Food
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 31, 2013 - 5:01 pm
Above: Jane Axamethy of the Bake House in Kauneonga Lake gives fresh bread to Spencer Cutler of the neighboring Fat Lady Cafe. Photo by Jason Dole.
Do you run a Catskills restaurant, cafe, bakery, food truck, BBQ joint, or other place to get great local... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 25, 2013 - 10:16 pm
Above: A scene from Tannersville's Crazy Race, an annual Main Street tradition gearing up for its sixth run this weekend.
The trout are running, the weather is glorious, and the last weekend in July is packed from one end to the other with Catskills... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 23, 2013 - 3:33 pm
Above: Kevin and Donovan Monahan of Big Kev's BBQ. Since 2010, the brothers have been slinging barbecue on the road and at local festivals. Last Friday, Big Kev's celebrated the opening of a new roadside stand in White Lake, on the corner of Royce Road... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 15, 2013 - 8:56 am
Above: 17-year-old pro mountain bike racer Taylor Allison, a local athlete who's currently fundraising to enter the 2014 World Cup at Windham. Last month, Allison took fourth place in U.S. Nationals on Windham's rocky, slippery slopes. Photo from Allison'... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 27, 2013 - 10:08 pm
Two years after the Irene and Lee floods ravaged the Schoharie Valley, there's still a lot of work to be done to make the valley whole.
But there's also a lot to celebrate: Across the region, farmers' fields that were torn up by floodwaters are now green... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 19, 2013 - 5:05 pm
A satisfied customer at Bohringer's Fruit Farm in Middleburgh. Photo by James McCracken; shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group pool.
June brings many things: Weddings. Graduations. A riot of greenery. And of course, strawberries. The brief, glorious... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Friday, May. 10, 2013 - 11:38 am
Above: WJFF video promoting their 4th annual Foodstock Food and Fine Wine Festival.
Food, wine, and song will fill the Tennis Building at the Villa Roma Resort in Callicoon this Saturday as the fourth annual Foodstock Fine Food and Wine Festival brings... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 3, 2013 - 10:34 am
Coming soon to a whiskey near you: Mash from Ommegang's Hennepin ale. Photo from the Ommegang website.
The up-and-coming Catskill Distilling Company in Bethel has struck a deal with Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown to make Catskill whiskey with Ommegang... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Wednesday, May. 1, 2013 - 11:41 am
Ramps! Photo by Shira Golding; published under Creative Commons license.
It's that time of year again: Those glorious few weeks of spring when the food world goes mad for ramps. While New York diners must hunt down the savory little onions in gastropubs... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 29, 2013 - 11:53 am
Photo from Hudson Valley Foie Gras website.
The campaign against foie gras just got a lot more personal.
In the U.S., just two farms produce the fatty delicacy, both in Sullivan County. Last week, a group of anonymous animal-rights activists affiliated... Read more
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