By Lil Nickelson Executive Chef/Owner Marcus Samuelsson of Red Rooster Harlem and Streetbird Rotisserie (pictured above with his wife model Maya Haile) came up with the idea for a festival to celebrate and showcase the diversity of Harlem’s food, culture and spirit.
This past weekend, the soulful cuisines, music and art of Harlem took center stage as over a hundred neighborhood restaurants, businesses and organizations—with the support of President Bill Clinton and Mayor Bill de Blasio —participated in the inaugural Harlem EatUp! Festival.
President Bill Clinton, Founder of the Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States, officially kicked-off the inaugural Harlem EatUp! Festival, Saturday May 16, 2015 in Morningside Park.
Today two of New York City’s finest chefs, Ben Pollinger of Oceana and Alex Reyes of Fifth Dining at Saks Fifth Avenue, prepared meals for their frail aged neighbors as part of the Chefs Deliver for Citymeals program.
The Winery in Harlem has a great no expense series of wine tastings where you can experience the difference between a wine from France to Eastern Europe.
Today Danny Tisdale, on The Danny Tisdale Show welcomes Harlem World Magazines Editors Event Ambassador and Wellness writer CC Minton and Food writer Lil Nickelson to talk about the behind the scenes launch of the recent HarlemEatUp events in Harlem. We’ll talk about Harlem EatUp! Festival.
Did you know July is National Ice Cream Month? Well, in celebration, Make My Cake is inviting everyone to their Sweet Summer Ice Cream Social at their 116th street location on Tuesday, July 29 at 6 pm.