CAFE BOULUD

FIRST COURSE
COCHON 555 - Chefs, Pigs, & Wine

COCHON 555
When: Sunday, March 21, 2010
Time: 5pm-8pm; VIP 3:30pm-8pm
Where: Chelsea Piers
Pier 60, West 23rd Street & Hudson River
New York, NY 10011
Cost: $125; VIP $175
(404) 849-3569
www.cochon555.com

Sunday, March 21, Chelsea Piers will host the mother of all pork competitions-COCHON 555. Five chefs, five pigs, and five wineries will meet and compete at Pier 60. A compilation of worthy judges will decide who is the "Prince or Princess of Porc."

FIRST COURSE
NYC Restaurants and Wine Shops Celebrate Reisling Week

Starting this Monday, it’s Riesling Week! Wines of Germany and the European Union present the fifth annual Riesling Week, May 18-24th. Restaurants and wine shops from coast to coast will be celebrating “the ultimate food-friendly white wine” from Germany, (the birthplace of Riesling,) Austria, and Alsace during this week. Restaurants in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Las Vegas and Miami will offer Euro Riesling specials, (like food-pairing menus and by-the-glass selections) and wine retailers will be hosting Riesling tastings. Check out destinationriseling.com for more info on these promotions.