B'klyn Based 1:1 Foods Brings Special Lunchtime Pop Up Culinary Collaboration And Awareness Of Food Justice Issues Every Wednesday To Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Cafe - Rotating Chefs Starting July 14 With Chef Hannah Wong

Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Cafe manager Christopher Lewis reports:

Starting Wedneday July 14, 1:1 Foods is doing a Pop Up Lunchtime concept at The Café in collaboration with Constellation Culinary Group.

According to the Cafe @Cornell Tech:

Join us every Wednesday at lunchtime for a collaborative café activation featuring local, diverse culinary talent. Popping up on July 14th with Hannah Wong : Culinary Director 1:1 Foods

1:1 Foods is a culinary social enterprise dedicated to community-led food justice in Brooklyn. Not only do they make good food, but they do good — redistributing profits, culinary resources and energy into grassroots organizations committed to transforming the food system. The Café’s collaboration with 1:1 brings visibility to their mission, reciprocation of local resources, and a unique global dining experience for our community.

Before her culinary career, Hannah was a Fulbright scholar & editorial assistant at Harvard University Press. After pursuing a culinary degree at Johnson & Wales, she worked at Daniel Boulud’s dB bistro Moderne, Gramercy Tavern, and Battersby. Most recently, she was Executive Chef of Real Food Catering and founding chef of Van Đa, which gained Michelin recognition in 2020. She’s now Culinary Director at 1:1 Foods and launching a Brooklyn-based street food concept, HAEMA, in 2022.

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Take a virtual cookiing class with Chef Hannah Wong too.

More info on 1:1 Foods at their website.

Watch Cornell Tech Cafe Executive Chef Danny Constantino Cooking Demo Making Brussel Sprout Chips With Basil Yogurt Dressing For National Nutrition Month -Tasty And Healthy, Yum

Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Cafe Executive Chef Danny Constantino shares recipe and demonstrates how to make Brussel Sprout Chips with Basil Yogurt dressing for National Nutrition Month. Yum and healthy too.

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Healthy And Flavorful Mexican Lentil Soup Dish Cooking Demo From Roosevelt Island Cafe @Cornell Tech Executive Chef Danny - Part Of Be Well Recipes For October Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Cafe Manager Chris Lewis shares video showing Executive Chef Danny Constantino cooking demonstration of a Mexican Lentil Soup dish.

Mr. Lewis reports:

Check out the healthy cooking demo from Executive Chef Danny here a Cornell Tech. It is one of our “Be Well” recipes in relation to Breast Cancer Awareness for the month of October. 

 

 Here's the recipe

Upcoming week menu at Cornell Tech Cafe here.

25% social distancing indoor seating capacity limit currently at Cornell Cafe.

Sue's Tech Kitchen Coming To Roosevelt Island - Dining Meets Entertainment Meets Tech Education Holiday Spectacular For The Whole Family At The Bridge On Cornell Tech Campus

Sue's Tech Kitchen Tour is coming to Roosevelt Island at The Bridge building on the Cornell Tech campus.

❄️ Baby it's CODE outside ❄️ Join us this holiday season for a very special Holiday #SpecTECHular at @BridgeAtCornell! 🍬🤖🍬 The party starts 11/25! Get all the info here: https://t.co/NlnrZPjZ8y pic.twitter.com/9POH5267SP

— Sue's Tech Kitchen (@suestechkitchen) November 13, 2017

According to this press release from Sue's Tech Kitchen:

Randi Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media, is bringing her family-friendly, tech-infused, “snack-hacking” concept Sue’s Tech Kitchen (STK) to New York City for BETA testing just in time for the holiday season. The Holiday SpecTECHular will launch on November 25 at New York City’s brand new tech hub, The Bridge at Cornell Tech on Roosevelt Island. The creator of the award-winning children’s show Dot. brings an interactive, immersive, puzzle-solving spectacle for all ages that encourages a healthy relationship with technology and inspires kids to embrace STEM skills.

Sue’s Tech Kitchen will revolutionize family fun, allowing guests of all ages to engage with cutting-edge technology and each other. Guests of Sue’s Tech Kitchen will experience interactive STEM-inspired holiday attractions, like candy coding, 3D printed treats, liquid nitrogen desserts and silent science discos. Littlstar will power the Sue's Tech Kitchen’s Virtual Reality Corner, featuring Raising a Ruckus, the first episode of a new VR animated series, and a variety of immersive NBA experiences. Sue’s Tech Kitchen will also feature guest appearances, special performances, and STEM lessons from “Sue’s Chefs,” as well as introduce guests to Randi’s favorite techie holiday gifts from Presenting Partners Foodstirs, Tech Will Save Us, Thursday Finest, Piper, Primo Toys and more.

