This Month’s Featured Articles…
Estuo and Kae Iwamoto of Hana Sushi: Japanese Fare Created from the Heart
Estuo and Kae thirty years ago What I was most excited about when I first moved to Rhinebeck, NY, last August was getting to try the variety of restaurant options in the towns along the 9G corridor. Prior to moving to Rhinebeck I lived in a rural spot in Columbia County where the nearest grocery store was a 20-minute drive and finding an open restaurant on a Tuesday night was laughable. Now, the food options seemed endless – I could get Thai, Italian, [...]
Talk of the Towne: Feeding the Millerton Community for 18 Years
If you’re familiar with Millerton, NY, then chances are, you’re also familiar with the Talk of the Towne deli, located off Route 44 near the NY/CT border. Sisters Mary Hosier and Sandy Sherman the owners of Talk of the Towne, are no strangers to food service. They previously ran the Village Diner in Millerton for 13 years and a food wagon at the corner of Route 199 and Route 22 for four and a half years. 18 years ago, they decided it would be a [...]
Dassai Blue is Sake Gold
It was a beautiful day for a scenic drive from Troy to Hyde Park, through Rensselaer and Columbia Counties into Dutchess County. I was traveling with a special friend, sun roof open, soaking up the sunshine and gasping at how green everything was for mid-May. All was right with the world on that sunny Sunday. It was no surprise, then, that the first impression of the Dassai Blue Sake Brewery off Route 9, almost across the street from the venerable Culinary Institute of America, had [...]
A Red Fox’s Guide to Eating In and Around Poughkeepsie, NY
This past May, I graduated from Marist College with a BA in English writing. Despite an unconventional start to my undergraduate career because of the pandemic’s restrictions and fears, it was an extremely rewarding four years. I was able to form an incredibly supportive community and pursue fulfilling academic opportunities that I would not have imagined as a freshman in 2020. In addition to learning valuable writing insights from my professors, peers, and academic experiences, I also figured out one very important thing: where to [...]
Flying Free at Mt. Brace
The yearning to be as free as a bird and to soar on wings in the sky has been with humankind since the dawn of time. One of the best-known legends about that lure – and the danger inherent in its pursuit – is that of the ancient Greek father and son, Daedalus and Icarus. Daedalus, a masterful inventor, was imprisoned on Crete by King Minos for angering him. To escape this wretched condition, Daedalus crafted sets of wings from wood, feathers, and wax. Finally [...]
