Archive for September, 2011
A Good Appetite: Focaccia With Olive Oil and Grapes – A Good Appetite
A rustic flatbread enriched with olive oil and studded with grapes is the kind of harvest snack that’s baked in Tuscany. NYT > Dining & Wine
City Kitchen: Oysters Take a Dip in Butter — City Kitchen
Plump oysters can be coated in flour and egg, rolled in soft bread crumbs and browned in clarified butter until crisp and golden. NYT > Dining & Wine
The Best Thing They Ever Ate (For Rosh Hashana): Local Chefs on Their Favorite Holiday Recipes
Linda Lombroso had an absolutely terrific story in yesterday’s paper — a riff on the Food Network’s show “The Best Thing I Ever Ate.” I’ll just let her tell the story: The smells and tastes of Jewish holiday meals tend to linger in the mind for years — even if they’re memories of gefilte fish [...]
Dutchess County 2011 Adult Flu Clinic Schedule – County Executive Press Release 9/23/2011
Poughkeepsie… Dutchess County Executive William R. Steinhaus has announced the schedule for the County’s 2011 Adult Flu and Pneumonia Vaccination Clinics. The Dutchess County Department of Health will host five clinics at various locations throughout the county from October 7th to December 2nd. Additionally this year, flu and pneumonia vaccinations will be available at the [...]
Growlers Beer Bistro in Tuckahoe to Have Its Grand Opening Oct. 1
Growlers Beer Bistro, which opened over Labor Day weekend, will have its grand opening ceremony and a ribbon cutting on Saturday Oct. 1. It’s located in the restored Metro North substation called Main Street Depot in downtown Tuckahoe, right across from the train station at the corner of Lake & Main. Husband-and-wife owners Carrie and [...]
Steinhaus Meets with NYC DEP to Review $2.1 Billion Hudson River Aqueduct Improvement Project – County Executive Press Release 9/20/2011
Poughkeepsie… Dutchess County Executive William R. Steinhaus met today with officials from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), including Deputy Commissioner Paul Rush, for a comprehensive briefing on the DEP’s planned Hudson River aqueduct improvement project, part of which will be done in Chelsea (Town of Wappinger). The New York City DEP [...]
After a Killing, Michael Solomonov Turns to Israeli Food
Through his Philadelphia restaurant, Zahav, the chef Michael Solomonov shares the world of the brother he lost in the Israeli Army. NYT > Dining & Wine
Sweet & Social, a New Cupcake Shop in Larchmont
Set against a hot pink glass wall at the new Sweet &?Social is an array of more than 25 creatively named cupcakes, many which play up the social — and social media — aspect of the shop’s moniker. There’s a “Tweet & Salty,” which is a chocolate cake filled with caramel and topped with chocolate [...]
On ABC’s ‘Chew,’ the Talk Show Meets Cooking
The debut next week of ABC’s “The Chew,” a daily talk show, illustrates an insatiable hunger for food programming in just about every time slot. NYT > Dining & Wine
