney from our mixologist fashion story just a few months ago. Or you might have spotted the nattily attired gentleman mixing tiki drinks at the Rusty Knot, Ken Freidman&8217;s high-low hybrid holding fort on the West Side. Cubs fans You know him from the Violet Hour in Chicago, among that city&8217;s ...http://www.timeout.com/newyork/the-feed-blog/restaurants-bars/?p=3141 TONY live at StarChefs- September 15, 2008 The three-day StarChefs International Chefs Congress is upon us and TONY is reporting live from the scene. Thus far, the industry-only affair has attracted the kind of celebu-toque quotient that could bring saliva to the lips to anyone with a blogger account and a dream. Heston Blumenthal, Charlie Trotter, Rick Moonen, Michael Ruhlman, Anthony Bourdain, ...http://www.timeout.com/newyork/the-feed-blog/restaurants-bars/?p=3131 Inbox: Frozen custard alert- September 11, 2008 Though it carries the whiff of a shill, this enticing notice of a newish frozen-custard joint deep in&160; Queens has inspired me to throw caution to the wind, self-promotion be damned. Does the Lemon Ice King have competition Readers who&8217;ve already gotten a taste, why don&8217;t you let us know See the e-mail, after the ...http://www.timeout.com/newyork/the-feed-blog/restaurants-bars/?p=3121 Event notice: A Rabbit Roast weekend upstate- September 11, 2008 The sudden chill in the air helps to remind us that there probably won&8217;t be many more opportunities this year to escape the city for an outdoor weekend in the country without bringing your snowshoes. Consider, then, taking advantage of the Rabbit Roast, two days of camping and farm-based activities at the Glynwood Center, a ...http://www.timeout.com/newyork/the-feed-blog/restaurants-bars/?p=3111 Wine & Food festivalfree!- September 10, 2008 Hey you, with the brain. Were you at all interested in checking out Lee Schrager&8217;s Wine &38; Food festival this year What with all your Mensa meetings and Scrabble showdowns, we can&8217;t imagine you have a moment to fit in face time with no-names like Alton Brown and the mind-numbing Rachael Ray, or for blowout tasting ...http://www.timeout.com/newyork/the-feed-blog/restaurants-bars/?p=3101 |