
It is with great sadness I write my last Seasonal Chef post for the LoHud Food Blog. It has been a glorious four-plus years of creating…
It is with great sadness I write my last Seasonal Chef post for the LoHud Food Blog. It has been a glorious four-plus years of creating…
Hi All, I write this post with some mixed feelings, as it is the last Spices and Seasons, post on this site, I am sad…
New Friends and Old, Mild Brews and Bold Some in the tasting room are old friends, celebrating a birthday or another milestone. Others have just…
There are many fusion influences on the Indian table, including the British. India had been a British colony for over a century, resulting in a…
March is one of my favorite months. We finally begin to emerge from the bleak Winter. Tiny bits of green are pushing their way through…
What’s for dinner? I ask myself that question frequently, as I am sure you do too. When I get to Wednesday it’s pretty much time…
Bird Watching, Bird Sipping, and Other Fowl Play For many at Captain Lawrence, the brewery is a home away from home, the place to go…
Every now and then it’s nice to get away, right? Especially when you’re having cold/snowy/rainy weather! During the recent cold snap I had the fortune…
We love fish in our household, it is a healthy and quick cooking protein and in my opinion very versatile. This time of the year…
A Beautiful Day For Bocce and Beer The calendar says February, but the temperature suggests April. With the sun blazing and the sky deep blue,…
Give the people what they want… When Chef and Owner Nick Di Bona gets something in his head “he must execute” and that he did.…
We are at the lowest point of the year in terms of seasonal ingredients. I am very close to being at the end of my…
The Captain’s Log: Some Fruity, Fresh and Funky Brews Scott Vaccaro, Captain Lawrence founder, spent the past weekend up in Boston for the city’s famed…
If there’s ever a time to shake a cocktail with New Orleans lineage, it’s tonight: Mardi Gras. Known in English as Fat Tuesday, it’s the…
Well, we are into chili season – and here I am with a recipe for turkey chili that is loaded with winter vegetables and actually…
Downwardly Mobile, Or, My First Taste of Brewery Yoga Captain Lawrence has been host to movie screenings, weddings, concerts and the occasional author reading. But…
We’re almost a full month into the new year. How are your resolutions going? I didn’t make one, but I’m guessing by the parking lot…
Speaking Their Love For Small-Batch Brews You never forget your first. Sinead Cremins has been to about a hundred breweries. But Captain Lawrence was the…
The waterfront park in Dobbs Ferry has been newly appointed enhancing the vast river views day or night. A stroll along the river’s edge on…
Once the holidays leave us, and it get kind or sort of busy, it often tends to get harder for us to appreciate the simpler…
Still ‘Fresh’, Ten Years Later It was precisely a decade ago when Scott Vaccaro turned up at Lucy’s Bar in Pleasantville and announced he had…
Well, we had a good thing going with all those bizarre high temperatures. However, winter is here, and with today’s temperatures it is certainly not…
New Year’s, New Beers It is that first week of January, when the new year’s resolutions are either intact, or have not yet been finalized;…
Lentils and legumes with their coin like shape are considered good luck symbols and are often included as a part of a New Year’s menu…
I am fond of saying that inspiration comes in many ways to me. Some times I will see a dish at a restaurant, something in…
Twas a Few Days Before Christmas Twas a few days before Christmas, and all through the brewery All anyone is talking about is Mother Nature’s…
I’ve been having a busy holiday season. How about you? So for today, I will keep things brief. We’re getting to the end of the…
We are down to the wire as we begin to bid adieu to another year. Depending on where you are with things, chances are you…
Oh, The Weather Outside is Delightful The mercury crossing 60, it is–as Nathan Lyons of Brooklyn puts it–“t-shirt in December” weather. And so Nathan, and…
The Captain’s Log: It’s Not Good to Keep Things Bottled Up It’s the time of year for sharing, and Captain Lawrence tasting room denizens will…