Oh What A Night

We celebrated our 20th Anniversary on October 24th. It was a ribbon cutting with the town officials to unveil our new addition of our showroom. Over 400 guests attended our celebration; red carpet and all. It was a fun evening enjoyed by all.

Come see our newly renovated showroom and experience an appliance showroom like no other on Long Island. We now offer many more selections of appliances to fit all household needs. See our Frigidaire 4 pc stainless steel package starting at $2199. Perhaps sign up for a cooking class offered in one of our “live” kitchens. See the pink Smeg refrigerator being raffled off with proceeds going to Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition.

Visit our web site applianceworldny.com and like us on Facebook and enter to win a new 35 series Electrolux range.

So much happening at Appliance World! Continue to follow our progress as we are ALWAYS a work in progress. Until next time, Happy Cooking!

It's Count Down Time!

We are planning a 20th Anniversary Celebration/Ribbon Cutting for October 24th, and we're counting down the days to show off our new grand showroom renovation.

 

We have expanded our floor space to accommodate more appliances for your selection. I am excited to say that we will be displaying more value-priced packages in beautiful kitchen vignettes.

 

As of Sept. 25th – only 29 days to go. Hurray!!!! Do stop in for special promotionals during our celebration. Oct. 25th - 29th.

 

Happy Cooking!

Partnership

One of our many valued Partners, Alure Home Improvements, has many kitchen designers. A contest for most sales was held for 6 months. We announced the winners today at Alure and as you can see by the faces, there were many happy recipients. We so value our partnerships. Congratulations to all!!!

Until next time – Happy Cooking!

Cake Wars!

A cake decorating class that wound up in a major competition...

Chef Gunter Grossmann, one of our head, world trained chefs, taught a class on cake decorating. We established teams and went to work to see who was able to make the most beautifully decorated cake. After learning the basics of cake decorating, it was decided that everyone would want to continue with a more advanced class. What a lot of fun this was! Check out the cakes! Not bad for amateurs. Who knows, perhaps one of us will be headed for the food network. 

Check our website, applianceworldny.com for our list of classes. We can customize a class to your liking, as well as do private cooking class parties.

Until next time - Happy Cooking!

Imagine That

Wow! I received a proclamation from Doug Geed of News 12 Long Island for doing something that is second nature to me. How cool is that!

We hosted a fund raising event for Gift of Life, which is for children with congenital heart defects.   We were able to raise enough money to save the lives of 7 children. We are so proud to be a part of that. A special thank you goes to all the restaurants, manufacturer’s chefs, bakeries, wineries and donors. Appliance World is a host to many local and national charities on a regular basis. This is the part of my job that is so rewarding. Giving back is what Appliance World does wholeheartedly.

We will continue to do these events on an even grander scale now that we have expanded our showroom floor space. Watch for our Grand Re-opening, 20^th Anniversary Celebration scheduled for late October.

Until next time...

Happy Cooking! 

WHAT’S NEW?

We just had installed one of our new kitchen vignettes. DCS has just completed a new display of their latest appliances. The look is professional as well as contemporary with a great price point. The digital control knob on the wall oven can regulate the temperature by a single degree. I urge you to check it out.

Until next time – Happy Cooking!

I am finally back!

Shame on me for not communicating to you everything that has been going on here! Our new showroom space is almost complete and we will be able to offer our clients so much more to choose from. Our kitchen vignettes will feature appliance packages for every price point and budget.

How soothing to view our mission statement behind a waterfall. Come on down and see and also help yourself to a fresh brewed cup of coffee from our Miele built in coffee maker. I promise to be back on a regular basis.

Happy cooking!

The Help

The word the HELP has been in the media since the best seller book and movie has become so popular. All I can say is “What would I do without my HELP?” I have the most fantastic staff that knows how to set up and break down when we transform our showroom into a catering facility to raise money for various charities and organizations.

Our most recent fund raiser for the YMCA of Huntington was a huge success! How could we possibly fit 25 restaurants into our showroom and give each one a presence? Somehow, someway, we did it. Again I could not have done it without my HELP.

A great big THANK YOU goes to my incredible staff that I can always count on to do the correct thing. I love you guys!

Until next time – Happy Cooking!

Where Do I Begin?

I took a small break from blogging due to an unforeseen eye injury. (No pun intended)

The good news is that I am back and happy to report that I SEE great progress being made in our showroom.  The expansion is moving right along and our target date for opening the new expanded showroom is May.

