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FeedLocal Foodies and Writers Share Their Personal Picks for Local James Beard Winners
So to whom would you give a James Beard Award? That’s what we asked local foodies/food writers. And the winners are…
• Mulino’s of Westchester
(White Plains, mulinosny.com)
FOR: Consistency Through the Years
NOMINATED BY: Ex-Chef, Food Writer, and New England Culinary Group Director, Linda Kavanagh
“Since I was a child, nothing has changed at this stalwart, and that’s a good thing. The food is unfailing—real Italian cuisine sans pretense. Even their holiday winter wonderland still blows me away to this day.”
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• Anthony Goncalves 42 The Restaurant |
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Birdsall House |
Photo by Timothy Reinke |
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Photo by Gus Cantavero |
Scott Vaccaro Captain Lawrence Brewing Company (Elmsford, captainlawrencebrewing.com)FOR: Pioneering the Craft Beer Movement in Westchester NOMINATED BY: Food Writer and Personal Chef Diane Weintraub Pohl “His education and European apprenticeships have resulted in award-winning, nationally recognized, Belgian-style brews. Environmental awareness is a component of his business; residual grains are donated as cattle feed. His exceptional success demanded expansion, necessitating an upcoming move from Pleasantville to bigger digs in Elmsford.” |
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Local Restaurants and Grocers Are Offering Proprietary Beers.
Back in the day, all a restaurant needed was to pay a designer for a logo to use on some matches. Nowadays, restaurants (and grocery stores) are stepping up the branding with proprietary, craft-brewed beers. Says Joe DeCicco, scion of the local DeCicco grocery store dynasty, whose beers, made with Captain Lawrence Brewing Company, include Limone Luppulo, proprietary beers “offer a unique product that brings customers in. DeCicco’s Session IPA (brewed by Sixpoint), a good drinking beer with a sweet, malty finish, also has enough hops to offer some bite, while the Polpettina Pilsner (brewed by Captain Lawrence) is a lighter-flavored beer that pairs well with pizza and fries. Hops (as well as herbs, honey, and some vegetables) grown at Blue Hill at Stone Barns provide the flavor for a series of six beers brewed by Kelso of Brooklyn.
