If you're in my friends list on FoodCandy, you should have already received this as a broadcast last week. It's time to roll this out officially.

Broadcasts are pretty cool: they go to your friends only. So you can notify your friends about something worthy going on in a couple of clicks. Use the Broadcast button under Me Me to send a message to your friends. And you can also broadcast random pages on FoodCandy by clicking Broadcast links available all around the site (eg., broadcast an interesting event or a blog post).

The system is based on the unified RSS platform that powers all FoodCandy subscriptions, so you can unsubscribe from broadcast updates by clicking on Subscriptions in Me Me. There's one caveat: in order to block someone specific from your broadcasts you have to de-friend them. They don't get notified, but they might notice that they are no longer friends with you.

cheers
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If you're in my friends list on FoodCandy, you should have already received this as a broadcast last week. It's time to roll this out officially.

Broadcasts are pretty cool: they go to your friends only. So you can notify your friends about something worthy going on in a couple of clicks. Use the Broadcast button under Me Me to send a message to your friends. And you can also broadcast random pages on FoodCandy by clicking Broadcast links available all around the site (eg., broadcast an interesting event or a blog post).

The system is based on the unified RSS platform that powers all FoodCandy subscriptions, so you can unsubscribe from broadcast updates by clicking on Subscriptions in Me Me. There's one caveat: in order to block someone specific from your broadcasts you have to de-friend them. They don't get notified, but they might notice that they are no longer friends with you.

cheers
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mishamishka

mishamishka

Play with your food!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Lawrence Kopp/Laura Fenton
 The T.A.S.C. Group (646) 723-4344
larry@thetascgroup.com, laura@thetascgroup.com

New York, NY (April 29, 2008)- Bpeace (The Business Council for Peace) will honor author, public television host, chef and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich with the first ever Economic Impact Award on May 14, 2008 during their third annual fundraising gala. The event will take place from 6:00 to 10:00 pm at Capitale, 130 Bowery, New York City.

The annual event raises funds to facilitate the work of Bpeace, a nonprofit organization devoted to accelerating the growth of female entrepreneurs in conflict and post-conflict countries, including Afghanistan and Rwanda. CNBC’s Margaret Brennan will emcee the evening, and Nicholas D. Lowry of Swann Auction Galleries will auction items and experiences provided by Ms. Bastianich.

"While Lidia is most recognizable as an Italian food icon, Bpeace is honoring her as an entrepreneurial role model for all women whose families have suffered through violence in their countries, been displaced as refugees, and then channeled their courage to start businesses," said Bpeace chairperson and co-founder Toni Maloney. "Her accomplishments are a testament that women, such as those in our program, can build strong businesses that foster peace, prosperity and stability in their communities."

Tickets for the event start at $500. For more information about the Bpeace gala, or to purchase tickets, please visit: www.bpeace.org/gala.

About Lidia Bastianich
Lidia Bastianich immigrated to the United States in 1958 with her family under the sponsorship of Catholic Charities after living in "displaced refugee" status in Trieste, Italy for two years. Her first job was at Walken's Bakery in Astoria, working alongside the bakers' son, who grew up to become the award-winning actor, Christopher Walken. She opened her first restaurant in Queens, NY when she was only 24 years old. Today Ms. Bastianich is a cookbook author, television host, and renowned chef and restaurateur. Bastianich is the chef/owner of four acclaimed New York restaurants—Felidia, Becco, Esca and Del Posto, as well as Lidia’s in Pittsburgh and Kansas City. She is also founder and president of Tavola Productions, an entertainment company that produces broadcast productions including Lidia’s Italy. For more information about Bastianich visit: www.lidiasitaly.com

About Bpeace
The Business Council for Peace (www.bpeace.org) is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization, based in New York City with offices in Kabul, Afghanistan and Kigali, Rwanda. Established in 2002, Bpeace is an international network of business professionals who volunteer to help women in conflict and post-conflict countries build sustainable businesses to provide for their families and strengthen their abilities to foster peace. Bpeace has the support of the U.S. Department of State. The Afghan and Rwandan female entrepreneurs in its program employ nearly 1,800 people who support more than 12,000 family members.

You may have noticed little icons at the bottom of the pages with a little American and Russian flags. I've been experimenting with language support for FoodCandy. Click on the Russian flag to set the website to Russian, it really works :)

I have only translated the main menu and Me Me.

If someone has any interest for other languages and wants to help with the translation, let me know.

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Looks fun. Click here if it doesn't work.

