Meat-only diet proponents tout benefits for body and brain
Adherents say they’ve lost weight and think more clearly, and testing shows they don’t have any nutritional deficiencies. But is living on meat alone a good idea?
Food & Drink
Famous fishmonger coming to Uptown Kingston
Saturday, Oct. 27: Joe Gurrera, owner of New York City’s famed Citarella chain of fish stores and of Lockwood & Winant, a wholesale company located at the Fulton Fish Market, will host a talk and book-signing. He’ll also offer a tasting of one of his specialties, sausage-and-calamari Italian Surf & Turf.
Famed local restaurateur Frank Guido tells his tales in new book
Anyone who has owned more than 20 restaurants over a five-decade period throughout the Hudson Valley has some stories to tell.
Gardiner Brewing Company opens weekend tap room at Wright’s Farm
Siblings Colin, Samantha and Mackenzie Boylan are enthusiastic about the new direction they’re taking the family business.
Garlic Festival returns to Saugerties
Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 29-30: Thousands are expected to celebrate the stinking rose at the Hudson Valley Garlic Festival in Saugerties.
‘Kid Foodies’ offer their opinions on Uptown Kingston’s Wilde Beest restaurant
Michelle Mayans of Kid Scoop Media organized the following, which is two reviews of what would normally be thought of as a “grown-up restaurant” by Kingstonians Olivia Reeder, 14, and Charlie Grenadier, 12. It’s always interesting to get the perspectives of young people on stuff, as they’re far less inhibited and far more likely to point out things that might not occur to adults.
Saugerties ice cream shop ranked second best in state by website
The second-best ice cream in New York State can be found, albeit with some difficulty, in an alleyway off Partition Street in Saugerties.
Taste of New Paltz returns to Ulster County Fairgrounds for its 28th outing
Back in the early ‘90s, when the New Paltz Chamber of Commerce referred to their newly conceived “Taste of New Paltz” event as “New Paltz’s newest tradition,” the assertion was optimistic, but turned out to be prophetic.
Oktoberfest commences at Hunter Mountain
Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 22-23: As always, Oktoberfest features authentic German and German-American entertainment, but this weekend will also include a Ciders in the Catskills tasting and some high-flying action by the Monster Energy Aerial Stunt Show.
Bistro-to-Go hosts launch party for Feel Good Food
Saturday, Sept. 29: A quarter-century has passed since Mary Anne and Richard Erickson opened the original Blue Mountain Bistro in Woodstock, and now they’ve got a cookbook out, drawing on all this experience: Feel Good Food: Recipes from the Hudson Valley’s Blue Mountain Bistro-to-Go.