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It's That Time Again!

New York Cares
23rd Annual COAT DRIVE
November 15th-December 31st
Warm a New Yorker.
Donate a Coat Today.
Donate coats at any New York City Police Precinct and other locations citywide.
For a complete list of sites, dates and times, visit newyorkcares.org or call 212-402-1173.

Text iCARE to 85944 to donate $10 to keep a fellow New Yorker warm this winter.

For Coat Drive collection sites in New Jersey, visit jerseycares.org
A one-time donation of $10 will be billed to your mobile phone bill.  Messaging & data rates may apply.  Donations are collected for New York Cares by mobilecause.com.  Reply STOP to 85944 to stop.  Reply HELP to 85944 for help. For terms, see www.igfn.org/t

Helpful Information

Child Care, Elderly Care, training and referral call: 718-522-6868 or www.familysupportandresources.com

Free Customer Service training 718-230-7095 or www.obtjobs.org

Free Home Health Training 718-506-0500 ext. 219

Habitat-NYC
100 Homes in Brooklyn Home Ownership Info Session Affordable Condo/Co-op's.  Please Join us every week locations and dates rotate call 646-402-6212.

Move Inc. After School Volunteer wanted home work assistance, book club, chess player, dance, teacher, arts & culture coaches.  Please call 347-601-6208.

Career Oriented Degrees Medical, Business and More Rolling Admissions, 8109 Bay Parkway, Bramson ORT College  Vera 718-259-5300 ext. 203

Fenimore Senior Center, Inc.
276 Fenimore Street (Off Rogers Ave.) Brooklyn, NY 11225
Welcomes All 55 years and over come and join us!  718-462-6756

Assistance Finding a Job
Call Us On Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday 11AM-3PM, 76 Fifth Avenue, IMANI House Call 718-638-2059  Ask For Sekou.

Bushwick Workforce, Resource Center, Job Placement, Training and Social Services, 280 Wyckoff Avenue, Brooklyn, NY  718-381-3222  www.obtjobs.org

Thanksgiving Help

If you're free for a couple of hours today, please go to The Food Bank of NYC on 116th Street and volunteer. 
Train to take the 2, 3, B or C to 116th Street
If you take the 2 or 3 to 116th Street, you have to walk 2 blocks, it's up the block from Make My Cake Bakery.
If you take the B or C to 116th Street, you will be on the same block as The Food Bank.
For more information call 212-566-7855

Driscolls

What is your family's sweetest special occasion?  I thought you would like to hear about a fun, easy-to-enter on line contest from Driscoll's, "Celebrate the Sweeter Moments".   We would really appreciate it if you could help spread the word and  encourage your followers to enter.  By the way, did I tell you the first prize is valued at $1350!

Here are the details of the "Celebrate the Sweeter Moments Contest":

• How to Enter 
  • Visit Driscolls.com.  
  • Upload a picture and a short caption about your special berry moment.
  • Then invite family and friends to vote for a chance to win!

• Dates to Remeber!
  • Entry Period - November 1 to December 15, 2011
  • Public Voting - December 19 to January 9, 2012
  • Panel Judging - January 11 to 20, 2012
  • Winners Announced - March 1, 2012

• Prizes
  • Grand Prize is a Viking 11 Piece Professional Cookware Set valued at $1350! 
  • Finalist prizes include free Driscoll's Berries to make your holiday moments even sweeter.

Pamper Yourself with Intimate Luxury

Kandi Burress
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Power of I am

Joel Osteen "When you get up in the morning or when you are looking at yourself in the mirror, say this to yourself!"
I am beautiful
I'm god's masterpiece
I am wonderful
I am vibrant
I am young
I am smart
I am valuable
I am secure
I am talented
I am royalty
I am healthy
I am blessed
I am successful
I am full of wisdom
I am a good learner
I am who god said who I am
I am equipped
I am anoited

Change your I am's.

Food Network Thanksgiving Live

Food Network is on Live until 2PM. They are answering all of your questions. Twitter: #FNThanksgiving. Skype: FoodNetworkThanksgiving Email: Thanksgivinglive@foodnetwork.com. Facebook: Facebook.com/FoodNetwork. Call: 588-281-1363 or FoodNetwork.com/live

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3rd Annual Latke Festival & Cook-Off

Just in time for Hanukah, on December 19, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Edible Brooklyn and Great Performances are teaming up for the Third Annual Latke Festival, where Manhattan and Brooklyn chefs (check the list below) will compete for the honor of best potato pancake--and you get to sample their entries. It will be one unforgettable night of grease-splattered goodness, and we hope you will come laud the latke with us. Tickets are $30 and that includes all the latkes you can eat, as well as plenty of sides, plus New York wine, beer and more to wash it all down.

