Food
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 16, 2011 - 4:11 pm
Is our global economy making us miserable? Why did Americans' happiness peak in the 1950s?
"The Economics of Happiness," a film by Helena Norberg-Hodge, Steven Gorelick, and John Page -- all members of the International Society for Ecology and Culture --... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 16, 2011 - 11:51 am
Varnishkes. Photo by Tjingko,via Wikipedia Commons.
As we mentioned in February, the aged Kutshers resort in Monticello is getting a hip Tribeca outpost. Last Wednesday, Eater NY reported that the Tribeca community board voted to approve the putting the "... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 12, 2011 - 1:00 pm
A closed-for-business sign at Sweet Sue's. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Rejoice, O pancake-starved Phoenicians: Sweet Sue's, closed since March due to a flood-related septic system failure, is slated to open again by next weekend, owner Suzanne Taylor told... Read more
By Christopher Auger-Dominguez on Thursday, May. 12, 2011 - 9:47 am
Isaac Marsiglio, Elena Meckel, and Lucia Marsiglio eating pizza at Stony Creek Farm in Walton on Saturday night. Photo by Christopher Auger-Dominguez.
Franklin second-homeowners Christopher Auger-Dominguez and his wife, Daisy Auger-Dominguez, attended a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 6, 2011 - 5:39 pm
As if you needed an excuse to stuff yourself with homemade pie. (And cake, and brownies, and lemon squares, and...)
The deadline for entering your prizewinning delicacies is noon, and the eating runs from 1pm til the goodies are gone. All proceeds benefit... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 5, 2011 - 6:05 pm
Today, the New York Times's Diner's Journal blog has a glowing profile of Mark VanGlad, a young Stamford brewer who will be the first to sell beer at New York City's famous Union Square Greenmarket tomorrow. Even for a tiny microbrewer, VanGlad's Tundra... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, May. 5, 2011 - 2:51 pm
This Saturday, WJFF Radio Catskill is throwing its annual foodie fundraiser, Foodstock, in Callicoon. Get a taste (har!) of what it's like to be in a room with with 50 different food vendors above, with Sabrina Artel, the recently-canonized host of the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 4, 2011 - 11:46 am
Earth to cheese-eaters: Cows have to have babies to make milk. (Shocking, right?)
NYC food videoblogger Liza de Guia shot this little educational video on a recent visit to Calkins Creamery, an artisanal cheese producer in the Upper Delaware River Valley... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 3, 2011 - 7:51 pm
Brace yourself for more farmstand drama: The Shandaken Town Board has voted 3 to 2 to hold a special meeting, on May 24 at 6pm, to discuss re-zoning a stretch of Route 28 in Mt. Tremper to permit more commercial activity. [Update: The date of the meeting... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 2, 2011 - 2:31 pm
A young entrepreneur sells lemonade in front of the Wal-Mart in Catskill yesterday. Photo by Bob Phibbs, via the Lemonade Day Greene County Facebook page.
After weeks of enthusiastic preparations, hordes of kids across Greene County celebrated the... Read more
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