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EIT

  1. Michael Arnone's Crawfish Festival, Augusta, NJ: po-boys, sno-balls, Dr. John. Till 6ish, and again Sunday w/ more music but not the Dr.
  2. One "like" (of Food Bank for New York City, on Facebook) equals five meals (courtesy FedEx) on.fb.me/LQg8u8
  3. Potlikker, B'Burg: oyster sandwich, duck confit fries for late lunch. Dinner service begins tonight, 6:00; too bad I couldn't wait!
  4. Burmese, Lebanese, Hungarian, Filipino, Armenian among food-friendly events, May 31-June 6 bit.ly/KvpBtT
  5. Dance Africa Bazaar, nr BAM: Antiguan shrimp, Nigerian stew, coconuts for drinking and (once split) scooping. Till late afternoon Sun, Mon.
  6. Serbian Cathedral of St. Sava, W 25 near B'way: Homemade cevapi grilled outdoors, sour cherry strudel, more. 10-4 Sat, Sun.
  7. Serbia, Ecuador, Haiti, Philippines, Poland, Burma...food-friendly events, May 24-31 bit.ly/LiXkDt
  8. Not going to GoogaMooga? This weekend is chock full of food-friendly events bit.ly/KDcSFl
  9. Taiwanese, Mexican, Mongolian among food-friendly events, May 10-17 bit.ly/KSO1cy
  10. Much Mexican, and a little Romanian, among food-friendly events for May 3-10 bit.ly/IHYpJw
  11. Secret Roast-Pork Recipe Tests Value of Real Estate, via Bloomberg in Singapore bloom.bg/KrPAhs
  12. @collegecritic Toulousaine more focused (no petiviers, madeleines at Silver Moon), still a startup. Healthy competition good in any case.
  13. La Toulousaine, Amsterdam Ave.: custom-fitted bread oven has finally arrived and should be fired up this week.
  14. Return of Red Hook vendors, New Amsterdam and Hester St. markets among food-friendly events, April 26-May 3 bit.ly/IqsUOK
  15. Masjid Al-Hikmah, Astoria: Indonesian bazaar dampened, shrunk (no gado-gado), but not washed out.
  16. Sikh, "Viking," Indonesian among food-friendly events in the NY area, April 19-26 bit.ly/HVWQr8
  17. Wafa's: My review of this restaurant's homespun food, prepared by Lebanon-born chef-owner Wafa Chami bit.ly/J9izXp
  18. @CitySpoonful @UNofFoodNYC Two Indonesian friends confirm Sunday, April 22, for this year's first bazaar bit.ly/HLePyG
  19. Food-friendly events in the New York area, April 12-19 bit.ly/IYNLYC
  20. Ave. B: Bi-level floor plan posted in the window of the upcoming East Village Brewery and Craft Beer Store bit.ly/HmhTSz