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AlwaysInformed: Coming up on the Calendar (8/23/10)

Always Hungry’s Calendar keeps you informed about food events taking place around the city and the country. Here’s a list of some of this week’s significant events:

  • 8/25 Enjoy a seafood feast at the Beard House prepared by chef Mike Stollenwerk of Fish in Philadelphia.
  • 8/25 Bid summer farewell with Finger on the Pulse’s last BBQ Blowout featuring food from Frankies Spuntino, and live music.
  • 8/26 Meet the country’s top tennis players while enjoying stellar food from New York chefs at the Taste of Tennis.
  • 8/28-29 Travel to Long Island for the Maritime Museum’s Seafood Festival.
  • 8/29 Head to Brooklyn for Sunday Best’s dinner and dance party.

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AlwaysInformed: Coming up on the Calendar (8/16/10)

Always Hungry’s Calendar keeps you informed about food events taking place around the city and the country. Here’s a list of some of this week’s significant events:

  • 8/16 Get a lesson pairing beer with ice cream at The Beer Table.
  • 8/17 Learn how to pack a perfect summer picnic at The Brooklyn Kitchen.
  • 8/19 Enjoy a farm-to-table dinner prepared by the chefs behind Schaffer Genuine Foods at the Beard House.
  • 8/20 Learn recipes for ten great, easy-to-prepare pasta sauces from James Beard-nominated author Micol Negrin at a Rustico Cooking class.
  • 8/21 The East End Community Organic Farm hosts a family-friendly potluck.

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AlwaysInformed: Coming up on the Calendar (8/9/10)

Always Hungry’s Calendar keeps you informed about food events taking place around the city and the country. Here’s a list of some of this week’s significant events:

  • 8/9 Join wine and cheese professionals in a showdown between Saxelby Cheese Mongers and Formaggio Essex.
  • 8/11 Get some ideas for your next dinner party at the Institute for Culinary Education’s summer cakes class.
  • 8/14 Spend your Saturday sipping beer on Long Island at the North Fork Craft Beer Festival.
  • 8/15 Learn how to make Mexican street food classics at the Astor Center.
  • 8/15 Experience a new kind of Sunday brunch: cruising on the South Bay aboard the Lauren Kristy.

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AlwaysInformed: Coming up on the Calendar (8/2/10)

Always Hungry’s Calendar keeps you informed about food events taking place around the city and the country. Here’s a list of some of this week’s significant events:

  • 8/3 Learn about regional heirloom tomatoes at ABC Kitchen’s free educational tasting.
  • 8/3 Feast on oysters, clam chowder, steamed lobsters and more at Beacon’s annual Chowder Fest.
  • 8/4 Top Chef Master Marcus Samuelsson prepares some of his winning dishes at a special dinner at August.
  • 8/6 Learn how to replicate a full Texan steakhouse meal at a class with the Institute of Culinary Education’s Pablo Sanchez.
  • 8/7 Sample more than two dozen Italian wines for free as part of Union Square’s Summer Series.

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AlwaysInformed: Coming up on the Calendar (7/26/10)

Always Hungry’s Calendar keeps you informed about food events taking place around the city and the country. Here’s a list of some of this week’s significant events:

  • 7/26 Jenny Lee leads a discussion on the Lower East Side’s new fusion food scene with a panel of local restaurateurs.
  • 7/28 Get your brew on at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s 2nd annual celebration.
  • 7/29 Great Performances and City Winery team up to honor the best local food and wine at Farm to Table 2010.
  • 7/31 The Great Hot Dog Cookoff returns for its 5th year to benefit City Harvest.
  • 8/1 Fresh Lobster Rolls are paired with Maine’s Allegash brew for an event at Black Rabbit in Greenpoint.

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AlwaysInformed: Coming up on the Calendar (7/19/10)

Always Hungry’s Calendar keeps you informed about food events taking place around the city and the country. Here’s a list of some of this week’s significant events:

  • 7/19 Rock the boat with great guacamole and Brooklyn musicians aboard the Guac Rock Cruise.
  • 7/21 Celebrate the bounty of the season with the Summer Harvest Tasting Festival at Daniel.
  • 7/22 Learn to pair beer and dumplings like a pro in this celebration of Good Beer Month at Whole Foods Bowery.
  • 7/24 James Beard Foundation presents Chefs & Champagne awards honoring Martha Stewart.
  • 7/25 Today is your last chance to take advantage of summer restaurant week!

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AlwaysInformed: Coming up on the Calendar (7/12/10)

Always Hungry’s Calendar keeps you informed about food events taking place around the city and the country. Here’s a list of some of this week’s significant events:

  • 7/12 Enjoy prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus from the City’s top restaurants during New York Restaurant Week.
  • 7/13 Nosh on food from ABC Kitchen, A Voce, and more at the Celebrate Flatiron Chefs event in Madison Square Park.
  • 7/13 Attend former New York Times restaurant critic, Frank Bruni’s book signing at the Strand.
  • 7/14 Celebrate Bastille Day at Bouchon Bakery with a special French meal.
  • 7/18 Free pork and beer are on the offer at 3rd Ward’s 3rd Annual Pig Out.

