The Daily Dish Archive
January 31, 2005
In Good Taste is Portland, Oregon's premiere cooking school located in the fashionable Pearl District. They provide everything you need to entertain in style: cooking classes; hand-selected gourmet cookware, cookbooks, wines and full catering services.
January 29, 2005
The Time Warner Center in New York City offers Per Se (Thomas Keller), Masa and Bar Masa (Masa Takayama), V Steakhouse & Stone Rose (Jean-Georges Vongerichten), and Cafe Gray (Gary Juntz). This luxury food court is also known as the Restaurant Collection.
January 27, 2005
The Omni Parker House Hotel in Boston, MA is the longest continuously operating hotel in America. Boston Cream Pie, the official dessert of the State of Massachusetts, was perfected in their kitchens. And the Parker House rolls were created there as well.
January 25, 2005
Make Valentine's Day Sweets for your Sweetheart!
January 20, 2005
Sally will teach a Hands-On Valentine Dinner for Two cooking class at Draeger's San Mateo, California on Wednesday, February 9 at 6:30 PM, Cost: $75 (class# SM0209). Menu:
January 18, 2005
Sally’s Place Special…stay 2 mid-week nights (Sunday through Thursday) and get 20% off your entire stay including dinner in our acclaimed restaurant and wine tours to the Anderson Valley. Offer is good only for those who mention “Sally’s Place” when booking their reservation. MacCallum House Inn and Restaurant, Mendocino, CA:
January 16, 2005
The Essential EatingWell Cookbook: Good Carbs, Good Fats, Great Flavors (Eating Well) -- by Patsy Jamieson, Patricia Jamieson. This long-awaited collection of more than 350 recipes represents favorites from EatingWell: The Magazine of Food & Health, that have migrated to the top of an elite line of new and classic dishes now numbering well into the thousands.
January 14, 2005
The Symposium for Professional Wine Writers at Meadowood Napa Valley was created for those who write, edit and report information about wine. February 27th-March 2nd. 800.458.8080
January 13, 2005
The Skunk Train in Fort Bragg and Willits, CA celebrates the 6th Annual Crab and Wine Days (Friday, January 21 - Sunday, January 30, 2005). Mendocino County's annual celebration of Dungeness Crab includes dozens of crab feeds, cruises and demonstrations, and a crab cake contest. On two Saturdays, January 22nd and 29th from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. the Skunk Train will hold its 4th Annual Crab Louie Luncheon on the train (board in Fort Bragg). Ride the Skunk Train through the redwoods along the Noyo River to Camp Mendocino for a Crab Louie Luncheon with local Mendocino wines. Train ride, Crab Louie and wine - $70; 800-866-1690 or 707-964-6371.
January 12, 2005
American Sandwich: Great Eats from All 50 States
by Becky Mercuri. No matter who created it, the sandwich is still the king of food in America. We eat more than 45 billion sandwiches per year, with the average person consuming 193 sandwiches annually! That's a lot of mustard! Learn about the history of the sandwich, the birth of Wonder Bread, the influence of immigrant flavors and foods, and the origins of each unique regional specialty sandwich in this affordable little American culinary road trip.
January 10, 2005
Looking for a restaurant to hold a party or get together?
Since 1988, RESERVATIONS TONIGHT! has helped savvy San Francisco diners find the right restaurant for groups large and small. Not a database, their professional concierge staff provides free personalized referrals and party planning help. 800-392-3463.
January 9, 2005
USA Today ranked their top 10 destination spots for 2005: Las Vegas, Orlando, Maui, Honolulu, New York, Phoenix, Anchorage, Fort Myers, FL, Kauai, and San Francisco.
January 7, 2005
Restaurant Week is celebrated with discounted food and special menus in the following cities: San Francisco (sfvisitor.org), Washington, D.C. (washington.org/restaurantwk), Philadelphia (centercityphila.org/restaurantweek) and New York (nycvisit.com). Each city has its own prices, which are bargains.
January 5, 2005
Are You Really Going to Eat That? by Robb Walsh; For Walsh (Legends of Texas Barbecue Cookbook ; The Tex-Mex Cookbook) the world is a never-ending odyssey of amusing and salivating gastronomical adventures, and he proves this with 40 articles and 20 recipes collected here. More than a book about food, this volume is a collection of cultural anthropology essays.
January 3 , 2005
The Winemaker's Dance: Exploring Terroir in the Napa Valley by Jonathan Swinchatt & Howell G. David. There is a saying among winemakers that "great wine begins with dirt." Beginning from this intriguing premise, The Winemaker's Dance embarks on an eye-opening exploration of "terroir" in one of the greatest places on earth to grow wine-California's Napa Valley. Illustrations: 62 color photographs, 17 diagrams, 22 maps, 3 tables.
January 1, 2005
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!