THIS YEAR MARKS THE BICENTENNIAL of Prospect Hill Orchards, one of the Hudson Valley’s oldest farms. The farm has been owned and operated by the Clarke family continuously since 1817,
ROBERT POLLOCK, OWNER OF Henry’s at the Farm, Buttermilk Falls Inn & Spa and Frida’s Bakery & Café has added an Asian-fusion spot to his Village of Milton lineup. Blending
“CIDERS ARE SO MUCH like wine,” says Paige Flori, owner of Boutique Wines & Spirits in Fishkill. Flori, who has a background in retail and Italian wine distribution, offers a
PETER STEFANOPOULOS, owner of Yianni’s in Chatham, the Boat House in Connecticut and co-owner of Four Brothers Pizza, has unveiled his latest dining venture—this time featuring an 11-room inn upstairs.
HOUSED IN A RESTORED 1798 Dutch colonial home in Rhinebeck’s historic village center, The Amsterdam brings a touch of north Holland to the Hudson Valley just in time for warm-weather
Maybe there is a conjunction of some odd stars up in the heavens that’s sending some wacky vibrations our way, because lately I’ve been running into more then just a
THERE IS JUST ONE WORD to describe summer time drinking: refreshment. Certainly, a cold pilsner works, as does a glass of chilled Riesling, but you needn’t drink the same old
HILLARY LINDSAY GREW UP IN the heart of the Hudson Valley’s black dirt region, where she learned a core philosophy about food at an early age: Where it comes from
NANCY FULLER IS A RURAL COLUMBIA COUNTY farm girl who never strayed far from home. She was a farmer, then for 30 years a caterer. She is a self-described obsessive antique
ON A LATE SPRING DAY at McEnroe Organic Farm in Millerton, students from Manhattan’s Columbia Secondary School stand huddled over rows of vibrant organic strawberry plants. “This is the BEST
AS ITS NAME IMPLIES, Hudson Valley Seed, a Beacon-based non-profit, works with seeds. Its most fertile plantings are not in the ground, however, but in the minds of young children.
IN THE THROES OF POLLUTION and overfishing issues that have peaked over the past 50 years, today’s seafood industry has a less-than-stellar reputation. Hudson Valley Seafood Company, based in Central
HAVE YOU NOTICED? It’s getting warmer: 2016 was the hottest year on record for planet Earth—2015 was the next hottest, and 2014 the next. Three in a row! Where I
AS THE FIRST TWO TASTES that humans perceive after birth, sweet and salty have an immeasurable impact on the development of our senses—and our culture. A new exhibit at The
A NEW TAX CREDIT PROGRAM for farmers who donate excess crops to food banks has been included in the 2017-18 state budget, approved on April 9. Unanimously passed by the Legislature
THE EVER-SO-PETITE sweet Greek yogurt jars from Argyle Cheese Farmer are redefining grocery store Greek. Hand-crafted at the Randles’ family dairy farm that dates back to the 1860s, the New York
THE SCOTTISH DISTILLING FIRM William Grant & Sons has purchased Tuthilltown Spirits in Gardiner, marking the company’s first move into the American whiskey distilling sector. Citing the “authenticity” and quality
TEN YEARS AGO, if you went looking for organic vegan ice cream at a grocery store, the number of options you’d have found would have been few and far between.
Hudson Valley Restaurant Week is back this April 8-21!
