Some people eat to live; others live to eat. You can probably guess which camp I fall firmly into. The ...Read More
Eric Gabryonwicz made a comment during our Tavern interview that didn't make it into the video. He said, "The Hudson Valley is growing into a food capital." As I surveyed the enormous Harvest-on-Hudson dining room at the HV Restaurant Week kick-off reception, ...Read More
Some people eat to live; others live to eat. You can probably guess which camp I fall firmly into. The purpose of this blog has never really been to review restaurants or pretend I'm some sort of critic, but rather ...Read More
Absinthe's making a comeback. The anise-flavored, highly alcoholic spirit -- once thought to provoke psychosis and hallucinations -- was banned in the United States in 1912. Took almost 100 years, but now it's back, having been made legal in 2007. If ...Read More
I'm envious of anyone who belongs to Armonk's THE GYM. (Is it pretentious or a sign of quality when a name is spelled in all caps?) My triathlon team is spinning at THE GYM on Saturday mornings, and that is ...Read More
It's interesting that in White Plains, both the Chinese supermarket, Kam Sen, and the Japanese supermarket, Daido, are somewhat inconspicuous, and yet neither lacks for customers. I guess if you build a store that fills a need, people will find ...Read More