Catskills Food Guide
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Mar. 19, 2016 - 7:28 pm
Above: The 2016 Catskills Food Guide. On the cover: Mama's Boy Burgers in Tannersville, shot by Andrea Cabane.
The print 2016 Catskills Food Guide has hit the street: pick up a free print copy in over 100 locations, or buy a digital edition to read on... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Mar. 19, 2016 - 11:35 am
The 2016 Catskills Food Guide is out. Click here for more info. - Ed.
Each year, we ask readers of the Watershed Post and our Catskills Food Guide to send us their photos of Catskills food and farms. This year, 25 photographers entered our 2016 Catskills... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Mar. 19, 2016 - 11:23 am
Most people have never tried birch syrup, the reddish cousin of maple syrup that is made from the sap of birch trees. When they do, they’re in for a surprise: birch syrup’s tangy, pungent flavor is unlike anything else.
“I usually say it’s like a cross... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 - 7:35 pm
Above: Kraft Macaroni and Cheese. Photo by Mike Mozart, via Flickr.
The Kraft Heinz Company, a giant food corporation that formed last summer when H. J. Heinz merged with Kraft Foods Group in a mammoth deal backed by Warren Buffett, will likely close a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Sep. 18, 2015 - 3:48 pm
Above: This photo, of a duck in Parksville, was taken by Chris Graham and won second place in the 2015 Catskills Food Guide Photo Contest.
The contest is now closed. Look for the print 2016 Catskills Food Guide next year for the winners! - Ed.
It's... Read more
By Jane Margolies on Friday, Sep. 4, 2015 - 1:58 pm
You can hop in a potato-sack race, careen down a hay slide and enter the scarecrow-making contest at the seventh Bovina Farm Day, which will take place this Sunday, Sept. 6. At 2:30 p.m. there will be a talk about heirloom apples; at 4:30 p.m. cows will... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015 - 12:17 pm
Above: Visitors to the 2014 Monticello Bagel Festival pose in front of a bagel sculpture. Photo via the Bagel Festival's Facebook page.
This Sunday, Aug. 16, the Sullivan County village of Monticello becomes the bagel capital of the world for a day... Read more
By Jane Margolies on Friday, Jul. 31, 2015 - 3:39 pm
Strawberry season has come and gone, but not to worry if you didn’t get your fill of luscious, locally grown berries. Blueberry season is upon us, and, thanks to the late spring rains, growers at U-Pick farms around the Catskills are reporting bumper... Read more
By Janel Bladow on Wednesday, Jul. 29, 2015 - 1:52 pm
Catskills-made cider, craft beers, cheeses and meats are coming to the Flushing Town Hall in Queens this Saturday at a new tasting event that aims to bring mountain foodies and city dwellers together.
“The Catskills Comes to Queens” is the brainchild of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 22, 2015 - 11:34 am
Above: Brisket, pulled pork, chicken and ribs at Catskill Mtn. BBQ in Grand Gorge. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Barbecue fans will drive long distances for their fix of smoked pork belly and brisket. Here’s where to get barbecue in the Catskills.
The... Read more