Giada De Laurentiis Offers Meatball Tips and Food Predictions


Updated 10/11/11 6:23 PM · Posted by YumSugar · 1 comment

Giada De Laurentiis at the 2011 NYC Wine & Food Festival

We've hit the ground running at the New York City Wine and Food Festival, and last night we kept busy (and full) stuffing our faces at Meatball Madness (our favorite: a brilliant duck and porcini creation). While our mouths were pretty much full the entire time, we'd have been remiss not to catch a word with the evening's host, Giada De Laurentiis, who had the weighty task of evaluating all 25 Read more

Ground Meat Galore at Meatball Madness!


Updated 10/11/10 3:15 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Pictures From Meatball Madness

Besides revealing a little of her personal life at a demonstration, Giada De Laurentiis also hosted one of the kickoff parties to the Food Network's New York City Wine and Food Festival. On Thursday night she was taking pictures and passing out meatballs at Meatball Madness, a walk-around competition that featured over 30 of New York's Italian restaurants and chefs. While I thoroughly enjoyed Read more

Tom and Kate Celebrate MI4 With Costars, a Queen, and Meatballs


Updated 12/21/11 2:32 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes at MI4 Afterparty Pictures

Tom Cruise had wife Katie Holmes by his side last night for the afterparty following his Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol premiere in NYC. We caught a minute with Tom on the red carpet — stay tuned for that later today on PopSugar Rush! — and he spoke about what he loves to do most with his youngest child, Suri. He told us, "Really, everything with her is amazing. She's so much fun to Read more

9 Ways to Relive the 2011 NYC Wine & Food Festival


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Best Coverage at NYCWFF 2011

Though our tummies are still a full from this weekend's NYC Wine and Food Festival, we can't help but relive some of our favorite moments. Here are nine ways to enjoy all of the goodness from the famously delicious long weekend, featuring food and insight from some of the biggest names in celebrity chefdom. Giada De Laurentiis's Meatball Wisdom Grand Tasting Favorites The Basics of Read more

Meatball Madness Favorite: Duck Meatballs


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Duck Meatballs

I just attended our first event of the New York City Wine & Food Festival, Giada De Laurentiis's Meatball Madness (check out that meatball selection!), and our favorite meatball of the night was — gasp! — not even made from red meat at all. First, a disclaimer: a delayed flight meant that by the time I'd arrived, most of the meatballs were entirely picked over. But of those that were Read more