Select Cooking Demonstrations:

* Giada De Laurentiis presents Giada’s Kitchen

* Bobby Flay demonstrates how to make the perfect burger, fries, and shakes

* Mario Batali and Nancy Silverton share their love of mozzarella

* Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons spill the inside scoop from the Top Chef Kitchen
 

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Wine Highlights (pizza, burgers, classics, & secrets):
 

* Danny Meyer and Dan Phillips show how to pair our favorite "pizzas with wine"

* FOOD & WINE’s Ray Isle showcases Burger Bonanza wines

* Mixologist Julie Reiner brings back classic cocktails with a modern spin

* Mark Oldman takes the mystery out of wine in his seminar Outsmart Wine 101
 

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Weekend Highlights:

* 20th Anniversary of the American Express Restaurant Trade Program. The country’s top chefs and
restaurateurs share their secrets and tools for success.

* Meet the future culinary trendsetters at the exclusive 2009 F&W Best New Chefs dinner.

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nymag.com's Grub Street reports:

Tickets to the weekend’s finest event, the “Best New Chefs” dinner, are going for $250. This event has never been open to the public before.

The dinner, with first-ever “alumni host” David Chang (of course), will feature dishes by all eleven of the magazine’s class of “Best New Chefs.”

Paul Liebrandt, for example, is making uni-konbu gelée with cauliflower crème. T

he only way to get a ticket is to call Stay Aspen Snowmass (877-900-WINE) and ask for the event specifically. You won’t find tickets online.

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