Food & Drink

A new look for the Saugerties Farmers’ Market
Food & Drink

A new look for the Saugerties Farmers’ Market

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“This year, it’s all about making the market a safe and secure place to shop,” said Judith Spektor, coordinator of the Saugerties Farmers’ Market committee. “The farmers’ market is more important than ever at this time, both because people need access to fresh, healthy food and because local farmers have lost most of their restaurant sales and the community wants to help support them. So the committee put a lot of effort into designing a market layout that would protect shoppers and vendors.”

Ulster County food-delivery program to shift from restaurant meals to groceries
Food & Drink, General News

Ulster County food-delivery program to shift from restaurant meals to groceries

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As of May 4, 100,000 meals have been prepared and packaged through Project Resilience, an Ulster County initiative that has tapped over 150 restaurants to mass-produce hot meals for residents that have been impacted by COVID-19. The program, which has been underway since the beginning of March, will halt restaurant deliveries on May 16. But, the program will continue in an altered capacity in its “second phase.”

Local farmers’ markets gear up to reopen
Community, Food & Drink

Local farmers’ markets gear up to reopen

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Locally sourced food has become increasingly more important as people attempt to stay closer to home in the midst of a global pandemic. Growers, farm-market organizers and supporters are working to provide customers with safe, accessible, fresh food while drastically reducing the links in the sometimes overwhelmingly complex food chain. We checked in with farm markets in Woodstock, Saugerties, Kingston and New Paltz. All were either already open or preparing to reconfigure their outdoor spaces while expanding their online offerings.

Bottoms up: New service lets you help out-of-work servers with a “virtual tip” while wining and dining at home
Food & Drink

Bottoms up: New service lets you help out-of-work servers with a “virtual tip” while wining and dining at home

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A new venture called Service Industry Tips allows you to tip out-of-work local servers while partaking in meals and drinks at home that you would normally be enjoying at local businesses. “The idea behind this is not tipping to pay someone’s rent but more to make them smile and help out in small ways,” said Raquel Carrion, admin for the New Paltz/Gardiner/Rosendale group.

Corey’s Sugar Shack in Highland produces pure maple syrup products that put a spin on dinner
Business, Food & Drink

Corey’s Sugar Shack in Highland produces pure maple syrup products that put a spin on dinner

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The first thing that comes to mind when you hear the words “maple syrup” is probably pancakes. Or waffles, or French toast; whatever your breakfast food of choice that’s enhanced by butter and syrup is. But Debra and John Corey of Highland have other ideas when it comes to maple syrup. Why can’t it take its place at the dinner table, too?