Hearth and hospitality at Silvia
The Choi Sisters serve healthy fare in a warm atmosphere in Woodstock.
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Adopt a furry friend at Morgan’s Cat Café in Red Hook
The small café, located on West Market St. in Red Hook, offers luncheon items – burgers, salads, cold noodles – along with smoothies, tea, baked goods and a fun time with a bevy of adoptable kittens and cats. Patrons can sit with their entrées and drinks and witness a roomful of felines as they play, eat, groom, nap.
This humble Rhinebeck chocolate shop won the gold in an international contest
“Your career has to be about mind/body/chocolate every day. That’s my philosophy.”
Basilica Farm & Flea Holiday Market in Hudson
Friday-Sunday, Nov. 24-26: From Acorn Hill Farm to Yankee Distillers and a hundred other vendors in between, alphabetically speaking, the fifth annual Farm & Flea Holiday Market will fill more than 9,000 square feet of floor space with handmade goods and farm-fresh food products.
Coffee, revolution, and love in Stone Ridge
Carthaigh Coffee, the newest-kid-on-the-block café offering an excellent cup, is owned and operated by an idealistic young man who ultimately wants to contribute his energy to creating a tighter community in Marbletown.
Celebrate the stinking rose at the Hudson Valley Garlic Festival
Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 30-Oct. 1: Have a clove affair with music, chef demos and a cornucopia of garlic-based foods including salsa, hummus, sauce, sausage, pickles, olives, cheese, as well as garlic caramels, fudge and ice cream!
Holey of holeys
It’s apple cider doughnut time in the Hudson Valley
Ellenville’s Aroma Thyme Bistro committed to real food
“We don’t want to sell you something from a national or international conglomerate that doesn’t care about our community, doesn’t care about the environment or their employees,” says Chef Marcus Guiliano. “We just can’t support a company that does that. We’ve seen it in Ellenville. Even if 12 people lose their job here, that’s an impact.”
Taste of New Paltz comes to County Fairgrounds September 17
Now its 27th year, the event, which began as a food festival, is now much more.
Hudson Valley Farm Hub in Hurley aims to teach a new generation of farmers
With the age of the average American farm operator now about 59, young farmers are desperately needed. Among other qualifications, applicants must be personable team players with good communications and computer skills. They must also want to live and work in the Hudson Valley, have a valid driver’s license, and be able to lift 50 pounds. Called ProFarmers, the farmers in training earn about $30,000 a year and full benefits, and they have the option of modest free housing at the Farm Hub.