By Morris Gut
By Morris Gut The glittering 30th annual Holiday Train Show is on track to start on Nov. 20 and run through Jan. 23 at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx near Fordham University. It’s a seasonal treat, a
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By Morris Gut Day of the Dead is a public holiday in Mexico on Nov. 1 and 2, when villages gather to commemorate family members who are deceased. There are costumes, parades and rituals, but it has no relation to
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By Morris Gut Downtown White Plains can now boast restaurants of almost every national persuasion. We have Italian, Irish American, Vietnamese, Indian, Greek, Israeli, Middle Eastern, Mexican has been exploding, a growing Peruvian presence, Colombian, Jamaican, Caribbean, Turkish, Mediterranean, Brazilian,
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By Morris Gut Autumn is in full swing! The air is crisp, apples are falling to the ground at area orchards or just waiting to be picked. Trees are putting on their annual technicolor light show along highways and byways.
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By Morris Gut The grand opening of a third Macelleria Italian Steakhouse brings prime dining to Byram, Conn. Hospitality veteran and proprietor Tony LaLa has completed a beautiful renovation to the 200-seat multilevel premises, highlighted by polished wooden floors, stone
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By Morris Gut It was a beautiful late summer day and we took a drive up I-684. Our destination: Ace Endico Marketplace in Brewster. Ace Endico, founded some four decades ago by William Endico and Murray Hertzberg, has become a
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By Morris Gut While driving through the lovely byways of northern Westchester, we cruised around the glistening Amawalk Reservoir at routes 118 and 202, into the hamlet of Granite Springs, which is part of Somers. On one side of Old
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More Summer Bites and Pieces… By Morris Gut The storied towns and trails that make up the Sleepy Hollow area of Westchester certainly have their share of fables and tales. There are certainly some taverns and dining venues dotting the
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By Morris Gut It was mid-afternoon, pre-Bastille Day, when I stopped in at Le Jardin Du Roi on King Street in Chappaqua. It had been quite a while since I ate there. Joe Quartararo and Christian Larsen have been operating
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By Morris Gut Celebrity chef Michael Psilakis brought his Mediterranean culinary magic to Westchester almost a decade ago. The award-wining innovator enhanced our knowledge of modern Greek-inspired cuisine through his restaurants, cookbooks and television appearances. I was excited to revisit
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