The official Seafood Week Kickoff will take place Monday, April 15th?at 12:30pm in Palm Walk where guests can sample Fin?s famous lobster bisque, share the wonder of the Atlantic City Aquarium?s touch tank, and catch a special ?Under the Sea? themed Zumba demo by Tilton Fitness.
For more info, see?Seafood Week?at the Tropicana online!
April 18th:?Atlantic City:?Chef Jose Garces Hosts ?THE LATIN ROAD HOME? Multi-Course Meal
At?7:00 p.m., join?Chef Jose Garces?at his gorgeous tapas bar and restaurant,?Amada?(609-225-9900) at?Revel?(500 Boardwalk,?855-348-0500) for a decadent, multi-course meal celebrating the publication of his second cookbook,?The Latin Road Home.?
The show-stopping menu will include:??Tiradito de Lubina, black bass ceviche with yuzu (Peru);?Pan de Yuca, yuca bread with queso fresco, served with guava-chile butter (Ecuador);?Crema de Quinoa de Zuleta, quinoa chowder with sweet corn (Ecuador);?Enchilado de Langosta, lobster in spicy tomato sauce (Cuba);?Carne Asada a la Tampique?a con Arroz Rojo y Refritos, grilled marinated skirt steak with red rice and refried beans (Mexico); and?Crema Catalana, chocolate custard with vanilla berries (Spain).
For?$85 per person, excluding beverages, tax and gratuity, guests will enjoy dishes from each of the book?s five chapters:??Ecuador;?Spain;?Cuba;?Mexico; and?Peru.??An optional wine pairing will also be available for $40.?Reservations required, please call 609.225.9900 for more information.
April 22nd: West Long Branch:?The Red Bank Rotary?s Thirteenth Annual Two Rivers Food and Wine Tasting
Come join the Red Bank Rotary on April 22nd from 6-9 Pm to benefit Lunch Break!?For many local families who are struggling with poverty, Lunch Break is their only option for a healthy, well-balanced meal and for many other much needed services.
For the past 12 years The Rotary Club has organized The Two Rivers Food and Wine Tasting event with proceeds going to local charities. This event is a huge culinary and social success and gives people the opportunity to meet friends and make new ones while sampling delicious food and a great selection of wines and other beverages from leading restaurants in the area.
Tickets for $65.00 each may be purchased?by sending a check payable to Red Bank Rotary Foundation, P.O. Box 8444, Red Bank, NJ 07701?or through paypal on the Red Bank Rotary website:?www.redbankrotary.org
For additional information, please call?732-979-4459.
April 22nd:?Red Bank:?A Conversation with Bobby Flay.?Are you obsessed with barbecue? ?Bobby Flay? ?Well we have a treat for you! ?Bobby Flay will be at Count Basie Theatre to share his approach to food. ?Don?t miss hearing tips, stories, and recipes from his new book,?Bobby Flay?s Barbeque Addiction. ?All tickets include a signed copy of the book (a $35 value), available exlusively at this event before it?s official public release the following day.
Bobby Flay, a?New York Times?bestselling author, is the chef-owner of six fine-dining restaurants, including Mesa Grill, Bar Americain, and Bobby Flay Steak, and numerous Bobby?s Burger Palaces. He is the host of many popular cooking shows on Food Network, from the Emmy-winning?Bobby Flay?s Barbecue Addiction,?Grill It! with Bobby Flay, and?Boy Meets Grill, to the?Iron Chef America?series,?Throwdown! with Bobby Flay, and?Food Network Star.
Long known and beloved for his skills at the grill, Bobby now expands his cooking horizons to include slow and low with his Food Network cooking show?Bobby Flay?s Barbecue Addiction?and in this book.?Bobby Flay?s Barbecue Addiction?presents Bobby?s secrets for cooking anything and everything on the grill?from quickly grilled steaks and seafood to smoky barbecued ribs and fork-tender pulled pork. ?This is his only area appearance; don?t miss out!
Tickets are $49.75, and a?limited number of Gold Circle tickets are available at $79.75.? For more information and to purchase tickets, visit Count Basie Theatre?s?website.
Hundreds of food enthusiasts gather at the Taste for a splendid evening of food, fun?and fundraising. The Taste has something for everyone; samplings of signature dishes?and unique fare from high profile and emerging local restaurants, caterers, bakers,?along with fine wines, and mouthwatering desserts. Giannone Wine will once again be?hosting wine tasting stations at the Taste; new this year will be the tastings of specialty?beers.
If you are a chef, restaurant owner or other food business proprietor and would like to?participate in Taste please call the Library at 201-863-7823, visit?our website, like Taste of Weehawken ?13 on Facebook or follow on Twitter?@weehawkennj.April 27th: Kitchen Tour Through Interlaken
Our Lady of Mount Carmel School will host a kitchen tour through Interlaken on April 27, 2013 from?11 AM ? 3 PM. ?Six houses with seven caterers will be showcased. ?Caterers include et al fine foods, Cravings, the Caramel Shop, Chef Michael Thompson, Falco Brothers Catering, Joe Leone?s, and Mike?s Deli.
