DIFFA's Picnic By Design Showcases The Best Picnic Basket Gift Ideas To Celebrate Summer All For A Good Cause

DIFFA’s Picnic By Design Showcases The Best Picnic Basket Gift Ideas To Celebrate Summer All For A Good Cause

Picnic By Design is just a few days away, marking summer’s soiree benefitting DIFFA, (Design Industry Foundation Fighting AIDS) at the Scholastic Building Rooftop Atrium located in SoHo.

Guest will enjoy an urban picnic and movie night, fully prepared basket for two designed by renowned New York Talents such as Robert Allen, who is a sponsor and key participant, Geoffrey Zakarian in collaboration with Marchesa, Eric Ripert in collaboration with Marie Aiello Design Studio, and Paul Liebrandt with Whoopi Goldberg. This year, guests will view an exclusive screening of “Making the Boys”, a documentary about the making of “The Boys in the Band”.

To purchase cocktail tickets or to learn more about Picnic By Design please visit

http://www.picnicbydesign.org

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Tomato Negroni | IMAGE Available at: The Eighty Six Ingredients: • 1.5 oz Second Sip Gin • .75 oz Tomato Campari • .75 oz Basil Dolin Blanc • .75 oz Tomato Water Glass: Rocks Ice: Large cube Garnish: Maldon salt and basil leaf Method: Add all ingredients to the glass and stir for 10 revolutions. Serve over a large ice cube and garnish with Maldon salt and a basil leaf. +++ Chocolate Negroni | IMAGE Available at: Romeo’s (East Village, NYC) Ingredients: • 3 dashes Scrappy's Chocolate Bitters • 3 oz Chocolate Negroni Batch • 1 oz Neversink Gin • 1 oz Campari • 0.75 oz Cocchi Rosa • 0.25 oz Tempus Fugit Crème de Cacao Glass: Rocks Method: Stir and strain over large rock Garnish: Terry's Chocolate Orange segment +++ Miami Vice Negroni | IMAGE Available at: Sip & Guzzle Created by: Steve Schneider Ingredients: • 250ml Fords Gin • 250ml Campari • 250ml Martini Rosso • 250g strawberries • 150ml coconut oil Method: Stem and quarter strawberries. Combine all ingredients except coconut oil in a vacuum bag and sous vide at 52° C for two hours. Strain through Superbag. Melt coconut oil and combine with infused batch. Let sit at room temperature for two hours. Store in freezer overnight. Strain through two coffee filters. Makes a 3 oz batch that is stirred then strained over a large ice cube. Beetnik | IMAGE Available at: KEES Ingredients: • Añejo Tequila • Sweet Vermouth • Campari • Beet • Cinnamon *specs available upon request TMNT Negroni | IMAGE Bartender Credit: David Muhs Available at Sama ‘Za Image credit: Alex Staniloff Ingredients: • 3/4 oz Tomato Water • 1/4 oz Lustau Dry Vermut • 1/4 oz Orleans Herbal Aperitif Cider • 1/2 oz Noilley Prat Extra Dry Vermouth • 3/4 oz Luxardo Bitter Bianco • 1 oz Parmesan Rind Condesa Clasìca Gin Glass: Rocks Method: small stir to chill Garnish: finish with some drops of basil oil
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