Head Hunters
Jerry Novesky / Photo Keith Stewart
MAYBE IT WAS THE IMAGE OF the Trump boys hefting the body of a small leopard one of them had just shot, or maybe it was that infamous shot of Trump
Winter
Making Pasta At Home
Leslie Coons Bostian / Photos Meghan Spiro
MAKING PASTA AT HOME CAN be an enjoyable project that yields delicious results. Numerous recipes and how-to videos can be found online, in books and magazines, and packaged with new pasta
Francesco Buitoni’s Way of Pasta
Leslie Coons Bostian / Photos Meghan Spiro
NATIVE ITALIAN Francesco Buitoni really understands pasta. He came to New York and worked at San Domenico on Central Park South and as sommelier at Mario Batali’s Otto. In the Hudson
Beacon’s Pantry: Euro On Main
Kristen Warfield / Photos Eva Deitch
MOST AVID TRAVELERS WILL admit that the fastest way to experience a culture is, quite simply, through its food. Another, though far slower way, would be to pack your bags
‘Tis the Season for Cookies
Catherine Morba / Photos Jerry Novesky
WHETHER DUNKED INTO A GLASS of milk while sitting fireside or enjoyed alongside a mug of hot cocoa on a snowy day, big batches of cookies always seem to be
Oh, What a Lovely Year
Jerry Novesky
SO, HOW WAS YOUR YEAR? is a question that floats around a lot as we roll toward Thanksgiving and the hectic holiday weeks that follow. If you’re a Cubs fan,
Shop Local at the Hudson Valley’s Winter Farmers’ Markets
Valley Table Staff
YOU MAY NOT ASSOCIATE SNOW and ice with a bustling farmers’ market, but in the Hudson Valley you can buy local food products, including meats, eggs, high tunnel and greenhouse-grown
A Drink New York State of Mind
Colleen Stewart
WHEN THE VALLEY TABLE TASKED New Yorkers to “Support the Craft” this fall, #drinklocal manifested itself in some exciting ways. From consumers visiting local wineries, cideries, breweries and distilleries for
Venison
Valley Table Staff
FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, this is the time of year when many people turn their attention to deer, whether to enjoy watching the beasts on the hoof in a
Pickling
Maria Reina
PICKLES ARE IN. “Pickle elements are fashionable today—adding them to dishes brings a wow factor,” confirms Chef Rio Alexander Hendrix, of The Beacon Hotel Restaurant and Bar, heralded to open
A Toast to the Holidays
Timothy Buzinski
THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR for those large and small gatherings with family and friends that happen all too infrequently much of the rest of the year. One traditional
3 New Restaurants to Check this Winter
Valley Table Staff
MOST PEOPLE HAVE VERY limited knowledge of Vietnamese cuisine, though they may have sampled it during a visit to Vietnam. “So, our main idea is to provide the same flavors and
Say Pleasing Cheese
David Neilsen
CHEESEMAKER COLIN MCGRATH has forged a successful career at Sprout Creek Farm in Poughkeepsie for more than 11 years. This past spring, he began offering cheeses under the McGrath Cheese Company
Elixir Fixers
Diana Waldron
GINGER IS AN ANCIENT SPICE that was, and still is, widely used for medicinal purposes, including aiding digestion, easing nausea and reducing inflammation. One Ulster County company is bringing ginger front
Brew Food
Colleen Stewart
ONE OF THE HUDSON VALLEY’S pioneer craft breweries, Captain Lawrence Brewing Company, is getting serious about food. Chef Joseph Smith, former Executive Chef at The Ram’s Head Inn on Shelter Island,
Meaty Matters
David Neilsen
Matt Campbell, owner/operator of Campbell Meats in Dobbs Ferry, was trained as a chef and worked at several Manhattan restaurants. He liked to spend time in the butcher shops in
High IQ Brew
David Neilsen
NEW PALTZ’S OWN Smart Beer is New York’s first organic beer company. Within its first year of production, the company’s beers, which are physically brewed upstate in Saratoga Springs, already are
Vintage Kudos
Colleen Stewart
WHITECLIFF VINEYARD & WINERY’S 2014 Reserve Chardonnay continues its award-winning run in statewide and national wine competitions. The popular white wine won Best Chardonnay at the Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association’s Twelfth
