For Insatiable Westchester Diners
December 2012
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12/31/12New Year’s Eve: What to Eat, What to Drink, Where to Party, and What Your Resolutions Should BeHave you been a nice — or naughty — diner? Find out here. PLUS: What Westchester’s food and drink experts are drinking on New Year’s Eve Posted at 08:05 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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12/24/12Celebrate the Holidays (Without Wrecking Your House); New Year’s Resolutions: Let’s Go Out in a Blaze of Pork!Celebrate the holidays (without wrecking your house); New Year's Resolutions: Let's go out in a blaze of pork! Posted at 08:28 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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12/17/12Foie Gras Stuffed Quail at Restaurant North; Vote for Your Favorite Restaurants; Locally Made Holiday CheerIrvington restaurants reopen after Sandy; vote on Zagat.com for your favorite restaurants; foie gras stuffed quail at Restaurant North; locally made holiday cheer Posted at 09:11 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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12/10/12Homemade Food Gifts for the Holidays; The Study Fine Wines Seasonal Events; Feast of the Seven Dogfishes at Growlers Beer Bistro; the Great White of Whole Grains: Farro!
**WARNING** DO NOT ATTEMPT to make homemade food gifts if you have never cooked before–sex or back-rub coupons might be a better choice.
First of all, packaging is critical. You can’t hand someone a food gift packed into a used Cool Whip tub. Remember: You are better than that. What you need to do is go down to the Container Store, or IKEA, or even your local hardware store, and pick up some of those airtight jars with removable rubber gaskets. There is a rumor that they sell such things at Michael’s, but I have never been able to penetrate farther than 10 feet into the craft...
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12/03/12Durian Opens in Larchmont; the Kellys' Annual Christmas Show; We Look at the Soon-to-Re-Open Storm Damaged Restaurants of Irvington
First Taste: Larchmont’s Durian
Oh, they had me at the name: Durian is the most transgressive fruit on earth. It looks like a mashup of an American football and that spiky ball-on-chain thing that medieval warriors swung into their opponents’ skulls. But its looks aren’t the durian fruit’s most intriguing characteristic—the smell of its creamy flesh has been likened variously to the odors of rotting meat, sweaty gym socks, and, you guessed it, feces. In Singapore, the possession of a durian fruit can get you barred from public transportation, and, in Thailand, consumption of the... Posted at 04:13 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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Julia Sexton, restaurant critic, food writer, and CRMA award-winning blogger, is a rampant traveler who will go anywhere to try anything. When not furtively sneaking cinghiale sausage past airport bag sniffers, she cooks and writes at her home in New Rochelle. A regular in Westchester Magazine’s pages, where she reviews local restaurants, Sexton’s food writing has also appeared in the New York Times and the Boston Globe. This fall, look for the debut of Sexton's book, Hudson Valley Chef's Table, published by Globe Pequot Press. She'd love to hear from you, so email any rants, questions, and comments to the Eaterline, jsextoneater@gmail.com. Follow Julia Sexton on Twitter @JuliaSexton
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