Table Hopping with Rosie—Food Events-www.njmonthly.com

11/27: A fall beer tasting will be held at McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant, 175 Riverside Square, Hackensack. 1 to 5 PM; $35 all-inclusive. For reservations call 201-968-9410.

11/27: A Polynesian pig roast will be held at Pegasus Restaurant at Meadowlands Racetrack, 50 Rt 120, East Rutherford. 6 to 11 PM; $37.25 plus tax and gratuity; includes Pegasus admission and live racing program. For reservations call 201-843-2446.

11/27: A Seven Deadly Zins wine dinner will be held at Stage Left, 5 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick. 7 PM; $139 plus tax and 20 percent service charge. For reservations call 732-828-4444.

12/1: A five-course Tuscan wine dinner will be held at Eno Terra, 4484 Rt 27, Kingston. 6 to 9 PM; $80 plus tax and gratuity. For reservations call 609-497-1777.

12/2: The Bernards Inn, 27 Mine Brook Rd, Bernardsville, will present the Fourth Annual Holiday Tasting Dinner paired with wines selected by wine director/sommelier Terri Baldwin. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Turn the Towns Teal, a campaign to promote awareness of ovarian cancer and its symptoms. 7 PM; $150. Reservations are required and can be made by calling 908-766-0002.

12/3: A Wine Education: The Holiday Entertaining Selection class will be taught by Carol Berman at Chef’s Lab, 345 Bloomfield Ave, Montclair. 7 to 9 PM; $60. To register log on to www.chefslaboratory.com or call 973-746-1260.

12/3: As part of the Dinner and an Artist series, a Tuscan dinner with Leonardo da Vinci will be held at Georgian Court University, north dining room, 900 Lakewood Ave, Lakewood, with Lisa Festa, PhD, assistant professor of art. 6:30 PM; $37 including a multi-course Tuscan dinner and lecture. For more information and reservations log on to www.georgian.edu or call 732-987-2263.

12/3 and 12/4: A wine tasting and gourmet food weekend will be held at the Carisbrooke Inn, 105 S Little Rock Ave, Ventnor. 5:30 to 9:30 PM; prices start at $266 for two people for Saturday only and $342 for both Friday and Saturday; price also includes breakfast and an overnight stay at the inn. For more information and reservations call 609-822-6392.

12/4: The Academy of Culinary Arts at Atlantic Cape Community College will sponsor Breakfast With Santa at the food courts at Hamilton Mall, 4403 Black Horse Pike, Mays Landing. The chefs and students will prepare pancakes, bacon, sausage, muffins, and Danish. In addition to meeting Santa, Mrs. Claus, and other favorite holiday characters, children can enjoy the magic of the award-winning magician Chad Juros. 8 to 9:45 AM; $5. All proceeds will benefit the Spread the Magic Foundation, which aims to offer hope to children battling cancer and their families and supports the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

12/4: A champagne seminar and tasting taught by certified sommelier Sharon Sevrens will be held at Amanti Vino, 30 Church St, Montclair. 4 PM; $35. For reservations e-mail will@amantivino.com or call 973-509-WINE.

12/6: A charity event, Taste of the Holidays, will be held at Branches, 123 Monmouth Rd, West Long Branch, to benefit the Jersey Coast Chapter of the American Red Cross. 6 to 9 PM; $55 before December 1, $65 thereafter. Call 732-493-9100 for more information and tickets.

12/7: A Grinding It Out cooking class will be held at the Academy of Culinary Arts at Atlantic Cape Community College, 5100 Black Horse Pike, Mays Landing. 6 to 9 PM; $65. For more information call 609-343-4829 or visit www.atlantic.edu/conted.

12/9: A five-course international wine dinner by Moët Hennessy–Newton will be held at Chris Michael’s Steakhouse & Lounge, 40 Oakwood Ave, Woodbridge. 7 to 10 PM; $85 plus tax and gratuity. For reservations call 732-634-5355.

