Food
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 19, 2011 - 11:06 am
Photo from the Andes Hotel's Facebook page.
The town of Andes, and its eponymous hotel, got a very complimentary shoutout from New York Post real estate writer Tina Traster, who's been making the rounds of little Catskills towns recently.
The Andes Hotel... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011 - 11:55 am
Last Saturday, the little Delaware County town of Andes came alive with the rat-a-tat of marching drums and the plunk of banjo strings, as the annual Community Day parade wended its way down Route 28. And then the festivities really got underway. (It's... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011 - 2:09 pm
Photo by Flickr user Skånska Matupplevelser.
A local farming couple is planning to build a creamery in Delaware County, and hoping to bring the future of Catskills dairy farming with them.
By building the Kortright Creek Creamery, goat farmers Tom and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 12, 2011 - 1:05 pm
The Dancing Cat Saloon and the Catskill Distilling Company have been steadily building a distillery right across the street from Max Yasgur's historic Woodstock-hosting dairy farm in Sullivan County for about a year now. Tomorrow, owners Monte Sachs and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011 - 10:53 am
Do you enjoy watching mud-covered contestants leap over pits of fire en-route to glory, accolades and booze? The Warrior Dash, a 3-mile race, obstacle course, and after-party on Windham Mountain, had got your number.
Warrior Dash racers are a hutzpah-... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 25, 2011 - 4:05 pm
Photo by Flickr user Michele Borioli. Published under Creative Commons license.
Joe Sicinski, who runs the food bank at the Andes Presbyterian Church, has a problem on his hands. He's still got plenty of things like canned corn, cranberry sauce and green... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 21, 2011 - 3:35 pm
There are some things that just go together. Ice and tea. Beans and cornbread. Hobart and horseshoes.
Back in the late 1700s, local lore tells, Hobart pioneer Foote More was the first in the nation to manufacture those square nails once used to keep the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 21, 2011 - 12:26 pm
Photo: Dave Jacke, author of the indispensable two-volume textbook Edible Forest Gardens and local hero of the permaculture movement, in action. Courtesy of the Northeast Permaculture Convergence.
This Saturday marks the high point of the year for local... Read more
By Ellen Verni on Thursday, Jul. 21, 2011 - 11:35 am
Delaware County's own Ellen Verni has been writing "Home Cookin'," her column of Catskills recipes and rumination, for 24 years. Today's column is guest-written by Ellen's daughter, Juliet Verni. You can get more of both talented Vernis on Ellen's blog... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 19, 2011 - 9:20 am
Photo from Jolly's Facebook page.
In the Saugerties Times today: A peek inside Jolly's Good Grub, a British grocery and lunch shop on Route 212. It's run by a cast of characters that includes a former world-traveling antique dealer who once drove a bus... Read more
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