Floor space will be available for so many more kitchen appliance displays for both indoors and outdoors.  We will begin posting photos of our progress on our website and facebook page.

If you are in love with our showroom now, you will fall madly in love with our new one.

In spite of our construction, we continue with our demonstrations, our cooking classes and private parties.

Always a work in progress!

Happy Cooking!

We Have a Winner!

Peter Caliendo was judged to be the overall winner in the Mamma Lombardi’s Cookoff held in our showroom. It was a difficult task for the four judges as all the contestants prepared and cooked their hearts out. Here follows Pete’s winning recipe using Mamma’s Arrabiata Sauce.

CONGRATULATIONS PETE !!!!

Until next time – Happy Cooking

Winner Peter Caliendo surrounded by the judges, Kevin Nathan, Scott Borland, Jim Savalli and Dina Voorhees

PETE’S SCUNGILLI FRA DIAVOLO WITH MAMMA’S ARRABIATA SAUCE

Ingredients:

2 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1 large onion, finely chopped

4 cloves of garlic, minced

2 Tbsp crushed red pepper flakes (optional)

2 cups Mamma Lombardi’s house Sangiovese Red Wine

1 jar Mamma’s Arrabiata Sauce

1 29oz can of LaMonica Scungilli (drained, chopped and set aside)

1 lb. Barilla Linguini

salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

Heat 2 Tbsp of the extra virgin olive oil in a stock pot 

Cook the onions until soft, about seven to ten minutes, add the crushed red pepper flakes and the garlic until fragment, about 30 seconds to a minute. 

Add the jar of Mamma’s Arrabiata Sauce and the Scungilli 

Reduce heat to medium-low and cover pot 

Simmer for approx 5 minutes stirring occasionally. 

Season with salt and pepper to taste 

Add the Sangiovese wine and simmer for another 5 minutes and turn heat to very low 

Prepare the Linguini al dente, drain and pour the pasta into the sauce, and mix. 

Serve the Linguili with the Scungilli sauce in a pasta bowl with a fork and table spoon.  

NOTES AND ALTERNATIVES 

Always serve with Frizelle or a fresh loaf of crusty Italian bread. {torn not cut} 

Although not typically served with seafood, put out some grated parmigiano reggiano cheese for those who prefer to add it. 

Time to be Judged

Come on down and see the finalists compete in our first annual Mamma Lombardi’s Cook Off. The contestants are eager to present their original recipes to the judges to be critiqued using Mamma‘s sauces. Our distinguished panel of judges includes Chef Marc Anthony Bynum who was a winner on the Food Network show Chopped, Kevin Nathan, owner and gourmet of Appliance World, James Savalli publisher of The Village Connection and of course, Guy Lombardi from Mamma Lombardi’s.

The $10 fee not only gets you to see the competition, but Mamma Lombardi’s will be here serving pasta with her famous sauces for your tasting pleasure. ALL proceeds will go to Bethel Hobbs Community Farm who raises organic produce to supply local food pantries.

Thursday, January 26t, 2012 at 6pm. Appliance World Showroom, 414 New York Ave.
Huntington. Call for reservations – Pat - 631 418-1009

Until next time- Happy Cooking!

I'm Back!

Happy New Year!

 

I am finally back in town and in the office. I went out to Denver to celebrate the holidays with my family and wound up getting sick and unable to return until now. There are so many things that we need to catch up with. We will be displaying Wolf/Subzero product at the NARI Trade Show this coming Monday; January 23rd from 2-8pm.  Look for us at the Cradle of Aviation in Garden City, NY- booth F4.

We are having our first Cook Off on Thursday, January 26th at 6pm. Cooking with Mamma is a “live” competition using Mamma Lombardi’s All Natural Sauce. We have 4 finalists who will compete before a panel of judges using their original recipes.  For details check our web site or facebook page. Any proceeds will go to Bethel Hobbs Community Farm which donates to local food banks.

I also wanted to share with you the one day that I was feeling good on my trip; a great place for breakfast or brunch. Lucile’s is located in Denver, Boulder, Longmont and Littleton in Colorado. Mouth watering homemade biscuits and luscious homemade beignets are just a few things on the menu. Just think about baking those biscuits in your ovens and deep frying the beignets in your deep fryers. You can do it too. 

Until next time – Happy Cooking!

It's a Wrap!

The holidays are here! It is hard to believe we are wrapping up another year. We are so looking forward to 2012 as we expand our showroom.  More kitchen vignettes for you to see as well as appliances for every budget.  
 

