Parties

Yesterday the entire Food Republic team relocated to New York’s West Village for a daylong test kitchen and interview lounge, where editors prepared (and photographed) a range of dishes while chefs like Sean Brock, Amanda Freitag, Dale Talde, Angelo Sosa and Paul Qui stopped by for interviews. Afterwards, we threw a party the only way we know how — with lamb sliders, wines from Rioja and cocktails presented by our columnist Simon Ford. Here are some of the highlights, in photographic detail.

Chablis: no longer the yellowish wine in the oversized jug at the supermarket. This misunderstood French varietal — that's right, as in "not Chablis unless that's where it's from" — is making its U.S. resurgance as the haute food-pairing wine it was always meant to be. Check out this classy video for the rest of the story. Scott Conant's in it.

We brought the never-ending party that is Getting Pissed In London Week to an actual party last night. Teaming up with Beefeater 24 is never a bad idea, particularly when bites of Marcus Samuelsson's British-themed food are making their rounds.