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Writing the book on food truck success
It started on somewhat of a whim. The food truck was by the side of the road. Brian Branigan and his partner, Allison Culbertson, were looking for a new direction. And the owner of the truck was so desperate to unload it, he gave it to them for half price. Read more here |
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Manhattan on the Hudson: Zak Pelaccio Cutting the Fat, Glazing Turnips InsteadZak Pelaccio’s newest venture differs from most mod-country, locavore eateries these days in one crucial way — it actually is in the country. Read more here |
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Where Basic Ingredients RuleThe town of Hudson, N.Y., is where people go to renovate Victorian houses, sell chunky raw-edged wood furniture and install restaurants in former blacksmith shops. Zakary Pelaccio, the chef behind the Fatty Crew group of restaurants, went down the third path with Fish & Game. Read more here |
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33 Reasons to Visit New York’s Hudson ValleyCountry Living compiled the following must-do list of Hudson Valley haunts, all of them lying within an easy-to-navigate 50-mile stretch, from the Roosevelt mansion in Hyde Park to the inestimable Coxsackie Antique Center. See the complete list here |
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Top Ten Views of the Hudson River, From the Ten Most Unexpected PlacesOlana, the 19th century home of Hudson River School artist Frederic Edwin Church, is perched high above the river, with expansive views of the Catskill, Berkshire and Taconic Mountains. After you take in the scenery from the Persian-style mansion, you have 250 acres to find a quiet picnic spot. Not many people take the carriage road trail which leads to Crown Hill, where you get a framed view back to the main house. See slideshow here |
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15 Amazing Book-Filled Bars Where We’d Like to DrinkYou know what’s better than a night out? A night out with a book. Or, in the case of many of these fine establishments, a whole wall of books. After all, when else will you feel as inspired to pull down a favorite tome and do a dramatic reading than when you’re on your second cocktail? After the jump, a handful of amazing bars stocked with more than just alcohol — click through to check them out, and let us know in which bookstores you love to drink, or in which bars you love to read, in the comments. #12 Spotty Dog Books and Ale, Hudson (http://www.thespottydog.com/blog/) |
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Top 10 Free Things for Families to Do in the Hudson ValleyAs a long-time resident of New York’s Hudson Valley, I may be biased, but there really is a lot for families to do here. In addition to incredible outdoor spaces – trails, parks, preserves, etc. — there are museums, historic sites, amusement and water parks, sporting facilities, farms and zoos, and more. If you’re visiting the region on a budget, not to worry. You can add these places and events to your itinerary for free! Read more here |
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Let’s Get Lost (In Hudson)There was a time when shopping vintage (or vintage-ish) was a serendipitous adventure in which the sky seemed to be the limit, whether at a flea market or some delightful hodgepodge of a store. (Ah the 90s.) The town of Hudson, despite blossoming as an upscale decorative-arts destination, is still capable of bringing back those memories — of a time when various indoor or outdoor spaces offered a curious collector the chance to amble, touch, and discover amazing things for doable prices. Read more here |
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The Short Order: Chef Zak Pelaccio’s Guide to Hudson, New YorkKnown For: Helping catalyze New York’s love of Southeast Asian food with Fatty Crab and Fatty ‘Cue; having handed over the reigns to the Fatty empire, he now lives in Hudson, where he is preparing his newest restaurant, Fish & Game, where the focus will be on creating condiments, sauces, and fermentations: Think kimchi or fish sauce, aged in wooden barrels from local bourbon distilleries. Read more here |
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Frederic Church and the Hudson River SchoolA new show at the National Gallery (London) is dedicated to the American artist Frederic Church. Susan Marling explores the Hudson River landscape that inspired him. Find more about it here |
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Ca’Mea Restaurant Review in Hudson: Northern Italian Food and Dining in Columbia CountyIt sounds like the plot of a major motion picture. An Italian boy grows up working in his parents’ restaurant in the famed Tuscan hill town of Cortona. As a young man he visits America, falls in love, and soon marries an Italian-American from the Hudson Valley. On their way to happily-ever-after they encounter one little problem: He longs to bring the lifestyle — and, especially, the food — from his native land to his new home. Before we know it, he joins up with a new Italian restaurant in the then-sleepy city of Hudson — and sets out to transform it into a little slice of Tuscany-on-the-Hudson. Read more here |
