Food
By Alecia Lynn Eberhardt on Wednesday, Mar. 18, 2015 - 12:43 pm
Lori Robin didn’t set out to start a vegan cheese company. A gilder and stone carver by trade, she had planned to teach restoration workshops for antiques lovers in a studio in the Delaware County village of Fleischmanns.
“Take people out shopping, buy... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Mar. 12, 2015 - 4:27 pm
Above: A shamrock on the slopes at Plattekill Mountain.
Why do so many turn part Irish in the season of St. Patrick? Perhaps because there is something primal about celebrating the end of winter by slathering swathes of green everywhere. Perhaps because... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015 - 4:54 pm
Above: Tuna skewers at Commune Saloon. Photo via the Commune Saloon website.
With Woodstock still reeling from the closure of beloved Mexican restaurant Gypsy Wolf Cantina in December, it’s a good time for the Ulster County town to have something of a... Read more
By Katherine Speller on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015 - 4:43 pm
Above: Get your fill of cuckoo clocks and schnitzel in the Greene County Catskills. Photo by Katherine Speller.
German and Swiss immigrants have made their mark on Greene County, which is home to the most Alpine of the Catskill region's peaks. Be sure to... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015 - 11:02 am
Above: Snowmen in love in Roxbury promote Sunday's Hearts in the Hamlet event, via Facebook.
Just when we desperately need a celebration to take the edge off the cabin fever and the late-winter blahs, here it is Valentine’s Day. What could be lovelier? In... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015 - 3:34 pm
The print 2015 Catskills Food Guide is hot off the presses. This year, the guide features articles about farm-made pasta in Roscoe, Bavarian dining in Greene County, the growing Catskills cider industry, how to visit a local chocolate factory, the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015 - 3:22 pm
Above: Detail of a 2015 "Visit a Catskills Farm" map.
Drive a couple of hours north of New York City, and you’ll be where your food comes from. The Catskills are home to farms and food producers that make the 100-mile trek to NYC’s greenmarkets and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 - 2:06 pm
Above: The fire that engulfed the Hymers Family Farm on Dec. 11, 2014. Photo via the YouCaring.com farm fundraiser for the Hymers.
Musicians, Farm Catskills and neighbors throughout the region are throwing a fundraiser to benefit the Hymers family, who... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 - 12:23 pm
Above: Locally cured bacon from Fleisher's, the artisanal Catskills butcher shop that has outposts in Kingston and Park Slope, Brooklyn. Photo via the Fleisher's Facebook page.
Another downstate media outlet is tackling our question: Is 2015 the year of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jan. 9, 2015 - 12:29 pm
Above: Raw honey made by bees at Westwind Orchard in Accord. Photo via the Westwind Orchard website.
Westwind Orchard, an organic farm in the Ulster County hamlet of Accord, has won a 2015 Good Food Award for its raw unpasteurized honey.
Farmers Fabio... Read more