Tickets, $35 prepaid and $40 on the day of the tour,?are available at the Allenhurst Cleaners, 530 Main St., Allenhurst or by calling Vicki at?732-531-9609.
Participants must pick up brochures at the Interlaken Boro hall, 100 Main St, Interlaken?at 11 am on the day of the tour.
Where can you sample over 65 of New York?s most notable restaurants, over a dozen impossible-to-get-into cocktail bars, rub elbows with your favorite culinary personalities, and bid on priceless experiential auction packages in one evening??Share Our Strength?s 26th annual Taste of the Nation? NYC will bring the city?s finest chefs and mixologists together to donate their time, talent, and passion to end childhood hunger in America.
This year?s event includes support from our chef chairs Marc Murphy and Alex Guarnaschelli and our host committee members, fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff, interior designer Athena Calderone and nightlife maven Simonez Wolf. ?The evening will also include book signings from top toques and food personalities as well as exclusive culinary and travel packages offered during the famed live auction.
Where: 82 Mercer Street, NYC
When: April 29th, 6:30-9:30 PM VIP, 7:30-9:30 PM General Admission
Tickets: VIP-$425, General-$225
Buy tickets?online?here. ?100% of ticket sales go toward ending childhood hunger.May 8th: Atlantic City:?The 16th Annual Atlantic City Host Awards?will take place on May 8th in the?Adrian Phillips Ballroom of Boardwalk Hall.?Presented by the Atlantic City Convention & Visitors?Authority (ACCVA) and the ACCVA Foundation, the program salutes and encourages excellent?customer service industry-wide.
In addition to honoring award winners in 26 categories ranging from various food service, bar and?hotel personnel to retail, visitor information, spa and casino positions, the prestigious Spirit of?Hospitality Award will be presented to the Dougherty family, which has owned and operated some of?the city?s most famous restaurants for generations. The Doughertys currently own and operate Dock?s?Oyster House, Knife and Fork Inn, and Harry?s Oyster Bar. Dock?s has been in the family?s control?since it opened in 1897.
Scholarships for students attending hospitality programs at area colleges will also be presented during?the banquet. The scholarships are awarded by the Greater Atlantic City Concierge Association and the?ACCVA Foundation.
Tickets for the Host Awards banquet are $65.00 each and are available by calling Jacqui Carole at?609-449-7174. ?More information on?sponsorship, nominations, and the ACCVA Foundation can be found by visiting?their website.May 12th-18th:?Atlantic City:? Tropicana Bacon Week
Tropicana is changing the way you look at bacon with its first ever Bacon Week Sunday, May 12th?through Saturday, May 18th.? These dining and retail specials are guaranteed to make your mouth water.? They are mixing bacon in your martini, wrapping your steak in it, dipping it in chocolate and even making a bouquet of roses with it! ?It?s all about the ?B? word at Tropicana? BACON!
Receive a bacon tour card at any of our participating outlets and collect stamps with qualifying bacon purchases. Fill your card and submit it for a chance to win an overnight stay at Tropicana Atlantic City and a gift basket by Bacon Bites Inc.!
For more information, contact Tropicana at 1-800-THE- TROP.
?The Chelsea, Atlantic City?s chic non-gaming hotel on the Boardwalk, will host the?3rd?Annual Big Teplitzky Challenge?on?Saturday, May 18, 2013. The Atlantic City Fire Department will face off with the Atlantic City Police Department and compete to be the first to clear their plates of the mega 4-pound Big Teplitzky breakfast?of pancakes, stuffed French toast, eggs, bacon, turkey sausage, pork roll, hash browns, grilled tomato, toast, a bagel, along with orange juice and coffee to wash it all down!?While competing for fun, both departments are partnering for a serious cause-to raise community support and awareness of suicide prevention particularly among first responders.
All proceeds from ticket sales and sponsorships will benefit The Andrew Fisher Memorial Scholarship Fund and Cop2Cop. Andrew?s Scholarship Fund is a tribute to Captain James? son who was a brilliant chemical engineering student at Northeastern University in Boston at the time of his tragic death. Cop2Cop is a New Jersey based phone counseling service for law enforcement. Law enforcement officers, some of who have faced their own struggles with depression or seen colleagues suffer, volunteer their time to staff the service.
Individuals or businesses interested in becoming sponsors of The Big Teplitzky Challenge should contact the Atlantic City Firemen?s Federal Credit Union at?(609) 272-1000. Tickets may be purchased in advance for $10 each through ACPD (Jane Tayoun:?Janejap@aol.com/?609-271-2500) or ACFD (Christine Parker:?ccparker82@gmail.com/609-576-
For more information on the Chelsea hotel, please call?1-800-548-5030?or visit?www.thechelsea-ac.com.
