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The New York Wine And Food Festival (Oct. 17-20) kicks off this week, and one of the events we're most excited about involves — who else? — us! Food Republic teamed up with illy at its Push Button House installation located at The Grand Tasting on Pier 94 (711 12th Ave. in Manhattan, between 53rd…

At next weekend’s New York Wine And Food Festival (Oct. 17-20), there are events revolving around burgers and Brooklyn. Batali and barbecue. And those are just the B’s. There’s the Oyster Bash with John Besh. There’s an intimte dinner with Rick Bayless. Damn, those are just the B's too. There’s a sushi rolling class with…

Since it was founded in 2007, the New York City Wine & Food Festival has evolved from Food Network marketing podium (the earliest iterations featured a ubiquitous Guy Fieri shaking hands and kissing babies) to a relatively serious culinary festival featuring Iron Chefs, and a few mere mortals. Last year we had a good time…

Since it was founded in 2007, the New York City Wine & Food Festival has evolved from Food Network marketing podium (the earliest iterations featured a ubiquitous Guy Fieri shaking hands and kissing babies) to a relatively serious culinary festival featuring Iron Chefs, and a few mere mortals. Last year we had a good time…

Ten teams from 10 New York City restaurants turned up at the Standard Biergarten on Sunday to battle at the 1st Annual Ping Pong Invitational, co-hosted by the Standard Grill and Becca PR. In the end, Tom Colicchio's team from Craft took home the title, smacking it out with scrappy East Village newcomers Ducks Eatery…

Since Thursday evening we’ve been running around New York City covering the New York City Wine And Food Festival. You may have noticed our Instagram was charting at 15,000 calories/hour. Here are dispatches from the FR editors. Meatball Madness Hosted By Giada De Laurentiis DJ Mick Boogie spun A Tribe Called Quest. Michael Chernow served…

Our friends at Eater hosted a Blogger Lounge during the annual New York City Wine and Food Festival—this year in the lobby of the swish Dream Downtown in the Meatpacking District. The lounge is a place for food bloggers to catch a break during the hectic festival, plug in their laptops, do what they do…

It's one thing to shuck a fresh oyster and eat it au naturel, and another to create a garnish that won't...well, ruin it. I went to the New York City Wine and Food Festival as a purist — I take nothing on my oyster, save for maybe a squeeze of lemon — expecting to be…

Grand tastings are usually pretty much that—a large area, usually a tent or a gritty warehouse space, lined with and endless supply of tastes. It's all very grand. At this year’s New York City Wine and Food Festival, over 100 restaurants, wines and spirit brands presented their goods in a marathon 7-hour session. I’m pretty…

As rain poured while I cabbed it downtown to the New York City Wine and Food Festival dessert showcase Sweet—I had pulled the ripcord on the fried chicken hoedown at Hill Country—this tune began to play on the stereo. OK, not true. But if I was some kind of film school student, I’d likely incorporate…

It’s an ambitious proposition, even for those most-experienced food festival fans—enjoy (endure*) 20+ versions of fried chicken served by some of New York’s and the South’s finest birdmen. But this was the plan at Fried, held on Friday as part of the New York City Wine and Food Festival. I arrived at Hill Country in…

Food Network star Giada De Laurentiis helped kick off the annual New York Wine and Food Festival with Meatball Madness — a battle of the balls where 30 local chefs competed for top honors. The Little Owl's Chef Joey Campanaro took top honors with his famous gravy meatball slider. Campanaro’s good friend Harold Dieterle —…