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AlwaysInformed: Coming up on the Calendar (7/5/10)

Always Hungry’s Calendar keeps you informed about food events taking place around the city and the country. Here’s a list of some of this week’s significant events:

  • 7/5 Enjoy Bear Republic Sour beer from California at Bar Great Harry – meat and cheese are free.
  • 7/6 If you can’t make it to Pamplona, watch the Running of the Bulls at La Fonda del Sol in NY and enjoy their special tapas menu.
  • 7/8 BK Farms assists city-dwellers in chicken keeping – just a short walk from the L and G trains!
  • 7/10 Grab $10 plates of food while kicking it to DJ sets at the annual Barbeque Blowout in Brooklyn.
  • 7/11 Governor’s Island presents Meatopia with plenty of BBQ and booze from the city’s top names in summer eats.

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AlwaysInformed: Coming up on the Calendar (6/28/10)

Always Hungry’s Calendar keeps you informed about food events taking place around the city and the country. Here’s a list of some of this week’s significant events:

  • 6/28 Indulge in a five-course bacon dinner paired with beer at Back Forty.
  • 6/30 Drink up during the East Coast vs. West Coast throwdown at City Winery.
  • 6/30 Explore the new Todd English Food Hall at The Plaza at Citymeals-on-Wheels’ tasting event.
  • 7/1 The James Beard House celebrates Canada with a surf-and-turf feast.
  • 7/4 Celebrate Independence Day on Coney Island for the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest.

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AlwaysInformed: Coming up on the Calendar (6/21/10)

Always Hungry’s Calendar keeps you informed about food events taking place around the city and the country. Here’s a list of some of this week’s significant events:

  • 6/22 Sample food from some of New York’s top chefs at City Harvest’s Summer in the City tasting event.
  • 6/23-27 Celebrate food in film at the 4th Annual NYC Food Film Festival.
  • 6/25-27 Taste the best of Long Island at the inaugural Long Island Wine & Food Festival.
  • 6/27-29 The 56th Annual Summer Fancy Food Show begins.
  • 6/27 Head down to Water Street to check out the reopening of the New Amsterdam Market for the 2010 season.

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AlwaysInformed: Coming up on the Events Calendar (6/7/10)

Always Hungry’s Calendar keeps you informed about food events taking place around the city and the country. Here’s a list of some of this week’s significant events:

  • 6/7 Sample paellas from ten different New York chefs at the 2nd Annual Paella Parade.
  • 6/8 Enjoy a five-course seafood dinner as part of chef Ed Brown’s “Back Room Dinners.”
  • 6/9 Feast on herrings shipped directly from The Netherlands during Grand Central Oyster Bar’s Holland Herring Festival.
  • 6/11 Indulge on a chocoholic walking tour hosted by the 92nd Street Y.
  • 6/12-13 Get your BBQ on at the 8th Annual Big Apple Barbecue Block Party.

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AlwaysInformed: Coming up on the Events Calendar (6/1/10)

Always Hungry’s Calendar keeps you informed about food events taking place around the city and the country. Here’s a list of some of this week’s significant events:

  • 6/2 Take a bite out of New York’s sandwich culture at Slow Food NYC’s discussion and tasting event.
  • 6/2 Support the Central Park Conservancy at Taste of the Summer, with food from 40 of the City’s top chefs.
  • 6/4 Kick off BKLYN Yard’s weekly Beer Garden Fridays with beer, tacos, huaraches, and live music.
  • 6/4 Celebrate Latin cuisine at cocktail parties, seminars and tastings during the Gourmet Latino Festival.
  • 6/8 Join The Redhead as thee recreate a traditional New Orleans crawfish boil.

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AlwaysInformed: Coming up on the Events Calendar (5/24)

Always Hungry’s Calendar keeps you informed about food events taking place around the city and the country. Here’s a list of some of this week’s significant events:

  • 5/24 Some of New York’s new, hot restaurants and chefs will be featured at Metromix’s Hot Plates Live tasting event.
  • 5/24 Wine fanatics will gather for pours from 500 internationally acclaimed wineries at Toast of the Town.
  • 5/24 View six new food documentaries, followed by a Q&A and after-party at the Anthology Film Archives.
  • 5/25 Tabla hosts a party with half-priced drinks and free food to celebrate the beginning of the outdoor dining season.
  • 5/26 Taste the wines and cheeses of Switzerland at a tasting hosted by Pasanella and Son Vintners.

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AlwaysInformed: Coming up on the Events Calendar (5/17)

Always Hungry’s Calendar keeps you informed about food events taking place around the city and the country. Here’s a list of some of this week’s significant events:

  • 5/17 Help support the fight against childhood hunger Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation benefit.
  • 5/18 Celebrate the food and wine of Austria at WLIW21’s tasting event hosted by Chef Kurt Gutenbrunner.
  • 5/19 Enjoy cocktails and culinary treats at Metrazur at an event to support St. John’s Bread and Life.
  • 5/20 Head to Dirt Candy for a special vegetarian meal to be paired with sakes from Sakaya.
  • 5/22 Sample food from some of the Upper West Side’s top restaurants at Zagat’s 3rd Annual Best of the West.

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AlwaysInformed: Coming up on the Events Calendar (5/10)

Always Hungry’s Calendar keeps you informed about food events taking place around the city and the country. Here’s a list of some of this week’s significant events:

  • 5/10 Celebrate spring with a Calçotada feast at Savoy and Back Forty (5/11).
  • 5/11 Sample the most popular wines from America’s best restaurants at Wine & Spirits’ Top of the List at the Metropolitan Pavilion.
  • 5/12 Head to Buttermilk Channel for a four-course meal designed to pair with Edmunds St. John’s wines.
  • 5/13 Taste home-themed dishes from top chefs at the Housing Works’ Taste of Home Benefit.
  • 5/15 Sample the best neighborhood eats at the annual Taste of Tribeca.

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