The Astor Center is located in NoHo’s historic landmark De Vinne Press Building, and is home to classes and events based around the pleasures of the table with some of the finest mixologists, chefs, educators, oenophiles and gourmands in the world.

The Astor Center features several classes each months, some of the classes you can attend there in July include:

• Vodka – History in Liquid Form! ~A hands on class where you can learn about the history of Vodka and the spirit world.
• Snouts, Trotters, Ears & Tails with Ryan Skeen~ Celebrate the pig, and learn how to use every piece of pork.
• Drinking Stars: Pairing Dom Pérignon with Sushi

The Astor Center is where old and new meet. It’s located in New York’s historical Greenwich Village, but the center itself features state of the art green technology for their presentations and classes.

You can find out more information on their part in the upcoming Gourmet Institute, and their classes at the Astor Center website.

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The Astor Center in New York City

Ruth Reichl, Dan Barber, Mario Batali, April Bloomfield, David Bouley, Daniel Boulud, Anthony Bourdain, Floyd Cardoz, Scott Conant, Gina DePalma, Sara Moulton, Florent Molleret, Charlie Palmer, Michael Psilakis, Eric Ripert, Marcus Samuelsson, and Jean-Georges Vongerichten.

What is the Gourmet Institute? It’s a weekend just for foodie-focused individuals, organized by Gourmet magazine. The event will offer food enthusiasts and curious beginners intimate access to the industry’s leading experts and celebrities, through an interesting collection of culinary demonstrations, discussions and tastings.

The best part is you can attend the entire weekend event, or pick and choose your classes “ala carte.” Guests can pick  the specific classes and seminars that interest them, and purchase tickets to those classes if they prefer.

New this year the Gourmet Marketplace is making its debut.  For $20 guests can enjoy the Gourmet Marketplace throughout the weekend, inculding celebrity chef book signings, food tastings, artisanal food and beverage vendors, access to Gourmet’s chefs as well as kid-friendly activities.

The Gourmet Institute’s series of events will take place throughout New York City at venues including: The Institute of Culinary Education, Astor Center, Murray’s Cheese, Artisanal Cheese Center, and The Altman Building.

Cooking demonstrations (with tastings) include:

• A World Tour of Sausage Making, Daniel Boulud
• Bombay Street Food, Floyd Cardoz
• Gourmet Recipes: The Back Story, Kemp Minifie, Gourmet Executive Food Editor
• Hands-On Cooking Class, Sara Moulton, Gourmet Executive Chef
• Chocolate Epiphany, Francois Payard
• Pig Heaven, Laurent Tourondel
• Autumn in the Kitchen, Jean-Georges Vongerichten
• Traditional English Fare, April Bloomfield
• Italian Cooking: Savoring the Sea’s Simplicity, Scott Conant

Discussions include:

• Walking Tour of the Lower East Side, Ruth Reichl
• A Recipe for the Recipe, Dan Barber
• The Road Chef Traveled, Anthony Bourdain & Eric Ripert
• Food Styling and Photography, Paul Grimes & Romulo Yanes

Wines & spirits tastings include:

• Drink What the Sommeliers Drink, Michael Green
• The Art & Science Behind American Whiskey, Sean Josephs & Michael Tsoumpas
• The Icon Wines of Chile, Michael Green (Sponsored by Ruffino)

Cheese tastings include:

• A Frenchman in New York City, Florent Morellet
• The Making and Selling of Cheese in America, Liz Thorpe, VP Murray’s Cheese
• Mystery of the Caves, Michael Anderson

All of this sounds like foodie heaven to me! Looks like they have a fabulous weekend planned! If you go let me know so I can be jealous!

To find out more about the event visit the Gourmet Institute’s official website.

All images courtesy of Gourmet Magazine.

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