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Local apple growers provide pie for the presidentThe Grouts of Golden Harvest Farm discuss the honor of being part of the Inauguration Luncheon ... |
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Congratulations Golden Harvest! Apples to be part of the President’s Inauguration LuncheonHudson Valley foods & drink have prominent place inauguration lunch Read here |
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Capital District Business Review’s “Where to dine: Our 2013 list of high-end, eclectic restaurants”Ca’Mea Restaurant, Vico Restaurant and Bar, Swoon Kitchenbar featured… |
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Hudson Valley named one of National Geographics “Best of World 2013” destinationsGot wanderlust? We’ve got your ticket. The National Geographic Traveler editors present the new year’s 20 must-see places. Read more here |
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Quirky culture, north of NYCCafé Le Perche, a bakery with a liquor license that serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, frequently sells out of its outrageously delicious croissants and chocolate chip cookies. Another restaurant bound to become a Hudson institution is the Chai Shop, where authentic Indian food made from local ingredients, such as wild spinach pakora, is served inside a still-functioning home furnishing store. For more casual fare, the new Grazin’ looks like a greasy spoon but it is the first restaurant in the US to be certified by Animal Welfare Approved, meaning that the grassfed Angus cattle are humanely treated – and also make a delicious burger. Read more here |
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Behind the Scenes at Harvest Spirits, Home of Cornelius Applejack and Core VodkaWhen we talk about uniquely American drinks, bourbon gets most of the love, but if you really want to drink like a pioneer, you should be sipping applejack. This distilled product of hard apple cider may technically be a brandy, but it drinks and mixes like a whiskey, with oaky caramel and vanilla flavors coming through just as strongly as apple. Don’t let the fruit base fool you: this stuff is fiesty enough to put hair on your chest. Read more here |
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History in the Walls (a visit to the Martin Van National Historic Site)We have an Election Day tradition in our home: We attempt to put things into historical perspective, in order to remind ourselves that as strident as the political discourse can sometimes become, as chaotic the voting process and as unsatisfying the result—especially if your candidate loses, and often even if he or she wins (I’m writing this column on election morning and have no idea the outcome of any of the races)—the Republic has a genius for struggling and moving forward. Read it here |
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Human Sexual Response reunites in HudsonIn the fertile music scene of Boston in the late ‘70s, Human Sexual Response created a big buzz, and their live shows were the stuff of legend, as well as deep discussion, evaluation and dissection. Read more here |
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4 Free in Columbia County, NY by TravelingMom.comColumbia County, in upstate New York, has 4 free outdoor activities that can be enjoyed year round. Upstate New York is particularly nice to visit when the leaves are changing, (another free activity) but you can also enjoy its beauty when it snows, when spring blooms, or when it is cooler than New York City. Read more here |
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The All-Artisanal WeekendersAshley Goforth, 27, associate community manager, and Amanda Waas, 26, marketing manager The hamlet-strung region famous for farms and fall foliage has drawn the attention of New York’s culinary elite. At the same time, the production of craft booze and other small-batch eats is taking off, making the area ideal for a food-filled weekend escape. Read more here |
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The Biggest Little Film FestivalFilm Columbia brings features and documentaries fresh from the international festival circuit to Chatham—often months before they hit commercial cinemas… Read more here |
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Why Hudson?The skinny on what made, and makes, the city of Hudson the way it is today… Read more here |
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FilmColumbia hits lucky number 13The 13th annual FilmColumbia Festival is on this week in the Columbia County town of Chatham for five days, turning the few quaint blocks of Main Street into a upstate movie lover’s paradise and a “star” sighting wonderland. Sure, there are screenings, panel discussions, workshops and parties — more on all those in a bit — but the chance to see actors and film folk, albeit not your George Clooneys or Angelina Jolies, bundled up in their best L.L. Bean wear and mixing with the regular people gives the fest a real community feel. Read more here |
