Upcoming: City Harvest Summer In The City 2013

Upcoming: City Harvest Summer In The City 2013

Come join the Appetite For Good team as City Harvest’s young professionals group, Generation Harvest, hosts its 12th annual Summer In The City tasting and cocktail party.  This summer’s biggest event will be held at the Metropolitan Pavilion (125 West 18th Street, NYC) on Wednesday, June 19th. Summer in the City provides guests with the [...]

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Grand Gourmet: The Flavors of Midtown

Grand Gourmet: The Flavors of Midtown

By Jenny Wang On May 2nd, the Appetite for Good team had the pleasure of  attending the Grand Gourmet – Flavors of Midtown event in the Vanderbilt Hall of Grand Central Terminal.  Although many of us have walked through the Vanderbilt Hall in transit to and from work, the hall was completely transformed that evening [...]

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Fight Cancer: The 8th Annual Taste of Hope

Fight Cancer: The 8th Annual Taste of Hope

Last week Thursday, the American Cancer Society celebrated their 100th birthday at their 8th Annual Taste of Hope. This year’s Taste of Hope honored Chef Marc Murphy, the owner and executive chef of Benchmarc Restaurants and judge of the Food Network’s hit show CHOPPED.  Other notable guests included, CBS News Anchor Chris Wragge and Chefs [...]

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No Kids Hungry: The 26th Annual Taste of the Nation NYC

No Kids Hungry: The 26th Annual Taste of the Nation NYC

By Jenny Wang The 26th Annual Taste of the Nation NYC event was held last week Monday, April 29th at SoHo’s beautiful 82 Mercer exhibition hall.  The Taste of the Nation is one of New York City’s largest food tasting fundraiser where all proceeds raised benefits Share Your Strength’s  No Kid Hungry®, a national campaign [...]

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New Taste of the Upper West Side “Best of the West”

New Taste of the Upper West Side “Best of the West”

On Saturday, June 1st, the Appetite For Good team was invited to join the 6th annual New Taste of the Upper West Side located on Columbus Avenue between W.76th-W.77th Streets.  Saturday’s “Best of the West” event was the final event of this year’s New Taste of the Upper West Side which also included “Soiree In [...]

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BTF “A Taste For Life” Tribute Dinner

BTF “A Taste For Life” Tribute Dinner

On Wednesday, April 24th The Brain Tumor Foundation held their “A Taste For Life” Tribute Dinner at the magnificent Guastavino’s. The Brain Tumor Foundation (BTF) is a non-profit organization that guides and supports patients, families and caregivers touched by a brain tumor. BTF also raises awareness about the need for the early detection of brain [...]

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Tasting for a Cause: Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation 2013

Tasting for a Cause: Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation 2013

If you love New York, then you’ll love its premiere food tasting event, Taste of the Nation 2013. The event will be held tonight, April 29 at 82 Mercer Street in Soho with an appropriate “I Love NY” theme featuring some of the city’s most intriguing restaurants including Gramercy Tavern, Aldea, Ai Fiori, Red Rooster, [...]

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City Harvest: An Evening of Practical Magic 2013

City Harvest: An Evening of Practical Magic 2013

The Appetite For Good team had the privilege to attend City Harvest’s annual gala, An Evening of Practical Magic. Held April 16th at the majestic Cipriani 42nd Street, the event was City Harvest’s most successful fundraiser in their 30-plus year history, raising $2 million. This remarkable organization supplies millions of pounds of food to hungry [...]

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NYCWFF Grand Tasting 2012

NYCWFF Grand Tasting 2012

2012 marked the fifth year of the Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival presented by FOOD & WINE. For those who have never been, this is one of the most amazing experiences for any foodie in NYC with four jam-packed days (Thursday, October 11 through Sunday, October 14, 2012) of events with the world’s greatest chefs, winemakers, spirits producers and TV personalities.

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NYCWFF 2012 Trucks and Train

NYCWFF 2012 Trucks and Train

To close out this year’s NYCWFF, Andrew Zimmern from Bizarre Foods hosted “Trucks & Train” at Basketball City on Pier 36. The sold out event featured food tastings from 25 food trucks and wine tastings from Save Me, San Francisco Wine Co.

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Bid Against Hunger 2012

Bid Against Hunger 2012

Over the course of living in New York City for the past 20+ years, I have attended countless food tasting events. But there is no event I look forward to more every year than City Harvest’s Bid Against Hunger. This is the premiere event for the ultimate foodie and it never disappoints.

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The Skinny of Meatpacking

The Skinny of Meatpacking

Every year, I anxiously look forward to the Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival (NYCWFF). The NYCWFF takes over New York City and turns it into a food-lover’s paradise. For the fifth year, the NYCWFF offered a myriad of events ranging from wine and food tastings/demos and celebrity chef-hosted parties.

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City Harvest The Brooklyn Local

City Harvest The Brooklyn Local

There’s no questioning the importance of Brooklyn in the NYC food community – from its thriving restaurant scene to the ever-growing artisan and specialty food shops. It’s hot and every true NYC foodie knows it!

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Your Fismonger: a Health Asset and Ocean Steward

Your Fismonger: a Health Asset and Ocean Steward

Whole Foods Market® is bringing sexy back—in the form of the modern-day fishmonger. Fishmongers sell fish and seafood. They source, select and purchase it. They also handle, gut, bone, fillet, display and merchandise these fruits of the sea. Those gorgeous sea bass fillets don’t just swim into the fish case and clean themselves up!

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