On the Plate: Upcoming Food and Wine Events
April 23rd: Taste of Chinatown
This neighborhood food festival showcases restaurants, bakeries, tea houses, and specialty shops throughout Chinatown. Wander through more than 50 tasting stations south of Canal on Mott, Bayard, Mulberry, Baxter, Pell, Doyers, and Mosco from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. Admission is free and tasting stations will only cost you $1.00 each. That's right -- $1.00. Hard to beat. For a map and more information, visit the Asian Women in Business site, or Explore Chinatown.
This annual fundraising event, presented by the Long Island Wine Council and Earth Pledge will feature food from 30 New York restaurants and gourmet specialty purveyors including Gothamist favorites Murray's Cheese, Blue Hill Stone Barns and Public, along with wines from 34 Long Island vintners. For a full list of participants and details, go to www.earthpledge.org/windows. 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., at Capitale, 130 Bowery. Tickets ($125 Grand Tasting, $150 at the door) are available online or by calling 212-725-6611, ext. 225).
April 26th: New York Rising Stars Revue
This tasting event salutes the rising stars of the New York culinary scene including Jonathan Benno of Per Se and Marco Canora from Hearth. Prior to the event, StarChefs is holding a culinary industry career fair from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and a "How to Make It" career seminar from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Tickets are available online ($100/person in advance, $125/at the door). The tasting is from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., at Flatiron Studio, 33 West 19th Street. For more information, visit the event website.
