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Find Many Delights at Sahadi's Fine Foods in Brooklyn, NY

Sahadi's Fine Foods has been on Atlantic Avenue for over 50 years. In fact Sahadi's have been bringing fine foods to New York since 1895. This proud tradition is reflected vividly in the store's abundant selection of fine foods and in the enthusiastic throngs of customers that loyally frequent this gourmet's treasure.

We traveled all the way from Montclair, NJ to experience and stock up.

The store is Middle Eastern at heart but offers products carefully selected from purveyors all over the world Here is what we found.

Slow Food Farm-to-Table Dinner Event

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Starbrite Farm, Farm-to-Table Dinner |August 23, 2009, 4-7 PM
12 reasons why you     don’t want to miss this     Farm-to-table dinner Support Earth Stewardship Programs Support Food Justice Programs Chef Andrea Carbine Chef Diane Pinder Grass Farmer (you know what I mean) Heirloom Tomatoes Seasonal vegetables Small Production Wines Crazy good chocolate Artisan Ice Cream Ground cherries Live Brazillian Guitar BUY TICKETS TODAY!	Quotes from the Griggstown Dinner on July 19, 2009 "...event was a triumph" "...a wonderful event yesterday. The food was "to die for," the music great, the wine selections fabulous, and all the people from the farm could not have been more accommodating. And of course, the perfect weather helped!" "All of the food came from Garden State farms, but too much was served and I was pleasantly full after the second course. Still, I pressed on and it was one of the best meals I have ever eaten. I can't believe I ate the whole thing (almost)." Don’t miss out on the next unique & delicious meal order your tickets no later than August 17, 2009. Please forward this email to your friends. BUY TICKETS TODAY! Order your tickets today to guarantee a seat at the Table! Tickets must be purchased in advance ! Starbrite Farm Andover, NJ Sunday, August 23, 2009, 4-7:00 PM Starbrite Farm Tickets are $145 BUY TICKETS TODAY! NEWS about our chefs, food artisans, and wine expert. 1.Chef and Co-Owner of A Toute Heure, Andrea Carbine and her staff Executive Chef Kara Decker, Pastry Chef William Mauceri have been brainstorming a fabulous menu featuring the organic and heirloom vegetables of Starbrite Farm and the grass-fed poultry, beef, and eggs of Plaid Piper Farm 2.Chef and Artisan Chocolatier, Diane Pinder of Donna & Co is  dreaming up a special dessert around the exotic ground cherries grown at Starbrite Farm, Native to Central and South America. 3.Wine Library Wine Director Ian Dorin is bringing together a great selection of small production handmade wines to pair with each course. Jon David Headrick, importer of exclusively earth-friendly wines from the Loire Valley in France, will join us and educate us about the wines and the vineyards. Please read the inspirational thoughts on: http://www.jondavidwine.com/#naturalwines Don’t miss out on this unique and delicious meal order your tickets no later than August 17, 2009. Order your tickets today to guarantee a seat at the Table. BUY TICKETS TODAY!
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This was Delicious, Grilled Chicken Salad with Tarragon Pesto and a Wonderful Gruner Veltliner

It was a glorious evening and for our first outdoor dinner of 2009 we made this recipe from Bon Apetite for dinner.

Grilled Chicken Salad with Radishes, Cucumbers, and Tarragon Pesto.

I was low on white wine so I made a quick stop at Home Liquors on my way back from Verona Farms Fruit and Vegetable Market in Verona, NJ, where I bought the ingredients for the salad. At Home I found this great Gruner Veltliner in the cooler for $9.00 bucks. The wine is made by Erich & Maria Berger in Kremstal, Weinland, Austria.

I thought it would go well with the Tarragon pesto. It was perfect.

Savory Hors d'oeuvre

My good friend Gil Winter brought this simple but absolutely delicious hors d'oeuvre to a party Diana threw for my birthday.

Sesame crispbread, with a delicate layer of saga blue cheese and a dollop of fig preserves.

It is irresitable. And it goes with many white or red wines.

Halloumi - A Divine Cheese from the Birthplace of Aphrodite, Cyprus

Cyprus has been the provenance of lovable food and wine for thousands of years. What else would you expect from the land that is considered to be the birthplace of Aphrodite.

Halloumi is a delightful cheese from Cyprus that I absolutely love, have you ever tried it?

Classic Pasta Recipes from Saveur Magazine

Have you seen the April issue of Saveur? It features classic pasta. "The secrets of Italy's greatest food revealed."

Australian Dinner At Home

Nell is back from Australia and has settled in Richmond to finish school at VCU.

A visit home to Montclair for Spring break inspired us to revisit Australia with this "OZ" dinner.

The May 2007 issue of Bon Appetit - Where To Eat Now - covered Australian Cuisine in the article "the Wizardry of OZ "  which included several great recipes.

Here are the dishes we made, with wine pairing notes and tips on where to find ingredients.

Gourmet Salt - Finishing Salt

A few months ago, Kings began offering these exotic gourmet salts. Priced at 9 to 12 dollars for a 4.4 ounce jar they seemed like a real luxury. I was very intrigued but the price point did not appeal to me.

I am particular about salt, we have no Morton Salt in our kitchen, Diamond Kosher or Sea Salt Crystals in the ready to use grinders is preferred. Yet I asked myself can salt really be worth what amounts to $20 to $50 a pound?  Morton is less than a buck, 26 oz for 60 cents, Diamond Kosher is 1.89 for 40 oz, the Sea Salt complete with grinder is a whopping 2.49 for 2.5 oz. 

They went on a sale and on a lark I bought one, now we are hooked. They are that good.

Chicken Pot Pie

Do you remember Horn and Hardart Automats? I loved their chicken pot pie. Then Swanson came out with their frozen pot pie, which my mother fed us often, to the point of never again. In later years my love of chicken pot pie was revived. Since then I have been on the look out for really good chicken pot pie.

Here are some that I have found.

edibleJersey Magazine

"edibleJersey" the new magazine and website published by Nancy Brannigan Painter is worth a long look.

Seeking to support and promote local farmers and fresh local foods it is part of the national Edible Communities movement.

With articles, events, recipes and more.