New York Food and Wine Festival 2008
October 8, 2008 by Tracey Thompson
Filed under Recipes
If you will be in New York City this weekend, try not to miss the New York Food and Wine Festival. It begins, tomorrow, October 9 and ends on Sunday October 12th.
The events are numerous from tastings, food tours and parties you can have your pick. One event you won’t be able to get any tickets to is Rachael Ray’s Burger Bash on Friday night.
16 contestants, including Al Roker, will be vying for the prize of the best burger. There will be a lot of eating, drinking and merriment. The New York Post spoke with Ray about the party and news that she plans on opening up a burger joint next year:
Ray knows a thing or two about burgers. In addition to offering countless recipes for home cooks (she calls her Seven-Layer Slider her “piéce de résistance”), the self-described “burger freak” plans to open a hamburger joint in Midtown next year.
“I’m going for a ’60s back-in-the-day Rat Pack-y kind of hangout, and I want the bar to be really central [and] the burgers to become a very social thing,” says Ray. “I want people to come to the bar to see beautiful proper martinis being made and to enjoy some sliders while they’re doing business or sit in the dining room and have fine dining in ground form.”
Tickets are still available for some events but must be purchased and picked-up prior to the event. You can’t just show up at the door.
Get more information on tickets and the festival at the official website.
My family and I planned to be in NYC for the 2008
Food & Wine Festival at Pier 54. First of all, we, at least I had some reservations about going to NYC and secondly, we had to travel from Hawaii…quite a distance. But after experiencing NYC and having a great unforgetable time at the Festival, I have NYC as my favorite city. My wife and daughters just enjoyed the whole NYC
experience…walking….shopping…dining….and the people were friendly and welcoming. So, hopefully, we can go back soon to NYC.