?Come to the 2nd Annual Wine Festival where fifteen southern New Jersey wineries will be on hand for tastings and purchases. ?Live musical entertainment and gourmet food selections will also be featured in this two-day event, expected to draw more than 5,000 guests.? Tickets are now available for the event which runs 12:00-5:00 p.m. each day on Rowan Boulevard as part of the Glassboro Marketplace series of large-scale community activities.
Participating wineries include Amalthea Winery, Auburn Road Vineyard and Winery, Bellview Winery, Cedarvale Winery, Chestnut Run Farm, Coda Rossa Winery, DiBella Winery, DiMatteo Vineyards, Heritage Vineyards, Monroeville Winery, Natali Vineyards, Plagido?s Winery, Sharrott Winery, Valenzano Winery and Wagonhouse Winery.
Local restaurants including Landmark Americana, Bomb Bomb BBQ and Sandwich Grille,?Think Greek Grill and Yogurt Bar, Little Beef?s, Carolina Blue, Liscio?s and Green Zebra will offer gourmet and pre-packaged food selections.? Glassboro artisans including Second Look Mosaic and the Glassboro Honey Company will join more than two dozen vendors offering specialty items for wine lovers.
The festival will be alive with musical entertainment.? Appearing from 12:00-2:00 p.m. Saturday is Cold Blue Electric, featuring their brand of Jazz fusion.? Enjoy classic rock from Love Alive on Saturday from 2:30-5:00 p.m.? Singer/songwriter Dan Bell kicks off Sunday?s entertainment from 12:00-2:00 p.m., followed by Mike Dugan and the Blues Mission from 2:30-5:00 p.m.
Advance tickets are available at?www.glassboromarketplace.com.? Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.? Admission includes a souvenir glass and parking is free.
The Wine Festival will take place rain or shine.? Additional tents will be used in case of inclement weather.
June 1st:? Oldwick:?The Food Truck Festival: A Moving Culinary Event
Equine meets epicurean when a Hunterdon County non-profit hosts an evening of charitable giving this June called The Food Truck Festival: A Moving Culinary Event. Mane Stream is an organization that provides equine therapy to over 200 riders with physical, developmental, emotional, and medical challenges. In keeping with the hottest trends in food and drink, The Food Truck Festival: A Moving Culinary Event will feature six gourmet food trucks from the tri-state area plus beer pairings from the tri-state?s finest microbreweries, full open bar, dancing, and two raffles. This will all take place in a fantastic lounge atmosphere on Saturday June 1, 2013 at 6:30 P.M. at 14 Holland Brook Road, Whitehouse Station, NJ.
The featured food trucks are sure to satisfy adventurous eaters and picky eaters alike. The evening will begin with The Cow and the Curd?s battered and fried cheese curds, plus Rickshaw Dumplings will feature all of their most sought after dumplings and dipping sauces.? Next to roll up are the main course trucks. Amped up comfort food from Lil Dan?s, Foo Truck?s Asian-fusion flavors and Indian cuisine from Mausam Curry & Bites will not disappoint. End the evening on a sweet note with?Belgian waffles piled high with Wafels & Dinges? gourmet ice cream, fresh fruit, and toppings galore ?everything homemade and everything delicious. These food trucks may call NYC and Philadelphia home, but they are coming to the country to satisfy hungry Mane Stream supporters.
Additionally, New Jersey Craft Beer has carefully paired each truck?s cuisine with amazing local brews. It?s the perfect opportunity to taste test the best of New Jersey?s pint-sized selections. These nine different breweries will be serving up cold ones: Weyerbacher, Smuttynose, Troegs, River Horse, Flying Dog, Yards, Boulder, Breckenridge and Sly Fox.
There will be a riding demonstration (weather permitting), so festival participants will be able to see how Mane Stream?s clients benefit from equine assisted therapy and other equestrian activities. Music and dancing will provide additional entertainment well into the night.
All-inclusive tickets are $150 and must be purchased online via?manestreaminc.org, under Special Events.
June 7th:?Morristown:?Five Course Tasting Dinner at The Artist Baker
A five course tasting menu of locally?sourced foods will be prepared by Chef Andrea Lekberg at her boutique bakery located in downtown Morristown to raise funds for Slow Food Northern New Jersey?s School Vegetable Garden Program.? Gary Tonucci, the chapter?s wine enthusiast, has selected the New Jersey wines to pair with each course.? Gary will provide information about the wines being served and viniculture in the state.
Please note that both vegetarian and vegan options will be available upon request. ? Tickets are $80 for Slow Food Members and $85 for non-members. ?Please book soon as space is limited by purchasing tickets online.
Source: http://www.jerseybites.com/2013/04/foodie-things-to-do-this-weekend-and-beyond-56/
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