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Haunted places worth visiting in the Hudson ValleyForget choreographed spooks and people dressed up as ghosts and vampires. From former battlefields and cemeteries to mansions and inns, the Hudson Valley is home to a number of reportedly haunted places, many of which are open to visitors. Linda Zimmermann, a Chester resident who grew up in Pearl River, is considered an expert on paranormal activity in the region. The author of “Hudson Valley Haunts: Historic Driving Tours,” plus more than a dozen other books on the paranormal, she’s been investigating local haunted spots for about 15 years…. Lindenwald in Kinderhook Read more here |
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VeganMoFo #2: Mexican Radio - Hudson, NY (Okay. Not So Pumpkin)On a recent trip to the Catskill Mountains region, we made a stop in Hudson, New York to check out the town. Hudson is about 2 hours away from NYC and has a lot of cool shops, galleries and cafes, many along their main drag, Warren Street. Read more here |
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5 perfect days in the Hudson ValleyFrom ballet to wine tasting, hiking to cheese eating, do it down by the river this fall… (featuring Hudson-Chatham Winery and Old Chatham Sheepherding) Read the article here |
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Great Country Escapes: The Berkshires (the New York side of the Berkshires, too)Next time you are in the Berkshire, don’t forget the western side of the Mountain too. |
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The Chocolate Bar -“Best of Hudson Valley”as voted on by Hudson Valley Magazine As their Web site puts it, “Chocolate is the wine of the 21st century,” and this shop/café, owned by Kim Bach, offers plenty to imbibe. The storefront resembles chocolate shops of old, and a snug back room with seating for 15 has a distinct coffeehouse feel. The store has a dizzying variety of liquid chocolates, espresso beverages, and tea (yes, Virginia, there is a chocolate tea: hot or iced, brewed with black tea from Hudson-based Verdigris Tea Shop — also owned by Bach — and infused with chocolate chips and natural chocolate flavor). “All the chocolates we use and sell are local or regional,” Bach says. Read more here |
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Edible Hudson Valley “Local Hero Award Winners”Congratulations to “Otto’s Market, Germantown” winner of Local Hero Award Winner - Food Shop! See complete write up here |
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5 Hudson Valley Wines to Taste This FallThe Hudson River region of New York produces a number of notable wines made from French hybrids, essentially a cross of Vitis labrusca (the species of grapevine native to North America) grapes and Vitis vinifera (the more familiar European species). The area has a centuries-old custom of growing grapes and making wine—Brotherhood Winery was established in 1839 and is the nation’s oldest continuously operating winery—but it’s the new wave of winemaking that shows promise. Here are 5 Hudson valley wines to seek out this fall, whether you’re up north to view fall foliage or just looking for interesting bottles in local NY stores. Read more about our local wines here |
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Weekend Wrap-Up: The Haven That Is Hudson(Strictly Nutritious - Feeding your body, mind and spirit.) This past weekend we rented a car and took a short 2.5 hour drive north of the city to Hudson, NY. You’ve probably heard of the Hudson River or the Hudson Valley, but most people are pleasantly surprised to find that there’s also a small Victorian-era town by the same name! Read more here
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Nippertown! Review LIVE: Hudson Music Festival, 8/10-12/12The second annual Hudson Music Festival took over downtown Hudson for three days earlier this month, and it seemed as though there was music everywhere you looked – in the parks, in the restaurants, in the art galleries, in the parking lots and sometimes even in the middle of the streets. Folk, hip-hop, blues, rock, funk, country, punk, jazz and just about everything in between… Read more here |
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Arts in HudsonI’ve made several trips to the Columbia County city of Hudson in recent weeks and here’s what I can report: Hudson is a cool little city, with an interesting arts community, nifty new venues and some impressive industrial architecture. I haven’t been there during the day, but there appears to be a thriving gallery and antique scene, if you’re into that sort of thing. The drive from my apartment in Albany to downtown Hudson is about 50 minutes and I wouldn’t make it for just anything, but the city keeps hosting events that seem worthwhile. If this keeps up, I’ll be going there all the time. Read more here |
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Great Country Escapes: Hudson ValleyThis area just north of Manhattan has serious new restaurants, some owned by big-deal NYC chefs…. Read more here |