We hope that as you prepare your holiday dinners, you will think about using the convection mode on your ovens or ranges to speed up the cooking process. Use your warming drawers to keep your meals warm and of course those dishwashers will be loaded and unloaded many times.

Not only am I wrapping all my gifts, I am also wrapping up another successful year of events. We hosted many charity functions and I look forward to working with the organizations who will be hosting their events with us. We are employing more chefs for variety as we continue to expand our cooking class schedule.

All of us wish all of you the happiest of holidays and we wish you all good things for 2012. Follow us on facebook to see our progress.  

See you in the New Year!

Until then – Happy Cooking!

Our new Gaggenau "Live" kitchen all decked out for the NARI holiday party!

The Transformation

It has been so crazy around our showroom; however we have two new “live” kitchens.

Our Wolf/Subzero kitchen has been renovated and is absolutely gorgeous. Wait until you see our new Gaggenau design center. Totally contemporary! We definitely are a work in progress as we continue to expand. What exciting times for Appliance World!

We hosted NARI’s holiday party here and everyone was in awe at how beautiful our showroom is. We entertained 165 guests complete with entertainment. Tommy Sullivan was rocking the house. Our corporate chefs from Wolf/Subzero, Dacor, Electrolux and Thermador were here doing what they do best - preparing their culinary delights for all to enjoy. Check us out on our facebook page or our website applianceworldny.com.

Until next time – Happy Cooking!

I'm in Love With My Dacor Warming Drawer

It’s the season that I fall in love all over again with my Dacor warming drawer!

As a member of my kitchen appliances, I have to say it is one of my favorites. I can actually prepare all my side dishes ahead of time, place them in my good china and even clean my cookware before my guests arrive for the Thanksgiving feast. All those side dishes stay hot, don’t dry out and the warming draw doesn’t harm my china. I no longer have to face that mashed potato pot at the end of the evening. Believe it or not, sometimes I just warm my plates in order for my dinner to stay warm once plated. For those of you who have warming drawers, make sure you utilize them to full capacity.

Some clients have even incorporated warming drawers in their bathrooms to keep towels warm. The warming drawers are available to accept panels to match your cabinetry.

If you are thinking about a kitchen or bathroom renovation, you may want to consider a warming drawer. I love mine!

Until next time- Happy Cooking!

The Bustle of the Holidays are Upon Us

I went to get my haircut this morning and the discussion was all about the upcoming holiday season. We talked about who was going where and who was cooking what. It led me into a discussion about how the preparation can be a bit simplified by the process of convection.

Some people were amazed at how you can cook many of your side dishes and desserts all at the same time. You can even cook some of your sides along with your turkey if there is enough room. It seems that many people purchase ovens with great features such as convection and don’t ever use them. Convection is the way to go. It is nothing more than circulating hot air by a fan system which results in no flavor transfer. This way of cooking enables you to do multi-level cooking.

If you are in the market for a new oven, make sure you ask about convection. Almost all the brands offer that feature on their ovens or ranges. Some popular brands are Electrolux, Thermador, Wolf, Dacor, GE, Bosch, and Frigidaire. If you purchase an oven or range from us, we will give you a complimentary convection cooking class with a professional chef. That is always informational and a delightful dinner treat.

Until next time – Happy Cooking!

Bring on the Bird!

Thanksgiving is around the corner and the phone is ringing about how to cook the perfect turkey.  So many clients have purchased the Electrolux oven with the “Perfect Turkey” button.  Can you imagine that with the wave of your hand, the oven comes alive?  The wave control panel and the features of this oven can promise you will have a juicy, golden brown turkey with the flick of a wrist. 

The Electrolux oven has a perfect turkey feature that promises you and your guests a bird to feast on.  The oven comes with a probe that gets inserted to the meaty part of the turkey around the thigh joint.  Once you have prepared your turkey for the oven, just place the probe, touch the perfect turkey button and cook to an internal temperature of 180 degrees.  No need to tent the bird.  Make sure you put the turkey on a rack in your roasting pan and place on the easy glide rack.  Even better, there is no need to pre heat with the perfect turkey button. 

Now think about the extra time you have to prepare those scrumptious side dishes.  With the convection mode on your ovens, you can do multi level cooking with no flavor transfer.  Imagine baking your apple pie at the same time as your creamed cauliflower!

For the lucky people who have these features on their ovens, it certainly is something to be thankful for.

Happy Cooking!