It is hard to imagine civilization without the onion. – Julia Child To our southwest is a motherlode of rich...

 With fresh asparagus, the higher your income, the higher up the stalk you cut the tip. – Bill Rathje  ...

Restaurants serving local food aren’t too hard to find these days, but coming across 500 kinds of bottled beer –...

Photo of Brine Barrel owner Matt Gleason by Samantha Moranville It may be un-American not to love pickles. We have...

This year’s Hudson Valley Restaurant Week, which runs March 18 to 31, got a jump start on February 28 when...

There’s a whole world in a seed. When cooked into or sprinkled over a dish, they bring more to the...

We’re afraid of fish. Whether it’s the cost, the odor or the intimidation factor, many of us are afraid to...

It was virgin eggnog that we kids drank on Christmas Eve around the sparkling Christmas tree with the flashing lights...

“Clam chowder is essentially one of the most indelicate of our national dishes. It is rude, rugged, a food of...

“Some may smile at the idea of ripe cucumbers, and say that the very thought of them, like the smell,...

“Turkey is undoubtedly one of the best gifts that the New World has made to the Old.” – Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin...

There are five elements: earth, air, fire, water and garlic…Without garlic I simply would not care to live. – Louis...

There are five elements: earth, air, fire, water and garlic…Without garlic I simply would not care to live. – Louis...

There are five elements: earth, air, fire, water and garlic…Without garlic I simply would not care to live. – Louis...