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event
 Breakfast
Club
Here's a tip for
any parent who's ever been the recipient of a Mother's
or Father's Day breakfast-in-bed consisting of Pop-Tarts
and Lucky Charms: Send your young Iron Chef off to The
Minnow for one of Aaron Bashy's "Little Buddy" Saturday
breakfast-cooking classes. Beginning March 2, chef Bashy
(pictured, with daughter, Chloe, and son, Maxwell) will
familiarize your little Gilligans (ages 4 to 8, and accompanied
by Mom or Dad) with bacon-and-egg basics and teach them
how to make a streusel-topped coffee cake. The three-part
series ($125, or $50 for each individual class) gets more
ambitious the following two weekends, tackling everything
from huevos rancheros to matzo brei. You might say one
thing lacking in Bashy's breakfast primer is instruction
on how to mix a proper Bloody Mary or make a mimosa, but
you wouldn't want Junior to turn out like that bad boy
Anthony Bourdain, would you?
The Minnow
442 9th Street, Brooklyn
718-832-5500
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best of the week
Great Sommeliers
and Chefs de Cuisine
Reserve in advance
for this five-course gala dinner and auction, brought
to you by the American Institute of Wine & Food. Chefs
from the likes of Tribeca Grill, Craft,
and Picholine
are in charge of the food; top sommeliers will auction
their favorite wines. Eat, drink, and don't plan anything
really challenging for the next morning. (March 4; for
reservations, call 212-447-0456.)
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talent
 So
Happy Together
After working
together at Chelsea Bistro & Bar, onetime general manager
Karim El Sherif and chef Philippe Roussel (pictured)
both went off in pursuit of their own fine-dining destinies.
Now they've reunited as partners at Montparnasse,
El Sherif's cozy Turtle Bay bistro, where Roussel has
reinvigorated the classic French kitchen and added his
trademark flair to dishes like "smoked to order" salmon
steak with horseradish vinaigrette, duck two ways (roasted
and confit), and wine-braised chicken casserole.
Montparnasse
230 East 51st Street
212-758-6633
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Ask Gael
Aren't you sometimes swept
away by design?
Guilty.
Mexico Magico instantly dazzled me with its huge
carved Technicolor calendar on one wall, colorful serapes
draping the tables, and faux-stone paving walls and ceiling.
All in a storefront not much bigger than a postcard. This
is a family affair. Walter Certas — three-quarters Mexican,
one-quarter Syrian — charms the customers. Wife Lucelia
struggles to keep the grub coming. And son Daniel dashes
out for groceries or runs off to deliver. They designed
the dishes, too. So maybe the food is uneven: watery black-bean
soup, fabulous cactus salad, decent guacamole, crunchy
flautas. Remarkable mole-wondrously rich and bitter-cloaks
a chicken paillard. Prices are gentle, and combo plates
are colossal. We loved the vegetarian No. 2: chile relleno,
guacamole tostada, and enchilada with the obligatory rice,
beans, and iceberg. I doubt we'd make a long trek just
for that mole, but I do love shopping the East 9th boutiques.
Mexico Magico
438 East 9th Street
212-477-5522
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Bites & Buzz Archive
Week of February
18
The lowly radish gets a makeover; Two Little Red Hens take Manhattan; a breadmaker's best friend; Gael racks 'em up at Slate
Week of February
11
Hadom scores; Rockefeller Center gets a Pulse; Mardi Gras at Caf� Boulud; NoLIta's sweetest couple; Chef Tom Valenti's cookbook; Gael discovers a new talent in Yorkville
Week of February
4
Savoia's dream team; Bid on Valentine's Day; Dim Sum Go Go celebrates
the Year of the Horse ; City Bakery's "Love Potion"; Brian McNally opts
for simplicity
and
more ...
Photos: From top to bottom- Carina Salvi (2); Patrik
Rytikangas
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