Let someone else take care of dinner!

Cook Aunty is proud to be associated with the BYKids Online Charity Auction and is auctioning off a Cook Aunty regular service!

LINK TO BUY

Look Your Best With a Spa Manicure, Haircut and Facial in NYC and Take Home These Lovely Earrings By Miriam Salat… While Someone Else Cooks Dinner!

This package includes:

• Double Nugget Miriam Salat earrings made from resin, sterling silver and 18k gold vermeil
• $50 Miriam Salat giftcard
• Spa manicure and haircut with Alain Pinon at salon-to-the-stars AKS
• Two hour European facial with lymphatic drainage treatment and special, customized skin type at Esthetics by Zofia
• Cook Aunty’s “Get-A-Chef-At-Home,” entitling you to 12 meals from a trained chef who will come to your home and prepare three entrees and three sides (four portions each) in your kitchen with your ingredients

About Miriam Salat Miriam Salat’s fashion jewelry gives expression to the sensibilities of women who, life herself, embrace life to the fullest. An avid traveler and passionate rock climber, her cultural experiences influence her designs, use of color and trendsetting looks.

About Cook Aunty Founded in 2010, Cook Aunty is a registered residential cooking service serving NYC/North NJ. With chefs on the team that are background-checked, referenced and trained, Cook Aunty services are affordable and hassle-free.

About BYKids A global movement that uses storytelling through film to inspire cross-cultural understanding and galvanize action to further common humanity

The proceeds for this item benefit BYkids

Buck at a time: Eat for a good cause!

Yesterday, we went to Mesob, my favorite Ethiopian restaurant in Montclair, NJ. The food at Mesob is what inspired me to write this Examiner.com article, Teff Grain: I kid you not!  last year. (They won the National Restaurant Association Faces of Diversity Award 2011 – it’s a must-go-to restaurant if you havent been!)

When in Montclair, I saw banners of Montclair‘s restaurant week event which starts March 20 for a couple weeks. I think Montclair is the right place to have such an event. Every time I visit this NJ town, I see a couple new restaurants pop up! This time, I saw a new tapas place (yes, the fantastic tea store that sells the free-trade tea is gone) and a new trinidadian place (I have yet to try trinidadian food!) and a new peruvian place!

Here are the details on Montclair’s restaurant week…The list of participating restaurants is definitely inviting – not to mention, the list of restaurants is growing…Foodies – check it out! It’s for a good cause too…

 

TASTE OF MONTCLAIR

Over the last two years, Restaurant Week has raised almost $15,000 for  Montclair’s three largest food charities: the Human Needs Food Pantry, Toni’s  Kitchen and the Salvation Army Feeding Program. The event helps the needy and celebrates Montclair’s greatest resources – it’s terrific restaurants. The event’s financial success is the result of a dedicated volunteer committee and the financial support of sponsors who’s donations pay for the operating costs of the event and the diners who enjoy Montclair’s wonderful food. From March 20th – April 1st, the participating restaurants will offer special pre fixe menu’s for $31, or less. One dollar from each meal will be donated to the three food charities. All proceeds from The Taste will go to local charities as designated by the Montclair Rotary Foundation.