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Category Archives: Eating
Baked Beans for your 4th of July BBQ
We’re pleased to have been featured in The Daily Meal’s roundup of 15 Best Baked Beans Recipes. With all the recipes on this site, “best” is quite a compliment. Any of the preps would be worth your time, actually, but … Continue reading
Keeping it cool at Eat Drink Saratoga 1.0
The weather did not do this past weekend’s Eat Drink Saratoga festival any favors. There was an excessive heat advisory for June 30, meaning don’t go outside if you don’t have to. But those who ignored this advice and slathered on … Continue reading
The Halal Guys white sauce mystery… SOLVED!
SPOILER ALERT: this post is going to reveal exactly what is in the Halal Guys White Sauce. If you aren’t ready to know that, continue reading all the fanciful hoo-hah on the internet. You have been warned. We assembled quite … Continue reading
Your weekend guide to Utica ethnic eats
A family schedule conflict threatens to keep us from attending the World Refugee Day Celebration in Utica this Saturday, June 16. But I assume you’re going, so I will share my strategy for scoring maximum ethnic cuisine throughout the day. … Continue reading
Eating tavern-style wings without the tavern
Our friend Daniel over at FussyLITTLEblog maintains that tavern-style chicken wings are a different experience than wings consumed in a generic setting or ordered to-go, and has organized several local tasting tours to prove this theory. Troy, Schenectady and downtown … Continue reading
Shenanigans on the Halal Guys White Sauce circuit
I’m calling shenanigans on the conspirators putting up silly versions of the white sauce served at Halal Guys and similar food carts, including the beloved Kenji Lopez-Alt. As discussed back in January, 2018 will be the year we achieve a … Continue reading
Eating our way through the Wilton, NY bicentennial
Public records describe Wilton as an “active county subdivision that is not coextensive with an incorporated place” abutting Saratoga Springs, where I reside. When locals think of Wilton they think of shopping malls, fast food outlets, big suburban homes and … Continue reading
The ethnic eats of Utica, NY
Utica is the hardscrabble central New York city known for tomato pie, Utica Greens and Chicken Riggies, attributed to the Italian immigrants who came here to work in the factories and mills in the early 20th century. But there’s another, … Continue reading
Foraging Q&A with Chef Rob Handel
Rob Handel grew up helping his grandmother in the kitchen at The Blackthorne, a resort the family owned in the Catskills. She was a back-to-the-earth child of the ’60s who taught him the joys of fresh ingredients, including foraging, at … Continue reading
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My Royal Feast
On a recent visit to the Bay Area I enjoyed as good a meal of its type as I’m ever likely to experience. My Chowhound friend Melanie Wong has been tracking Chef Zhongyi Liu, a Beijing-trained chef who once represented … Continue reading