CulinAriane and Amanti Vino will be hosting another fabulous wine pairing dinner on Wednesday, October 26. The dinner will feature Italian wines from Sottimano Winery in Piedmont.
Read More on the Events Page.
Halcyon Hosts Kunde Wine Dinner
Last night many of Montclair’s true blues, (or authentic locals) attended the Kunde Family Estate Wine Dinner at Halcyon Seafood Brasserie, located at 112 Walnut Street., Montclair.
This was a very special event that also brought together two Montclair families with long histories as local business owners. For this event, Sharon Walsh Egan, host and co-owner of Halcyon, as well as Egan & Sons in Montclair and West Orange, collaborated with fellow Montclair family, the Powers, specifically, the Egans’ butcher, Martin Powers and his sister, Jacki Powers.
Before Halcyon Seafood Brasserie occupied the space at 112 Walnut Street, it was Oppenheimer’s Wholesale Meat Distribution Company, which was owned by Jerry Kroll. It was also the former site of Wayne Meat Corporation, which Martin Powers operates today.
Watch the video for more with Sharon Egan, Jeff Kunde, and Jacki Martin.
Inside The Third Annual New Jersey Food and Wine Festival
Francesco Palmieri, The Orange Squirrel
Last night, over 1000 people attended the Grand Tasting at the New Jersey Food and Wine Festival.
Some of the finest chefs from New Jersey and New York were in attendance serving up creative fare, while chatting it up with guests, sipping wines and sampling each other's dishes.
The playful, artistic, and extraordinarily talented chef, oh-so-cool, owner of The Orange Squirrel, Francesco Palmieri, riffed on a NJ favorite, creating a shooter of Bufala Mozzarella with Marinara foam.
James Laird, of Seranade served over 800 plates of supremely executed Veal Carpaccio with Potato Gnocchi.
Hot From The Kettle: Enhancing the Dining Experience at Mesob
The code to left is known as a Quick Response Code, commonly referred to as a QR code. The information-bearing squiggly lines are also referred to as Smart Tags or 2D Codes.
Many industries are beginning to incorporate these codes into their marketing, using them as a form of unobtrusive communication, by linking the QR codes directly to a url.
Mesob Ethiopian Restaurant is one of the first restaurants in the country to use these codes in their restaurant. Vickie Smith-Siculiano, Director of Marketing for Mesob, and her mother Debi Smith have created and placed information bearing QR codes throughout Mesob.
Hot From The Kettle: It's Restaurant Week!
The dining room at Richie Cecere's This is restaurant week in Montclair! From January 24th through February 5th, Montclair restaurants are offering outstanding choices at unbelievable prices.
Richie Cecere's, 2 Eerie St., Montclair, is offering a Three Course prix fixe, with choices, at $31 person.
Some appetizer choices include steamed Little Neck Clams, Pear salad with walnuts and goat cheese, and quattro formage beggars purse, among others.
Hot From The Kettle™: An Ethiopian Experience!
Each time I go to Mesob Ethiopian Restaurant, I find myself warmed from the inside out.
Of course this can be explained on a chemical basis. Ethiopian cooking is dominated by warming spices like ginger, cinnamon, clove, and cardamom, not to mention the capsaicin packing spice mixture, berbere.
There's an intangible warmth at Mesob resonates beyond food science.
If you've ever hesitated about going to Mesob, or any ethnic restaurant that suggests eating without utensils, do yourself a favor, put the knife and fork down, use a moist towelette, and dig in.
Tear the injera, and with a claw like motion scoop combinations of wots. Then mix and match as you like, perhaps doro wot (tradtional Ethiopian stew) along with farmer's cheese or greens. It's delicious fun!