A day well spent working the New York City Food and Wine Festival! I have always had a love for food television and was thrilled to be a part of an event that Food Network and the Cooking Channel were sponsors of; where all of the proceeds went to the NYC food bank and Share our Strengths Foundation. I was paired with a young female entrepreneur who was asked to run a booth at the event. Her idea of cornmeal crusted skate wing was definitely an item for adventurous eaters, as the common question of the day was "what is skate wing?" And to everyone's surprise, skate wing is classified as a sting ray, a cartilaginous bottom feeding fish. Its flaky and mild so it paired well with the red island beans, wild spinach, mustard greens, and cranberry coulis in the picture above. We must have pushed out over 1000 tastings!