And in addition to entries from restaurants around the city, one of the competitors could be you: We’re on the lookout for favorite latke recipes from our readers, and we're going to pick a winner from all the recipe entries we receive until December 1. These latkes can be your own invention, multi-culti, made with rutabagas in addition to Russets, or simply the family recipe that’s you’ve always made. All you have to do is send yours, with a little bit about how it came to be, to info@ediblebrooklyn.com.

The winner will have not just the honor of showing off his or her crispy creation at the event alongside some of the city’s best chefs, but will also score the brand-new Breville 5-quart die-cast stand mixer shown here. That’s a Mercedes of a machine that might not help you with your latkes, but will make short work of those Hanukkah sponge cakes and coconut macaroons.

Either way, we hope to see you there!



Participating chefs include:
Ron Ben-Israel, Ron Ben-Israel Cakes
Noah Bernamoff, Mile End
Saul Bolton, The Vanderbilt
Beth Brown, Mae Mae Cafe
Thad Davis, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
Robb Garceau, Great Performances
Jack Kiggins, The Plaza
Julian Medina, Toloache
Alex Raij and Eder Montero, El Quinto Pino, Txikito, and La Vara (soon to open in Brooklyn)
Adam Ross, Gold Coast Delicatessen
Victoria Saladana, El Café at El Museo del Barrio
Mark Spangenthal, Kutsher's
Michael Sullivan, Veselka Bowery
Tim Sullivan, BAMcafe
Bill Telepan, Telepan

And to help us determine the Festival's latke-making favorites, we've recruited some heavy hitting judges, including:

Michael Arad, architect and Designer of the National 9/11 Memorial
Melissa Clark, author and New York Times contributor
Mitchell Davis, Vice President of the James Beard Foundation
Cathy Erway, author, The Art of Eating In
Karen Hopkins, President of BAM
Nazli Parvizi, Mayorial Commissioner of the Community Affairs Unit of NYC
Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President
Mimi Sheraton, former New York Times restaurant critic
Rachel Wharton, Edible Brooklyn

Volunteer Day!

Family Volunteer Day With generationOn At PS 166

Saturday November 19,2011

10:00am-12:30pm

132 W. 89th St.

Pricing & Ticket Info: Free

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Volunteer for the morning with generationOn! Families can participate in hands-on service projects while enjoying a holiday meal and live entertainment. GenerationOn is a global youth service movement designed to encourage kids to make a difference.

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Need Your Help!

Good Afternoon All, I hope all is well with you and your family.

 

I'm writing to you to ask you if you know about any place that my friend and I can rent for December 17th or 18th?  My friend Beverly Seecharran is participating in the 3rd Annual Christmas Toy Drive to benefit the Tilden Ave Family Shelter. She and the other participants are looking for a venue to use for a couple of hour for free.  They are asking for people to donate food, water, juice, plates, forks, spoons, napkins, cups, ice, donations and also volunteer your time.

 

If you would like to contact us to get more information, please email Beverly at Seech1116@gmail.com, or call Vanessa at 917-698-8288 or email me at Vanadames@aol.com

 

 

All of you help will be greatly appreciated!

 

 

Thank you,

 

 

Vanessa Adames

Chef/Owner

Brown Eyed Girlz

http://www.browneyedgirlz.org/

Tis The Season To Be Golly!!

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Season's Greetings! Vonage customers have the most holiday cheer to share. Now through Christmas Eve, you, your family, and friends can leave Santa a message by dialing 1-700-CALL-SANTA (1-700-225-5726) from any Vonage home phone! You'll be connected directly to a holiday greeting from Santa himself. Their wish list will be forwarded to the email address linked to your Vonage account. Be sure to share the message with family and friends - it's a great way to enjoy the magic and wonder of the holidays. Plus, starting at 5 p.m. EST on December 24th, you can track Santa's deliveries as he travels around the world. The kids will get an opportunity to hear where Santa and his reindeer have been and where they are headed next to deliver his goodies! Dial 1-700-CALL-SANTA (1-700-225-5726) today and enjoy the merriment of the season! Happy Holidays! Your friends at Vonage P.S. Now ANYONE can leave a message for Santa and receive the recorded message to their email! Tell your friends and family to go to http://services1.vonage.com/silver/rdm.cfm?tsid=7E736473667262777A&trkid=21352S370843700 and follow the instructions on the page. They'll love how easy it is to use this great Vonage service and their kids will love telling Santa what they want for Christmas.

A Guide to Benefits

The television chef Rocco DiSpirito has a new food truck, Now Eat This Truck, that will cover various parts of the city Mondays through Thursdays, 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., selling low-calorie, low-fat comfort food, based on recipes in his book “Now Eat This.” The proceeds from sales are donated to a free lunch program in schools, which the truck will serve Fridays at different schools. The truck’s location can be found on Facebook and Twitter with links from roccodispirito.com.