Conceptualized by Zuckerberg and designed by a team of tech experts, engineers, and scientists, Sue’s Tech Kitchen features technologies from all corners of the modern imagination, empowering kids and adults to engage with tomorrow’s technologies. Guests will be immersed in a futuristic technology experience all while enjoying surprise appearances, performances and a STEM-inspired holiday market. Guests will enjoy this BETA experience by getting a taste of what Sue’s Tech Kitchen has in store in the coming months and years as it continues to expand.

“After the success of our “Beta Taste” in Chattanooga earlier this year, we knew we had something very special with Sue’s Tech Kitchen,” says Sue’s Tech Kitchen creator, Randi Zuckerberg. “As a mother myself, I’m always looking for places to bring my children that will be fun and enriching for everyone. I couldn’t wait to bring Sue’s Tech Kitchen to New York City to share it with my own family and all families. New York City is such a magical place during the holiday season that it was the obvious choice for our next stop. We can’t wait to share in all the fun and excitement this winter and bring families together in a creative way. ”

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Italian Heritage, Culture & Cuisine Celebrated With Authentic Pizza Making Demo At Roosevelt Island PS/IS 217 Courtesy Of RIRA Youth Initiative And San Mateo Pizza & Espresso Bar

Italian heritage, culture and cuisine were on display last night at Roosevelt Island's PS/IS 217 cafeteria courtesy of the Roosevelt Island Residents Association (RIRA) Social, Cultural & Educational Committee (SC&E) together with the owner and chef of San Mateo Pizza & Espresso Bar.

Image of San Matteo's Chef, Owner, RI Resident Fabio Vanorio and Adib Mansour From PS/IS 217 PTA

RIRA's Adib Mansour reports

Brothers Fabio and Ciro Casella entered the restaurant industry at a young age, working at the restaurant their mother owned in Italy. More recently, they had a hand in developing the Italian cheese programs at Dean and Deluca and Grace’s Marketplace. Ciro built San Matteo’s pizza oven himself. From the Anima e Trucco to the Regina Margherita, the pizza at San Matteo are blistered, pliable and chewy in the traditions imported from the area around Salerno. San Matteo Pizza and Espresso Bar is located on 2nd Avenue and 90th Street.

At the Roosevelt Island PS/IS 217 Italian Pizza cooking demonstration last evening, chef Ciro Casella brought his own wood oven

to the school and spoke with Middle Schoolers about the Italian culture, its cuisine, and taught the students

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how to make authentic Pizza using his special Southern Italian recipe.

Working with RIRA, Fabio Vanorio, the Executive Director - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy- and Chef Ciro Casella, this event is intended to bring Middle Schoolers together with their parents to this special occasion (Chef Ciro donated his time and all the cost including dough, ingredients, water from Italy, napkins, plates, etc.).

This event is part of RIRA’s Youth Initiative, who’s objective is to expose the youths of the Island to different cultures as well as widening their outlook for future job opportunities.

Here's Mr. Mansour explaining RIRA's Youth Initiative to bring Italian culture and heritage to Roosevelt Island PS/IS 217 students with the Pizza Making demonstration and RIRA's SC&E Committee Chair Lynn Strong Shinozaki describing goal to educate residents about different cultures and to connect with each other.



Followed by Roosevelt Island resident Fabio Vanorio introducing San Mateo Pizza Chef Cirro Cassela



and Mr. Cassela.



Looks like the

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kids enjoyed

making and eating the pizza.

Restaurant Owner, Cookbook Author & TV Chef Lidia Bastianich Gives Roosevelt Island Child School Students Cooking Demonstration With Herbs And Pasta - Any Interest In Opening A Restaurant On Roosevelt Island Ms. Bastianich?

