Cool Clubs
Valley Table Staff
There’s a new entertaining model that’s catching on: the cookbook club. Like a book club, members choose a book, but instead of a novel it’s a cookbook from which each
Good Stuff
Roadfood
Valley Table Staff
Top Dog Perfection (n): 1. The state of being perfect. 2. A simple hot dog, split down the middle, grilled on both sides in a lightly toasted bun, topped with
Dinner on the Farm
Valley Table Staff
Farm-to-table dining doesn’t always mean bringing the food off the farm. Some farms are welcoming diners to visit and enjoy a freshly prepared meal. Whether they’re partnering with local chefs
Hudson Valley Farms with Deep Roots
Valley Table Staff
Farming has a 400-year heritage in the Hudson Valley. Some of the oldest farms in the valley are also some of the most innovative. Here, you’ll find one of the
Events We Love
Valley Table Staff
Hudson Valley Garlic Festival One of the oldest food-centric celebrations in the Hudson Valley, this annual September event, held in Saugerties (Ulster County), consistently attracts garlic lovers from all over
Stuff We’ve Learned to Like
Valley Table Staff
Some of the things we love about living and eating in the Hudson Valley: Every season brings new culinary discoveries. Oysters IT MAY BE HARD TO BELIEVE, but in the
Hudson Valley Barbecue Joints Worth a Local Pit Stop
Lesley Rozycki and Olivia Watson
Hotter temperatures and barbecue go hand in hand, but sometimes it’s just too hot to grill. So, let’s take a trip! From fall-off-the-bone baby back ribs to tender smoked brisket,
All Meat, All Day, All Night
Barbara Reina
IT MIGHT SEEM UNLIKELY THAT offering fresh-cut meat 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in quality-controlled vending machines would be the dream of a former vegan and vegetarian. But,
Stop and Smell the Rosés
Valley Table Staff
ONCE CONSIDERED A LIGHTWEIGHT in the battle for consumer favor, rosé wines were habitually placed in the “casual summer wine” niche and taken about as seriously as sangria. In truth, however,
Cider, Slightly Red
Lesley Rozycki
AS SUMMER’S UNOFFICIAL WINE, rosé has grown steadily in popularity. Its fans include Angry Orchard head cider maker Ryan Burk and his team, who experimented for years with elements of the
What’s the Plan, Man?
Lesley Rozycki
EVAN AND EMILY WATSON’S JOURNEY into brewing began at a single-barrel nanobrewery in Fishkill. Their beers grew popular, despite the fact that they were available only at local farmers’ markets. In
Down on the Biodynamic Farm
Lesley Rozycki
THE HUDSON VALLEY IS KNOWN far and wide as a hub of world-class cheese production, and cheesemakers in the region have been busy throughout the spring season developing new cheeses to
Sticky in Beacon
Lesley Rozycki
MAIN STREET IN BEACON GOT a little sweeter—and a little stickier—now that Hudson Valley Marshmallow Company’s brick-and-mortar store has come to town. The confectionary company opened its own storefront in early
Pro Tips: Cookbooks That Aren’t
Valley Table Staff
SOME FOLKS IN AND AROUND Beacon may remember Jennifer Clair’s popular, in-home cooking classes that brought together instruction in basic cooking techniques with local and seasonal products in a comfortable, noncompetitive
Consumer’s Guide to Compost
Valley Table Staff
AS CONSUMERS AND BUSINESSES become more conscious of the need to cut down on waste, “Put it in the compost” has become a household mantra. Compost is relatively easy to make,
Stoutridge’s Solar Powered Spirits
Lesley Rozycki
IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME coming—10 years to be exact—but Marlboro’s Stoutridge Vineyard has added its name to the ever-growing list of Hudson Valley distilleries. Stoutridge owners Stephen Osborne and Kimberly
Jam In Print
Kristen Warfield
Just a few jars of jam can open nearly endless possibilities for the culinary curious. That’s what Christopher Wilson, owner of the small-batch, Cuddebackville-based LunaGrown Jam company proves in his
Cocoa Connoisseurs
Kristen Warfield
SPENDING A COLD WINTER DAY out in the snow and ice practically demands a steaming mug of hot cocoa. The common, store-bought packets may do for some in a pinch, but
