The Scene

Wine and Food Challenge: The Hard Cases; or Wine to Serve with Food that
doesn't "go with" Wine
Wednesday, May 14th, 2003

Join Boston University for a tutored tasting with Gordon Hamersley and Master of Wine Sandy Block. Artichokes? No problem. Asparagus? Easy. Chef Gordon Hamersley presents an array of delicious dishes that are thought to be problematic or even incompatible with wine while Master of Wine Sandy Block proposes solutions. A fun, interactive delicious evening.

Tuition: $50
Call 617-353-9852 to reserve your place
www.bu.edu/lifelong

The Nantucket Wine Festival
May 13th-18th

Nantucket Island is renowned for its natural beauty, stunning architecture, cosmopolitan fare, and, of course, its 19th century role as a whaling capital. Now the world's historic whaling capital will become the nation's wine capital for the weekend of May 13-18, 2003, during the seventh Nantucket Wine Festival.
www.nantucketwinefestival.com

June 21, 2003

At the invitation of Wolfgang Puck, Gordon joins 90 chefs from across the country in an evening of food to benefit the University Hospitals Ireland Cancer Center in Cleveland, OH. For more information, visit www.irelandcancercenter.org

Phantom Gourmet 100!
We're delighted to be named to the Phantom Gourmet's list of 100 Best New
England restaurants! Check out our listing at [click here]

Visit Zagat and vote!
Today's food section of the Boston Globe reported a change in the way that the Zagat dining guide gets it's information. Online voting replaces the paper questionnaires the guide has used since it first offered their reviews. Now, the public can vote for restaurants on Zagat's online survey by searching www.zagat.com and singing their praises by November 3rd.

We've appreciated your continued support of Hamersley's Bistro for the past fifteen years and we're sure Tim and Nina Zagat would love to have your feedback!

Check us out in the October 2002 Gourmet!
Hamersley's Bistro was named one of Gourmet's "Personal Favorites" in the
October issue. Check out the listing at: [click here]