Restaurant owner, television cooking show host and best selling cookbook author Lidia Bastianich visited the Roosevelt Island Child School/Legacy High School yesterday and tweeted:

gave demo on herbs cooked some pasta for children at The Child School on Roosevelt Island kids had blast id the herbs pic.twitter.com/d1191DGp7R
— Lidia Bastianich (@LidiaBastianich) July 15, 2014

According to Lidia's Italy:

... Lidia is the chef/owner of four acclaimed New York City restaurants ‐ Felidia, Becco, Esca and Del Posto, as well as Lidia’s Pittsburgh and Lidia’s Kansas City. She is also founder and president of Tavola Productions, an entertainment company that produces high‐quality broadcast productions. Along with her son, Joe Bastianich, Mario Batali, and Oscar Farinetti, the team opened Eataly, the largest artisanal Italian food and wine marketplace in New York City....

Here's Ms. Bastianich cooking with fresh herbs and vegetables from the NY Botanical Garden



and giving a tour of Eataly.



Ms. Bastianich, any interest in opening an Italian restaurant on Roosevelt Island?

I can dream, can't I?

Healthy Cooking On A Grill Demonstration Video By Ellie Krieger With Doctor Steve Salvatore at Roosevelt Island's Riverwalk Bar & Grill

As reported in this post last week, Ellie Krieger, best selling healthy food author and host of the Food Network's Healthy Appetite program, joined WPIX Channel 11 reporter Doctor Steve Salvatore outside Roosevelt Island's Riverwalk Bar & Grill to grill some easy to prepare, tasty and nutritious summer time meals. Here's the segment that appeared on TV last Sunday:

The recipes for the dishes prepared in this segment are here too.

Roosevelt Island Barbecue Grill Use Policy, First Come, First Serve - But Exception Made For Bobby Flay and President Obama If They Grill On Roosevelt Island

You Tube Video of 2010 Barbecue at Roosevelt Island Outdoor Grill

A Manhattan Park resident asks the Manhattan Park Google Group:

What's the story with the grill pits near us?  Do we need some kind of permit to use them?  Are they reservable?

Thank you and have a great weekend!

So, what is the Roosevelt Island Barbecue Grill policy? According to the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC):

Grills are located at Lighthouse Park, West Seawall near the Octagon, Octagon Soccer Field, and the East Seawall South of Queensboro Bridge.

All island grills are first come first served.

Personal/portable BBQ grills are prohibited! The only grills allowed for use are permanent, RIOC-sanctioned grills located throughout the island.

Here's some tips on barbecue grilling from Chef Bobby Flay and President Barack Obama. You think Bobby and the President might do a cooking demonstration on Roosevelt Island like Ellie Krieger did earlier this week?

You Tube Video of Grilling With Bobby Flay and President Barack Obama

Don't forget that the Doctor Steve Show will be broadcasting the Ellie Krieger healthy cooking on a grill segment that was shot earlier this week at the Riverwalk Bar & Grille this Sunday at 6:30 PM on Channel 11.

Image of Ellie Krieger and Doctor Steve Grilling on Roosevelt Island

Healthy Living and Cooking Demonstration By Ellie Krieger at Roosevelt Island's Riverwalk Bar & Grill, TV Segment With Dr. Steve Will View On Sunday - Food Was Tasty Too

Look who paid a visit to Roosevelt Island last Monday morning. Ellie Krieger, best selling healthy food author and host of the Food Network's Healthy Appetite program

joined WPIX Channel 11 reporter Doctor Steve Salvatore outside the Riverwalk Bar & Grill

to grill some easy to prepare, tasty and nutritious summer time meals in front of an appreciative

bunch of students from Roosevelt Island's Child School Legacy High School and other members of the Roosevelt Island community.

What quick, healthy and tasty dishes did Ms. Krieger make on her visit to Roosevelt Island? Well, there was grilled steak chimichurri with grilled garlic bread (here's the recipe),

grilled tomatoes with garlic bread (here's the recipe) and

grilled peaches with ice cream

which received excellent reviews by the Roosevelt Island audience.

The Doctor Steve Show will be broadcasting the Roosevelt Island healthy and tasty food segment with Ellie Krieger on Sunday at 6:30 PM. More information on Ms. Krieger and her new book on healthy living and recipes, So Easy, available here.

Some more scenes from Ms. Krieger's visit to Roosevelt Island from beginning to end.



Who's the next food star to visit Roosevelt Island? Bobby Flay, Emeril, Mario Batali, Rachel Ray? Come on over guys, it's nice out here and you will be appreciated!