Food
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Dec. 26, 2014 - 11:28 am
Above: Barnes Hill on a sunny fall day in 2014. Photo by Dennis Schevjda, via Flickr.
If the national travel press has anything to do with it, the Catskills will be flooded with tourists in 2015.
Two separate publications, Fodor's and Travel + Leisure,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Dec. 12, 2014 - 10:16 am
Gov. Andrew Cuomo handed out early Christmas presents on Thursday, Dec. 11 in the form of $709.2 million in economic and community development funding to hundreds of organizations across New York state. Several Catskills organizations, including MTC Cable... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014 - 4:34 pm
Above: Photo by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, via Flickr.
This Sunday, the Peekamoose Restaurant & Tap Room is throwing a fundraising bash for the Community Pantry, the food pantry that serves the Delaware County town of Middletown.
The... Read more
By Alecia Lynn Eberhardt on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014 - 1:05 pm
Above: Justin Behan, the owner of Green Wolf Brewing Company. Photo used with permission.
Three and a half years ago, Justin Behan was standing in an old house on his property when he had a revelation. “It dawned on me,” he said, “this building has... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014 - 5:31 pm
Above: The door to the Gypsy Wolf Cantina. Photo by Flickr user satemkemet.
Every year since 1989, the sign in front of the Gypsy Wolf Cantina in the Ulster County town of Woodstock has changed. One year, a stylized wolf howled at the moon. Another, a... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014 - 2:39 pm
Above: A trio of Catskills turkeys in 2008. Photo by Kristine Paulus, via Flickr.
Ah, gratitude. We all know it’s the right spirit to maintain, there’s a science supporting its benefits, and yet it can be so easy to lose track of in everyday life. How... Read more
By Janel Bladow on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014 - 9:33 am
For Tara Jamieson, it took moving back home to Walton to follow her dream. With the help of family and friends, her restaurant, Feather & Stone, opened in early September in the Delaware County town of Walton.
The culinary school graduate was manager... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014 - 3:05 pm
Photo by Liz West, via Flickr.
The humble cucumber has a celebration all its own this Sunday: the Rosendale Pickle Festival.
This will be the festival's 17th year. Over 6,000 people are expected to come to the Rosendale Community Center seeking a pickle... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Nov. 17, 2014 - 11:05 am
After 14 months of renovations, the Phoenician, Mike Ricciardella's fourth restaurant in the hamlet of Phoenicia, is open.
The restaurant is perched on the banks of the Esopus Creek, in a building that housed Al's Seafood Restaurant for over 70 years.... Read more
By Alecia Lynn Eberhardt on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014 - 2:58 pm
Hudson Valley Cider Week begins on Friday, Nov. 14 and runs through Saturday, Nov. 23, 2014.
Hard cider is the fastest-growing beverage in the alcohol industry—and it’s right at home in upstate New York, a region that’s home to dozens of orchards. A new... Read more
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