12/10: A wine and cheese fundraiser will be held at the Arc of Middlesex County, 219 Black Horse Ln, Suite 1, North Brunswick. 7 to 9:30 PM; $45. For tickets call 732-821-1199.

12/10: A five-course blind-tasting holiday wine dinner will be held at the Mad Batter, 19 Jackson St, Cape May. 7:30 PM; $75. For reservations call 609-884-5970.

12/11: A Christmas Phillips Style cooking class taught by Chef Paul Drew will be held at Phillips Seafood, Pier Shops at Caesars, 1 Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic City. 11:30 PM; $65 including chef demo, wine, lunch, and a swag bag to go. To register call 609-348-2273.

12/12: A French Inspirations Sunday Supper will be held at A Toute Heure, 232 Centennial Ave, Cranford. 6:30 PM; $60. For reservations call 908-276-6600.

12/13: A cooking demonstration, You Be the Chef: The Appetizer Show, with Nick Petti, executive chef at Georgian Court University, 900 Lakewood Ave, Lakewood, will be held in the school’s north dining room. The class includes instruction, take-home recipes, and the chance to eat what is created. 7 PM; $37. To register contact specialevents@georgian.edu or call 732-987-2263.

12/14: A Seven Fishes cooking class will be held at the Academy of Culinary Arts at Atlantic Cape Community College, 5100 Black Horse Pike, Mays Landing. 6 to 9 PM; $75. For more information call 609-343-4829 or visit www.atlantic.edu/conted.

12/16: Chef Peter Csikos from the Heldrich Hotel & Spa, New Brunswick, will participate in the Annual Benchmark Holiday Dinner that will be held at the James Beard House, 167 W 12th St, New York City. 7 PM; $170, James Beard Foundation members $130. Call 212-627-2308 for reservations.

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This one is FOR Restaruants...To give something back to the great restaurants of the Jersey Shore, I will be giving away a free food photography session. Let your customers taste with their eyes and know the great quality of your meals.

What a great year this has been for me...even though the economy didn’t cooperate, I have visited many great restaurants on the Jersey shore and I have eaten many delicious meals. My name is Jerry and I am the owner of Photography by Jerry, LLC. I love the Jersey Shore (especially the food) and I want to give something back to the great restaurants that have provided me with wonderful meals for the past year. I want to help your customers taste with their eyes. This will be my holiday gift to you.

The first sense of eating is sight. That is why presentation is given so much weight in fine restaurants. The food has to look good before it is tasted. This first impression most certainly counts and looking at the menu is certainly your first impression.

Have you ever looked at your signature dishes and know that they look great - but the photos on websites, ads, flyers and menus don’t do them justice. Or perhaps you have added a few new dishes and need to update your photos. Website, ads, flyers and menus must convince the customer of the freshness, high quality and great taste just by looking. When you taste with your eyes, it better taste good.

Times are rough and restaurants are fighting for every customer. Customers want that great experience from when they walk in until when they walk out. They want to look at a menu and know what their meal is going to taste like.

Photographs of your food should represent the best of what you have to offer. Stock photos or photos taken with a “point and shoot” camera just don’t work. Food has to be properly prepared for the camera. Food has to be properly lit to make it look fresh, juicy, and tantalizing. This is where a local professional food photographer comes in. Working with a professional food stylist, and using the best studio lighting and camera equipment, your meals are going to jump off the page.

I will be conducting a sweepstakes for Jersey Shore restaurants (Monmouth, Ocean, Atlantic and Cape May Counties). The winner will receive a free food photography session at their restaurant (see rules for details.) Restaurant owners, managers or chefs may enter the contest at http://www.photography-by-jerry.com and click on the contest button at the bottom right of the page. All entries must be in by January 12, 2011. Second place prize will be a $250. discount toward food photography and third place will be a $100. discount toward food photography. Only one entry per restaurant is allowed.

Good luck, I look forward to meeting you.

Posted by: Jerry Deutsch, Manalapan | Nov 24, 2010 13:05:06 PM |