Category Archives: Current Affairs

Breaking News: Frantzen/Lindeberg Now Just Frantzen

Just two days after being proclaimed the twelfth best restaurant in the world on the controversial San Pellegrino’s World’s 50 Best Restaurants list as Frantzen/Lindeberg, Bjorn Frantzen and Daniel Lindeberg have announced they are splitting up with Frantzen retaining control [...]

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Healthy Living – Just a Name or The Real Thing?

It won’t replace the local Farmers Markets. It isn’t designed to do that, but the new Healthy Living Market and Cafe at the Wilton Mall (yes, it is in a mall) just outside of Saratoga Springs, New York should make [...]

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Calling All Wine Collectors!!! Devine Intervention Needed!!!

Starting today and running through April 7th, there is an incredible opportunity to augment your growing collection with some otherwise impossible to find bottles and others that are merely hard to come by. The best part is that it is [...]

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Sunday Photo – Chef Ben Sukle and Birch

I’ve been a fan of Chef Ben Sukle’s New Naturalism inspired cooking since I first tasted it at The Dorrance in Providence, R.I. in December of 2011. The Dorrance with Chef Sukle was a restaurant  that had a lot of potential. [...]

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Breaking News: LitFest -The Irish Go a Bit MAD

I wish I knew about this earlier, but I just found out about LitFest at the Ballymaloe House. Taking place from May 3-6 at Ballymaloe House and Cooking School in Shanagarry, County Cork, Ireland, the event will be a combination [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I personally have so much to be thankful for – particularly my family and friends. I also am thankful for the roof over my head, the job that keeps it there and the food that I eat. I am thankful [...]

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Re-Erect The Governor!

 
Here on election day, I’m not talking politics. I’m talking about the superb new restaurant, Governor, int he Dumbo section of Brooklyn. Governor is located almost right under the Manhattan Bridge just off the East River. If somehow,  you didn’t know, [...]

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To Like Or Not To Like

Instead of posting an image today – I have nothing worthy or appropriate given the calamities of the past week – I am writing about images from others and my feelings towards them.
My family and our region were lucky this [...]

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Happy Halloween!

For all who have had too many Sandy tricks this week, may your Halloween be filled only with treats!
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Sunday Photo – A Walk in Autumn Woods

Autumn is a beautiful time of year, but it is also a time of melancholy and ennui, never more so than on a gray day when a huge storm is approaching as is the case with the “Frankenstorm” currently bearing [...]

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