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New Twist on a Dense SubjectConcrete is to architecture what flour is to baking: an important but homely ingredient. Yes, the material can be stylish in kitchens and bathrooms, and it’s the stuff of many an art gallery floor. But dense, gray and prone to cracking, it seldom appears in fine lighting and furniture. Read more here |
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Otto Leuschel’s Old-Fashioned Germantown Variety StoreSome people boast of having lived in an area when it “hit,” like Soho in the ’70s, or, more locally, Great Barrington, when Smithsonian named it the best small town in America. Next on the “hit” list: Germantown, if Otto Leuschel has his way; on June 28 he opened Germantown Variety across the street from his foodie mecca, Otto’s Market, and the community is abuzz. Read more here |
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The Crimson Sparrow in Hudson Opens at LastTwo years ago, John McCarthy and his wife Dianna bought a second home in Claverack. Soon Benjamin Freemole, McCarthy’s colleague at Wylie Dufresne’s legendary Manhattan restaurant WD-50, began joining the couple on days off. Both chefs “fell in love with the region,” the charming villages, of course, but especially the scores of surrounding farms, so rife with ingredients. Eventually they bought an iconic building on Warren Street and made plans to transform it into a state-of-the-art restaurant that would serve some of the most sophisticated food in the world, yet would look as if it belongs exactly where it is. Then they went before the planning commission. “In New York City that can be a trying process,” says McCarthy. Here? “We were there for 11 minutes, then everyone applauded.” Why Hudson? “It’s like Soho in the ‘70s,” says McCarthy. Adds Freemole, “There’s a $5500 chair made of yacht string in the window of a store down the street. Nothing makes sense here.” RI’s Marilyn Bethany was at The Crimson Sparrow on opening night, Wednesday, June 20, and reports. Read more here |
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Pleased as Punch -“Hudson Chatham Winery featured on Fresh American”We can’t think of a better way to spend a weekend afternoon than kicking back on the porch with some friends and a pitcher of sangria. This sweet, wine-based punch has its roots in Spain and Portugal, where it’s typically served at casual get-togethers, but we like it for everything from elaborate dinner parties to impromptu barbecues. So we called on the expertise of Dominique DeVito, co-owner, with her husband, Carlo DeVito, of Hudson-Chatham Winery in Ghent, New York. The DeVitos established their winery in 2006, and now grow their own grapes on four acres of vineyard. (They also believe in keeping it local, and bring in other fruits from New York State to round out their wines.) Read more here |
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Hidden HudsonLocated about one hundred and twenty-five miles from lower Manhattan in Columbia County, NY, the scenic Hudson Valley has the power to quicken heartbeats, stocked as it is with farm-to-table eateries, outdoor music festivals, lush landscapes, and enough antique shops to impress even the most seasoned deal finder. But there’s a hidden side to Hudson taking place inside its mill buildings: a fertile underground of creativity up to lots of good. A story of purpose and re-purposing, no summer visit to this historic city is complete without a survey of the creative things taking place just off center stage. Read more here |
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Congratulations to Chatham Brewing - a 2012 recipient of the Matthew Vassar Cup!The Matthew Vassar Brewers’ Cup is named in honor of the famous Hudson Valley brewer and philanthropist, Matthew Vassar, who in the late 1800’s established one of the largest and most successful breweries in the Hudson Valley. Matthew Vassar was known not only as a brewer but also as an innovator in the art of brewing. The cup itself is very old, and there is only one of them in existence. Each year it is handed over to the winner, to keep and display for a year until the next TAPSM. Read more here |
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Special Chairs and Lots of Time: Marina Abramovic Plans Her New CenterOn Monday, the globe-trotting performance artist Marina Abramovic is to unveil the design of the new art and education center she plans to build in Hudson, N.Y. Called the Marina Abramovic Institute for the Preservation of Performance Art, it will be designed by the architects Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas of the firm OMA and housed in a former theater that is now an indoor tennis court. Built in 1929, with 20,000 square feet of space, it is among the largest buildings in the town, two hours north of New York City. Read more here |
