Small Bites

My hubby Bradley and I have been blogging about restaurants for LoHud on HVRW since its inception a few years ago. Donna blogs as Chef’s Tip, and she is the co-coordinator for Westchester Community College Taste of Westchester program. She has come to know quite a few chefs in Westchester… Read More →

This is Antonella Pomilla guest-blogging for the second time for The Journal News. Since my first time participating in Spring HVRW 2011, I was accepted into the pilot MBA program in Food and Wine at the University of Bologna, have become an avid Yelper with a healthy following, and continue… Read More →

Nothing makes me happier than enjoying a good meal, except maybe having the opportunity to tell someone about it!  Patrice Costa, reporting in on my amazing evening at the Iron Horse Grill.  Our meal was all about flavor and texture and how brilliantly chef Philip McGrath made it work in… Read More →

The Hudson Valley Restaurant Week launch party at Harvest on Hudson was a blast. And just look at all those chefs! Credit: Simon Feldman Chef Vincent Barcelona, shown here with HVRW organizer and Valley Table publisher Janet Crawshaw, said he thought there were about 200 people. Check out the photos,... Read More →

Philip McGrath Restaurants: Iron Horse Grill and Pony Express in Pleasantville Born: Dec. 2, 1957, Bronx Grew up: In the Riverdale section of the Bronx Culinary School: Culinary Institute of America Experience: Opening executive chef at the Castle at Tarrytown, and its Equus Restaurant. His resume includes positions at the… Read More →

Hello all and happy Tuesday. Sorry for the delay in this week’s links column. This weekend, I cooked a whole mess of pulled pork. Here are five pork shoulders (aka Boston Butt) on the smoker. I picked ‘em up from Steve’s Prime Meats in Congers on Saturday morning, and they… Read More →

Sally Veltidi, guest blogger from Iron Horse Grill in Pleasantville: What a great way to start off Hudson Valley Restaurant Week! Iron Horse Grill, located on Wheeler Street in Pleasantville was an excellent dining experience from the time we were seated until the last bite of dessert. After parking within 50… Read More →

Hi, everyone, it’s Katherine Curry, guest blogger.  I was in Pleasantville the other night seeing a movie at the Jacob Burns. Afterwards, my friend and I walked over to Phil McGrath’s wonderful train-station restaurant, the Iron Horse Grill.  The restaurant was quiet—it was after 9 p.m. on a Tuesday night—but… Read More →

Good afternoon and happy Tuesday! Sorry I’m late with the local roundup, but I’m just getting my groove back on after the past two weeks of craziness! Over the weekend I took it nice and easy. I had a couple of friends over for dinner on Saturday night and made… Read More →

Happy Monday, Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas everybody! The snow may be a pain, but it sure does make everything festive, doesn’t it? I hunkered down on Friday night and roasted a couple of chickens. I modified the Judy Bird technique we told you about around Thanksgiving: on Thursday morning,... Read More →

 Good morning and happy Monday. I’m recovering from the Beer&Food festival this weekend. I was a judge in the firefigher cook-off, where the prize was a $10,000 Viking grill (yowza!) and then I hosted our chef demos on Sundays. I’ll give you tons of photos later today, but for now,... Read More →

Good morning. What are you doing to beat the heat? I went to Wasabi in Nyack yesterday…. I couldn’t take even lighting the grill.  The salmon ceviche special with watermelon was delicious and refreshing. With that, here’s a look at what people have been talking about this weekend: MH likes… Read More →