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Culinary Boot Camp at Schenectady County Community College in January

Posted in events, food news, fun, holidays, tagged , , , , , , on November 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Have you ever yearned to enroll in one of the culinary boot camps at the Culinary Institute of America down in Hyde Park, but were rendered speechless by the exorbitant cost?  Well, today is your lucky day, readers and friends, because good ol’ Schenectady County Community College will be offering their own three-day Boot Camp [...]

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It’s the Great Pumpkin Shortage, Charlie Brown!

Posted in food news, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Could this be the Year Without a Pumpkin Pie?  Or pumpkin cheesecake?  Or pumpkin soufflé?  Well, every year’s the year without a pumpkin soufflé in my house, but folks, this is not a joke: there could very well be a shortage of canned pumpkin this holiday season.
According to food giant Nestlé, consumers can expect a [...]

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Seen in the Supermarket

Posted in silliness, tagged , , , on November 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »

In the “We Calls ‘em as We Sees ‘em” Department:
Clear, descriptive, to the point.  The marketing team must have been out sick the day they named this product.

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Schenectady Greenmarket Happenings for November 15

Posted in events, friends, fun, greenmarket, tagged , , on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Lots of cool stuff happening at the Schenectady Greenmarket this Sunday!  From now until May, the Schenectady Greenmarket will be held inside Proctors, from 10am-2pm.
Activities, Performances, and Demos:

Local Expert, Chef David Brough will demonstrate proper techniques for cutting up chicken at the market this Sunday. Shoppers may purchase fresh, whole chickens from Cooper’s Ark Farm [...]

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Vegetarian Options at a Local Restaurant?

Posted in ask the foodie, restaurants, tagged , , on November 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I just got a message from a friend:
My husband, needs to make a restaurant recommendation to a friend who is coming in from out of town with family. They want to go somewhere nice but not necessarily fancy. Here’s the hitch, a couple of them are vegetarians and one has some health complication that means [...]

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Pie á la Mold

Posted in food news, restaurants, reviews, tagged , , , , on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Last night, Bob and I went to eat at our usual weekend quick-dinner place, the Halfmoon Diner on Route 9.  I’ve mentioned it here before, and I’ve always had good things to say about it.  After last night, however, I’m rethinking a few things.
Dinner was fine – tuna melt for me, pot roast for Bob.  [...]

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Today is the Day!

Posted in events, friends, fun, tagged , , , on November 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I’m so excited for my buddy Chef Mark!  Today is the day he and his chef buddies (Jaime Ortiz from Angelo’s 677 Prime, Larry Schepici from Tosca, and Jackie Baldwin Russell from Sage Dining Hall at RPI) are cooking for a dinner at the James Beard House in NYC.  It’s called Upstate in the Big [...]

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What a Day to be a Food Lover!

Posted in events, friends, fun, restaurants, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Today was a great day.
I spent the morning at the Schenectady Greenmarket, picking up lots of great vegetables, bread, vegan hummus, and wine from the Hudson-Chatham Winery.  I probably would have forgotten to go the market, had I not been reminded by my neighbor and buddy Chef Mark that he would be cooking at the [...]

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