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OCSC’s Kinderhook Creek is a splendid sheep’s milk cheeseIf finding a need and filling it is a prescription for business success, venture capitalists should be investing in dairy sheep. They aren’t, but fortunately, a few other risk takers are building flocks to meet a growing appetite in this country for sheep’s milk yogurt and sheep’s milk cheese. In fact, New York’s Old Chatham Sheepherding Co., probably the first significant dairy-sheep venture in the United States, chose to discontinue production of its sheep cheeses in 2007 to meet the booming business for its sheep’s milk yogurt. Since then, the company helped some neighboring Amish farmers build flocks and is now purchasing sheep’s milk from them. With a more stable milk supply, Old Chatham’s proprietors felt comfortable getting back into the business of producing pure sheep’s milk cheese. Read more here |
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Pain de Siècle: Café Le PercheThe European model of grocery shopping every day is becoming a thing of the past. In France, there has been some concern expressed at the decline of the local boulangeries; more and more villages and neighborhoods are losing their small bakeries as customers buy all their food at supermarkets, which offer pale imitations of the archetypal baguettes made by real artisan bakers. Vending machines that dispense bread are even proliferating, though connoisseurs are unimpressed with their offerings and the very idea seems like the sort of thing that would cause incensed farmers to protest en masse by dumping truckloads of melons in the streets. In this country, however, bakeries are opening. As more people develop a taste for real bread, not the flaccid simulacra churned out by supermarkets, a new generation of bakers is working to provide their neighborhoods with authentic, high-quality baked goods. A superb example of this trend can be found on Warren Street in Hudson, where a team of young people is producing top-notch artisanal breads and pastries made from local, organic flour. Crusty, chewy bread with deep flavor and real character, traditional pastries, and sturdy bistro fare: Café Le Perche is something every town should have. Read more here |
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“America’s Best Spring Drives”U.S. Route 9, New York The entire route runs more than 300 miles from Delaware up to the U.S.-Canada border, but this 57-mile lower New York stretch has special appeal when the weather warms. Start in Poughkeepsie and head north toward the town of Valatie, pulling over for fresh produce and organic homemade goods at one of the many local farmers’ markets that reopen in late spring. And keep your eyes peeled for Gilded Age estates along the route, such as the Vanderbilt Mansion. Where to Stop: The historic open-air Hyde Park Farmers’ Market, just off Route 9, opens in early June on the grounds of the ’50s-era Hyde Park Drive-In Theatre. Further north, in Columbia County, stop at Harvest Spirits Farm Distillery for a bottle of dry apple brandy. See more here |
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Rock and Remembrance at Basilica Hudson… Lived through thatFor many, the music of Hole has been little more than the backdrop to band leader Courtney Love’s drama-filled marriage to Kurt Cobain and the rest of her tabloid-trauma, Hollywood-train-wreck public life. But there’s no denying it’s been a millions-selling, arena-packing backdrop. Formed in Los Angeles, the group straddled the grunge wave to become one of the major alternative acts of the 1990s, achieving huge commercial and critical success and motivating many an angst-ridden grrl to scream into a microphone. No doubt the hell ride of Hole is one heck of a story. And now two of the band’s members, guitarist Eric Erlandson and drummer Patty Schemel, have come forward to tell it: Erlandson via the book Letters to Kurt and Schemel by way of the documentary Hit So Hard. On April 8 the twin releases will be celebrated with “Rock ’n’ Remembrance,” an event at Basilica Hudson organized by the pair’s one-time bandmate and the venue’s co-owner, bassist Melissa Auf der Maur. In addition to a reading from Letters to Kurt by Erlandson and a screening of Hit So Hard, the evening promises a rare reunion set by the three musicians. Read more about it here |
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Hudson and Columbia County…. Where Historic Meets HipAlso rarely rivaled is the selection of places to eat in Hudson, among which number fine-dining establishments like Swoon Kitchenbar, DABA, and Ca’ Mea; casual boites like Le Gamin cafe, Baba Louie’s (wood-fired organic pizza), Mexican Radio, locavore burger joint Grazin’, Red Dot, Park Falafel and Pizza, and American Glory BBQ. In the warmer months, hip street food trucks Tortillaville and Truck Pizza operate on an open lot in Warren Street’s 300 block. (Reportedly, similar vendors offering Indian and Thai cuisine are in the works.) For hot beverages head to Verdigris tea shop, Nolita, Parlor Coffee & Tea House, or Swallow, which shares space with LOAF artisan bakery. If you’re nursing a sweet tooth in the spring and summer, the place is to go is scoop-sized ice cream shop LICK. Looking to burn off all those calories you just enjoyed? Sign up with Hudson Barbell, the area’s only CrossFit training-affiliated gym. Read more about it here |
NYC chefs to open Hudson restaurantThe wonderful “Restaurant Row” of Warren Street has attracted another New York City team.
