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Tag Archives: Utica
Recipe: Utica-Style Tomato Pie
Utica-Style Tomato Pie is a gooey, unctuous treat made with lots of tomatoes and very little cheese; it is traditionally served at room temperature. We started with the Sal Detraglia recipe but did a lot of tinkering to get the … Continue reading
“Renouncing foreign princes” in Utica, NY
Last Saturday, June 22, was a glorious day to visit Utica NY with a blue sky, ideal temperatures and light puffy clouds. We were there for the World Refugee Day Celebration and planned to celebrate by eating as wide a variety of … Continue reading
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World Refugee Day is this Saturday, June 22
Did you make it to Utica last year for the World Refugee Day celebration and follow our itinerary? Neither did we, but we’re planning on it this coming Saturday. This post has the (approximate) hour by hour details. As before, … Continue reading
New Years Taste Test: Tomato Pie
We have long wanted to do a recipe test for Utica-style tomato pie. With New Years upon us, we realized a suitable competitor to Utica pie would be Sfincione, a Sicilian street food that is especially popular when the calendar … 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
Recipe: Utica Long Hots
Another in the pantheon of Utica Italian specialties, along with Chicken Riggies and Utica Greens. Utica Long Hots couldn’t be easier to make, or more challenging to eat: the peppers range from mild to Jalapeño-hot, and you don’t know what … 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
Recipe: Utica-Style Chicken Riggies
There are a lot of renditions of Chicken Riggies on the internet, but this is the real deal. I know because I brought home an order from the Chesterfield Restaurant, where Mike Schultz claims he put this Italian-American classic on the … Continue reading