By Michael Gold This Christmas let’s give less. That’s the advice of Pastor Kevin O’Hara, of Pleasantville’s Emmanuel Lutheran Church. O’Hara says we should give less of ourselves to social media and the internet and give more of ourselves to
Read MoreBy Morris Gut Simi and Miranda Polozani, the dynamic husband-and-wife restaurateur duo, opened the flashy Bia American Kitchen at Chappaqua Crossing, an exciting dining addition to the former Reader’s Digest complex. The Polozani family also operates popular Prime Pub gastropubs
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel Birding can take on many aspects: observing birds outdoors, marveling at photographs of birds and reading accounts of avian-obsessed adventurers of days gone by. It all depends upon your fancy. This month, you’ve got a wealth of
Read MoreMatching wine with a particular food dish or menu is one of life’s simple pleasures. But we don’t enjoy wines solely with meals. Often, we are entertaining friends or enjoying wine as a precursor to a meal. What to match
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera My wife Margaret is a compulsive list maker. That may sound like something bad, but actually, I envy her ability – not to mention her desire – to make lists of things to do. By comparison, I’m
Read MoreBy Michael Gold Kendal Williams is an eighth-grader who made the varsity field hockey team at Lakeland High School, the gritty bunch who plowed through the other schools in their section and made the state finals, losing only to the
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera As Christmas draws near, it will soon be time to start thinking about our front door wreath. For some years, we never had to worry about sourcing our wreaths because our grandson Richie, as a dutiful Boy
Read MoreBy Morris Gut The original Ambadi Indian eatery on East Post Road in White Plains was opened by the Kalathara family of Bengal Tiger fame to highlight the street foods and cuisine of India. Simson Kalathara’s Bengal Tiger was renowned
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera Is anyone here old enough to remember the song “Artificial Flowers” by Bobby Darin? It was probably the most miserable song ever recorded, about a little orphan girl who survived by making artificial flowers from silk, wire
Read MoreRestaurant wine lists, crafted by today’s wine-focused chefs and highly educated sommeliers, can be the quintessence of the overall experience at a restaurant. Many restaurants painstakingly pair food and wine offerings and invest significantly in well-stocked wine cellars. However, when
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