BlueStar Appliances Bring Restaurant Quality Performance to Acclaimed …

When you design a commercial restaurant kitchen there are three things that are really important for a functional space: Fire , Water and Refrigeration.These are the most important aspects of a well-designed home kitchen as well. Jonathan Benno, the celebrated chef who has worked in many of America's most renowned restaurants, from The French Laundry to Daniel and more recently, Lincoln, wanted to bring the same level of restaurant performance to his home kitchen.

Day Trip: Twenty Miles from Midtown, a Riverside Village Awaits

On Saturday mornings, the hills of Hastings-on-Hudson are alive with the hubbub of locals chatting at the Hastings Farmers Market , now celebrating its 20th anniversary season. A parking lot next to the public library, at 7 Maple Avenue, becomes a piazza with some 2,000 habituA s turning up to shop and eat to the beat of singer-songwriters or jazz ensembles.

Nathan Littauer designated a milk bank

Breastfeeding mothers can now donate excess milk to help needy moms and babies, thanks to a new program at Nathan Littauer Hospital. The hospital announced at a press briefing Friday that it is now a state-approved milk depot, one of more than 30 such receiving centers throughout New York gathering milk for distribution by the New York Milk Bank, Hastings-on-Hudson.

Violet Veggies? Hudson Valley Restaurant Week Incorporates The Color Purple

The restaurant line-up for The Valley Table's fall 2017 Hudson Valley Restaurant Week is live, with 200 participating restaurants throughout Orange, Westchester, Dutchess, Rockland, Putnam, Sullivan and Ulster counties. Running from Monday, Oct. 30 to Sunday, Nov. 1, Fall 2017 HVRW welcomes a brand new, creative element: Purple, as in purple produce.

Back-to-school snack tips from Martha Stewart

Now that school's back in session, parents may find themselves scrambling for quick and easy meal solutions before the morning bus and after school. Back-to-school snack tips from Martha Stewart Now that school's back in session, parents may find themselves scrambling for quick and easy meal solutions before the morning bus and after school.

Westchester Eateries Serve Up Seven Fishes Feast For Christmas Eve

Whether they make seven meals to reflect the seven sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church, or a dozen dishes, representing the 12 apostles, Italian-American families are dishing up a lot on fish on Christmas Eve, according to a report by lohud.com In Italy, the Feast of the Seven Fishes is more of a grand meal than a "feast." If you're going strictly by the book, Christmas Eve is a vigil, or fasting day, when celebrants abstain from eating meat or milk products -- hence, the abundance of seafood dishes.