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Heartbreak Cocktails
Bar Henry
Valentine's weekend
All this talk of romance can be sickening if you're single. Drown your sorrows with a lonely hearts-themed cocktail, such as the chocolaty Mole Alejandro garnished with fresh seasonal berries dipped in chocolate (take that, swimsuit season); the zingy Scarlet Swing, topped with fresh and candied rose petals (who needs a bouquet?); or the tart Heartbreak in Padova, with gin, grapefruit-infused sambuca, and a heart-shaped grapefruit garnish (that's right, wallow, sweet singleton).

Valentine's Day Massacre Menu
Employees Only
Valentine's weekend
While your couple friends are off in la-la-land, celebrate the 14th with a morbid Valentine's Day Massacre Menu, an homage to the Prohibition-era gang-related murder that took place on February 14, 1929. Chef Julia Jaksic will prepare a $65 four-course prix-fixe inspired by popular dishes from 1929, including roasted oysters, deviled crab and egg, lobster Newburg, and cherry jubilee. Expect special old-timey cocktails for the occasion, too.

​ Choice Eat's Early Bird and VIP tickets have sold out, but there are still general admission tickets available for smart, hungry people like you.

Just put down the rolling pin, Michael. It doesn't have to end this way.

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Just in case you didn't get enough of them on Top Chef, the Voltaggio brothers will be serving meaty mouthfuls of their patented brand of sibling rivalry at the James Beard House.

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Cooking Wild: The Other Big Game
Astor Center
February 1
Join chef and culinary instructor Emily Peterson for this primer in big (and some not so big) game. Basic butchering techniques, where to source products from, and preparation ideas will be covered. The menu includes venison chili, wild boar sliders with maple barbecue sauce, rabbit cacciatore, and Buffalo-style quail, as well as wines to match, all for $125.

Afternoon Snack. A New York New Food Media Panel
Whole Foods Bowery
February 5
Josh Friedland of The Food Section and GastroBuzz moderates this free panel of new food media stars, including Liza Mosquito de Guia of food.curated, Cathy Erway of Not Eating Out in New York, Nick Fauchald of Tasting Table, Emily Fleischaker of Bon Appetit, Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs of Food52, and Nicole Taylor of Heritage Radio Network.

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February: the ideal time for festivals celebrating fat, sugar, and carbs.

​It's one of life's crueler ironies that the shortest month of the calendar year feels like the longest. So props to the City Bakery and Clinton Street Baking Co. for their excellent sense of timing: what better way to (literally) insulate oneself from February's spiteful cold and misery than with hot chocolate and pancakes?

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A glimpse of taco perfection.

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Earlier today, Our Man Sietsema turned his thoughts to the burrito. This weekend, Nick Suarez and Theo Peck invite you to turn your own thoughts - and stomachs and dollars - to the taco.

​To spread the news about Feast, the food site it's about to bestow upon the world, NBC New York has persuaded Daniel Boulud, Michael White, Paul Liebrandt, and Alain Ducasse to cram themselves into a food truck to make what the NBC website describes as "the ultimate free lunch."

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Drink Coffee/Help Haiti
'wichcraft
January 25
It's been close to two weeks since devastation gripped Haiti, and the relief efforts are still rolling in. 'wichcraft has teamed up with La Colombe Torrefaction, Harry Wils & Co., and Imperial Paper to donate all proceeds from today's coffee sales at the restaurants to the American Red Cross, its charity of choice to help Haiti. 'wichcraft will also donate half the proceeds from in-house sales of its cookbook, 'wichcraft: craft a sandwich into a meal--and a meal into a sandwich, written by Tom Colicchio and Sisha Ortuzar.

Behind the Scenes
SHO Shaun Hergatt
January 25
While a number of critics agree that the food at SHO Shaun Hergatt is great, many have been baffled by the over-the-top, 80s-era luxury of the place. Now's your chance to get intimately acquainted with both the food and philosophy of SHO: a multi-course pairing dinner, complete with signature cocktails and canapes to start and a private tour of the kitchen with a chance to meet the chef after dinner.

​We are now but two months away from Choice Eats, the Voice's third-annual tasting blow-out representing some of the best and most diverse restaurants (and booze) in the five boroughs.

Get chaud with cassoulet.

​Savoy will host its second Annual Cassoulet Feast this Saturday. Chefs from six different restaurants -- Ryan Tate and Peter Hoffman of Savoy, Marc Meyer of Cookshop, Galen Zamarra of Mas (Farmhouse), Michael Anthony of Gramercy Tavern, Cyril Renaud of Bar Breton, and Marco Canora of Hearth, along with farmer Erin Fairbanks -- will offer up their versions of the soul-warming French dish for your approval (at $65 per ticket). A portion of the proceeds will go to Chef's Collaborative, a group promoting sustainable foods among restaurant chefs.