Posts under ‘Food News’

Last night my friend Dan invited me to the first ever Manhattan Cocktail Classic held at the New York Public Library. The event celebrated the “history, contemporary culture, and artful craft of the cocktail” by featuring some of the city’s best mixologists, cocktail historians and libation lovers.
We strolled the halls of one of New [...]

The gadget gurus behind Apple’s never ending supply of iPhone applications have done it once again. Behold the iPhone FoodScanner, the ultimate technological advancement for calorie counters, food buffs and nutritional nuts everywhere.
The brainiacs at Daily Burn have introduced FoodScanner (download price: $2.99) as the first ever app that uses the iPhone’s camera to scan [...]

The Guardian’s Killian Fox just released a list of the 50 best foods in the world and where to eat them. The list includes comfort food classics like roast chicken from L’Ami Louis bistro in Paris and unbeatable milkshakes from Fosselman’s in Los Angeles. I was ecstatic to see that one of my personal favorites [...]

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Food Network Magazine has a fascinating article that lists 25 things restaurant chefs would never share with the public, unless of course it’s done so anonymously … and to a nationwide publication.

Welcome to the 100th post on Just a Taste! It’s been nine months since I launched the site, and what began as a way to record my family’s century-old recipes has turned into an undying passion for the creativity involved in making, photographing and describing food. To me, there is no simpler pleasure.
So here’s to [...]

Move over Magnolia, there’s a new cupcake in town. And you don’t even have to be in New York to sink your teeth into one of Saint Cupcake’s heaven-sent sweets. I had the chance to sample three different flavors after Just a Taste was selected by the Foodie Blogroll to receive a Saint Cupcake Kit. [...]

“Living.com. It’s about the life you live in the space you’ve created.”
Now you can get a second helping of all your Just a Taste favorites at Living.com, a new blog brought to you by the minds behind Food Network, HGTV, DIY Network, Fine Living, Frontdoor and more. Check out my “Just a Taste of …” [...]

Yesterday was undoubtedly a slow day in the financial sector, which created the perfect opportunity for one of Wall Street’s finest to go for the gold in the well-known “vending machine bet.” His challenge? Consume one of every item in the vending machine in an undisclosed amount of time and earn a cash reward of [...]

There’s only one thing that rivals my love for cooking … and that’s photographing food. Capturing food in a way that portrays it as both real and appetizing can be an art form. I could spend hours (and admittedly, I have) shooting frame after frame of different dishes. It’s relaxing, it allows me to be [...]