Couture Fashion Week

Holiday Pies

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Black Friday Ads

2011 Black Friday Ads In This Issue... Office Depot Friday Ad Shopko Black Friday Ad Amazon Kindle Fire Released Final Pages of Sears Ad

Hello   How are you doing?  We were fortunate to receive a lot of ads last week, especially the big names like Best Buy, Target, Kohl's Toys R Us, and Walmart.    But the ads haven't stopped there.  They keep pouring in.  Today we added Office Depot and Shopko, and in case you missed it we received the final pages of the Sears Black Friday Ad yesterday.    We now have 56 Black Friday Ads for you.  We spoke to a couple retailers today and will have some more popular ones later this week.   Here is a summary of what we posted today:   Office Depot Stores open at 6am on Black Friday this year.  Office Depot is letting you shop and get their Black Friday deals online starting Thanksgiving Day at 7am.  According to the ad, there will be some Black Friday products not available online, however. * Buy any HP Laptop and get 32GB Touchpad Tablet -- $149.99 (save $300) * Toshiba 15.6" Laptop w/ 2nd Gen Intel Core i3 processor, 6GM of RAM, 500GB hard drive, and over 5hrs battery life -- $399.99 (save $230) - this is a nice configuration * Seagate 2TB SATA Internal Hard Drive -- $69.99 (save $90) * HP Photosmart Wireless All-in-One Printer -- $89.99 (save $110) * TomTom 5" XXL550 GPS -- $89.99 (save $60)   View the Office Depot Black Friday Ad   Shopko Black Friday Ad Shop over 480 doobuster deals at Shopko this Black Friday.  Save $230 on a Coby 32" LCD TV.  The price is $199.99, and that seems to be about the average price for a bottom dollar 32" TV deal during Black Friday 2011, with a few exceptions. Other specials include 75% off all fine jewelry, Toshiba 55" LED TV for $999.99 (save $600), Sony W530 Digital Camera for $79.99 (save $70), and an iHome Portable Stero System or Dual Alarm Clock for iPhone/iPod for $59.99 (save $40).   View the Shopko Black Friday Ad   Amazon Kindle Fire The much anticipated Kindle Fire from Amazon was released today.  You can order today and it ships in 3-5 days according to their website.  The Kindle Fire is much cheaper than most tablets in the market at just $200. Some people like the Kindle Fire because its much cheaper than the iPad and can display Flash-based websites and video. You can watch movies and TV shows, listen to music, and read magazines and books. It features thousands of apps like Netflix, Hulu Plus, and Pandora. It has a web browser, free cloud storage for all your Amazon content, 7" color touchscreen, and dual-core processor.   Check out the brand new Kindle Fire   Final Pages of Sears Ad We've received the Sears Black Friday Ad this year in a unique fashion; 3 different parts. Yesterday we received the final piece to the puzzle, and in our opinion the most important: the doorbusters for electronics and appliances. The Sears doorbusters start at 4am on Black Friday and end at 1pm. Here are some highlights: * Zenith 40" 1080p 600Hz Plasma TV for $499.99 (save $400) * 32" 720p LCD TV for $199.99 (save $80) * Free tool bag with $20 tool purchase ($9.99 value) * Kenmore over-the-range microwave for $139.99 (save 50%) * Craftsman 179cc dual stage 22" snow thrower w/ remote crank cute control for $499.99 (save $230) * Samsung Blu-ray Player w/ Wi-Fi for $99.99 (save $80) Also included in the extra pages of the ad are Black Friday deals on jewelry, clothing, and games.   View the Full Sears Black Friday Ad   Wireless Deals Lastly we added 8 new cell phone deals on the website today.  We'll be adding more this week.  View the Cell Phone Deals The Prize Giveaways Continue... In a few days here we'll be giving away (2) copies of Harry Potter, the Complete 8-Film Collection on Blu-ray or DVD.  Help us get to 25,000 Facebook fans and we can give it away sooner!  The next prizes up will be a Kindle Touch, Garmin Nuvi 1450 LMT GPS, and Nikon Coolpix S8200.

America's Test Kitchen

SpecialEvents@AmericasTestKitchenCorp.com, to your address book or “safe list” today.

Meet Christopher Kimball, founder and editor of Cook's Illustrated magazine and host of public television's most watched cooking show, America's Test Kitchen. Christopher will be joined by Jacques Pépin. The evening will be moderated by Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker.

Join Christopher when he visits your area! Join him to celebrate 20 years of Cook's Illustrated magazine and the publication of The Cook's Illustrated Cookbook. DATE: December 1, 2011 TIME: 8:00 pm PLACE: 92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY PHONE: 212-415-5500 TICKETS $29 Forward to a Friend