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Former Chickpea just got their Kosher license, imagine getting the liquor license of sorts, it's a big deal. The restaurant needs a new name and they are offering 3K$ for the winner!

http://www.name-our-glatt-kosher.com/

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Punch the clock. Cuban Coffee Break!

mishamishka

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Play with your food!

I'm going to be in Toronto on March 27th for a day with two coworkers. If there's one place to eat, what should it be?

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This photo is a little ridiculous :) He's not that tall! Video here.

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melissa
www.forkthis.blogspot.com

It has been a while since we've spoken. The last new feature I talked about was friends activity. There has been a bunch of improvements since.

You can change the order of pictures everywhere where there're pictures (profile, events, places, etc.).

If you navigate to Suggest a New Place from an existing place the location is preserved. Thus it's easier to add more than one place.

Friends activity is grouped together for multiple posts on the same blogs.

There's auto-complete for all locations. So when you start typing in a New York neighborhood you'll see options based on what you typed.

If you try to navigate away from an unsaved post, you'll get a warning and an opportunity to cancel. Blog and discussion posts can stick (pin) on top. You can move posts between discussions and blogs in any direction. You can promote posts from under threads.

You can enable/disable comments on blogs.

Lots of improvements on groups. You can add/create multiple discussions and blogs to groups. Featured groups appear on the front page.

Old messages are automatically deleted in your personal Sent and Trash folders.

We now tell you when an e-mail bounces. So if your e-mail confirmation message or invitation didn't reach destination, we'll note it on the appropriate page.

The mobile website (http://mobile.foodcandy.com) now allows you to log-in and post discussion posts, comments, etc. The site works for a bunch of devices I tried it on, so bookmark it on your smartphone or blackberry. 

Simplified mobile search, just search for what you want in a single click.

If you navigate to the regular website with a phone or PDA you'll get a switch to mobile button on top of those pages that are mobile-enabled.

Navigation of the mobile website has been improved with easy "back" buttons everywhere.

If you are a techie and care, the software that runs under FoodCandy is called SnCore and it's now available free for non-commerical use!

As usual, if you want something, just say so :)

cheers
-dB.

PS: we've been having some technical issues lately where the site would be snow or unavailable on periods of time, they should all be resolved now, apologies

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Moutarde de Meaux is my absolute favorite - it is this with which I slather prime rib prior to  cooking.  Amazing flavor...(and apparently, it's good right off the knife, too!)

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EAST VILLAGE WINE GEEK

Heather

101 Easy Peasy Cookie Recipes
"Add this cookbook to your collection." - About.com Guide to Desserts / Baking

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Two other non-Mexican cheap eats: Tulan (much lauded and loved for it's super frugal, whole-in-the-wall-ness) on Fifth at Powell, and then there's Bangkok Noodles on Powell just up from the cable cars. You probably walk by every day and never see it, but it's there, and it's cheap and delicious!

Play with your food!

Play with your food!

Punch the clock. Cuban Coffee Break!

EAST VILLAGE WINE GEEK

EAST VILLAGE WINE GEEK

I've never been to 7 Brothers, but the Bada Bing Club is still there. I just watched Bourdain's No Reservations, New Jersey.

There're quite a few people from Jersey here - hope someone knows!

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I made a new soup today.  I don't have a photo yet but it really rocked.  It's a basic black bean soup.

I soaked a bag of Goya black beans overnight in a pot.  I threw in a jar of salsa and let the beans boil for about thirty minutes.  I also threw in a vegan boullion cube.

On the side I sauteed onions, carrots, celery, fresh thyme, and a package of soy sausage until it got nice and brown.  I squirted some liquid amino acids and fish sauce on it and when ready tossed all that into the pot.  Then I let everything sit all day so the flavors soaked in and poured a little hot sauce on it when serving with some chopped parsley for decoration.  Yummy!

mishamishka

mishamishka

mishamishka

I recently tried out a place called "shumi" in somerville. It is sort of hidden away and paired with a thai restaurant.  But the fish was veryyy fresh and food was creative and delicious.  We had the omakase and left craving more.  I will be sure to return, with a camera, next time. 

Anyone have any other sushi suggestions?  I am from the new brunswick area, and have tried Sapporo, and Ido, but havent been too impressed.  There is a new place in Highland PArk called "midori" - next on my list.

tuscan kale soup with chorizo Gourmet | January 2001

Play with your food!

Happy new year everyone!

What are you cooking tonight?

cheers
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mishamishka

Punch the clock. Cuban Coffee Break!