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Marina Abramovic Turns to Rem Koolhaas to Design New Performance Art CenterThe artist Marina Abramovic has selected the architect Rem Koolhaas’s firm, OMA, to design her new performance art center in upstate New York. |
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The New York Cork Report 2011 Wines of the Year FinalistsCongratulations to Hudson-Chatham Winery and Tousey Winery! This is the third year of our New York Cork Report “Wines of the Year” program and over the past several weeks, my colleagues Bryan Calandrelli and Evan Dawson, and I have been tasting, re-tasting and re-re-tasting dozens of wines to , narrow and hone our lists of finalists 2011 Wines of the Year. Read more about it here |
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Locavore Pour: Harvest SpiritsWalking into the shop at Harvest Spirits up in the Hudson Valley feels like stepping into a mad scientist’s laboratory. At one end of the room sits a tank big enough to swim in, surrounded by a maze of pipes and smaller tanks. One wall is lined with oak barrels, each decorated with a different, and often mysterious, symbol. Behind the sales counter, which is crowded with bottles of spirits to sample, stands a row of shelves filled with jars of poisonous-looking mixtures. Read the labels—wormwood, bacon, cilantro, dill pickle, frozen beer—and you might wonder if you really want to buy anything at all here. Welcome to one of New York State’s newest—and most innovative—distilleries. Harvest Spirits is the brainchild of 38-year-old Derek Grout, whose family has owned Golden Harvest Farms and its attendant farm stand since his city-slicker grandparents moved up to Valatie from Queens more than 50 years ago and became apple growers. Read more about it here |
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Hudson Valley Chosen as 2012 Top Spot to Visit in U.S.Lonely Planet, a leading travel web site, has named the Hudson Valley as the #2 pick for the top ten places to visit in the United States. Editors at the site annually “carve out a list of what’s new, interesting, and in some cases likely to be overlooked by travelers both domestic and international.” Mary Kay Vrba, president of Hudson Valley Tourism, Inc. stated, “We’re honored that Lonely Planet chose our region as a hot spot destination in the United States. They’ve provided us with a new audience, and we’re ready to welcome them to the valley.” Read more about it here |
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Hudson grows as a musician-friendly townThe skinny guy in the fedora sipping a Maker’s Mark might seem an unlikely resident of this small town. Just recently he was talking bourbon with the bartender at Mexican Radio and less than a week later — on New Year’s Eve — he was in Las Vegas, playing bass next to Axl Rose when Guns ‘n Roses took the stage in front of tens of thousands of people. Tommy Stinson has toured the world many times as the bassist in Guns ‘n Roses. He’s been a bona fide rock legend since he was a teenager when his first band, The Replacements, put out “Let it Be,” which was named as one of the 500 greatest albums of all time by Rolling Stone magazine. You’d expect a guy like that to be in New York or Los Angeles, where he lived for more than a decade. But he was quite happy to move his family to Hudson, a town that has moved beyond a quaint row of antique shops to become a musical mecca, one that attracts artists of international prestige. Read more about it here: |
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Café Le Perche Restaurant….Hudson Valley MagazineOn August 1, 2010, Allan Chapin stopped for lunch at a cafe in Le Perche, northern France, and tasted what he calls the baguette that changed his life. Chapin, an investment banker who has a home in Claverack, had purchased an 1830s building on Hudson’s main street, and was thinking of opening a bakery-café there. “But I didn’t know a damn thing about baking,” he says. “Then here I am in Le Perche eating this bread and I said, ‘This is what I have to do.’ ” Read more about it here |
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Grazin’ Hudson ... ChronogramJust as most marriages depend on a firm grasp of football trivia, diner food relies on our enduring national appetite for affordable, comforting fare. It’s not normally a cuisine that we associate with the sort of refinement (and price tag) that often attends the farm-to-table label. And while the upper echelons of the market drive food trends that eventually become ubiquitous (sun-dried tomatoes, anyone?) it’s vitally important that local eating be inexpensive and demotic enough for all to partake. Enter Grazin’, a diner with impeccable locavore credentials. Read more about it here |
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The Knox TrailDuring the winter of 1775–1776, Colonel Henry Knox left Boston, marched to New York’s Fort Ticonderoga, and—with a team of men and oxen—hauled more than 50 tons of cannons and other arms back to Boston’s Dorchester Heights. The threat of these cannons firing on British ships in Boston Harbor led to the British evacuation of Boston, a major victory for the fledging Continental Army. In 1926New York and Massachusetts began installing commemorative markers that traced the so-called “Knox Trail” at locations in the two states… Read more about it here |