Monthly Archives: June 2011

A Day at Dancing Ewe

Posted on June 28, 2011 by John Sconzo in Cheese, Culinary Personalities, Culinary Shopping, Food and Drink, On the Farm, Slow Food, Upstate NY

With their cheeses on the menu and used in restaurants like Babbo, Daniel and Del Posto amongst others, Dancing Ewe Farm is amongst the forefront of new high quality, American cheese makers. Located in the bucolic, cheese tradition rich setting [...]

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A Conversation with Danny Meyer

Posted on June 27, 2011 by John Sconzo in Big Apple BBQ, Culinary Personalities, Current Affairs, New York City, Restaurants

While attending the recent Big Apple Barbecue Block Party I recently had the opportunity to chat with Danny Meyer, the head of the Union Square Hospitality Group based in NYC, but now branching out beyond Gotham. There isn’t a restaurateur [...]

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Sunday Photo – Summer

Posted on June 26, 2011 by John Sconzo in Food and Drink, Retro Photos, Slow Food

It has been almost a week since summer officially arrived. The days are longer and school is out, but nothing speaks more of summer to me than wonderful, fresh, sweet and tart peaches. I can’t get enough of them.
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A Matter of Taste

Posted on June 25, 2011 by John Sconzo in Culinary Personalities, Film, Food and Drink, New York City, Television, Video

Have you seen it yet? This new film by Sally Rowe followed Paul Liebrandt for over ten years from his early days in NYC  to his current home at Corton. It provides a fascinating glimpse not only into a fascinating [...]

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How to Feed 100,000 People in a Weekend

Posted on June 24, 2011 by John Sconzo in Big Apple BBQ, Food and Drink, New York City, Video

I have enjoyed the Big Apple BBQ Block party for a number of years now and I never fail to be amazed by the sheer logistics of organization of this event that winds up feeding over 100,000 people over the [...]

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Speed Rack – More Photos

Posted on June 23, 2011 by John Sconzo in Cocktails & Libations, Food Events, LJ Sconzo, New York City, Slow Food

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Speed Rack – Bartending for a Cause

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Lawrence Sconzo in Cocktails & Libations, Events, Food and Drink, Food Events, Fundraising, LJ Sconzo, New York City, Slow Food

During my father’s and my weekend foray into NYC for the Big Apple Barbecue, John Deragon suggested we attend the inaugural “Speed Rack” event, a speed-bartending competition and fundraiser for breast cancer research rolled into one. Not sure of what [...]

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Sunday Photo – Happy Father’s Day!

Posted on June 19, 2011 by John Sconzo in Holidays, On the Farm, Upstate NY

These rams have sired many a lamb. Happy Father’s Day to all the sires of the land!
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ABC Kitchen – A Better Choice?

Posted on June 16, 2011 by John Sconzo in Food and Drink, New York City, Restaurants, Slow Food, Travel

ABC Kitchen, the newest restaurant in Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s NYC restaurant empire, was recently awarded the title of Best New Restaurant 2011 in the United States by the James Beard Foundation, the nation’s culinary equivalent of the Oscars. In winning [...]

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Docsconz and FotoMoto – A New Partnership

Posted on June 15, 2011 by John Sconzo in Art, Boutique

I am thrilled to announce that Docsconz: Musings on Food and Life has teamed with FotoMoto to provide an easy and seamless way to provide photos for sale from this site’s Photo Galleries pages as well as directly from the [...]

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