Meetings, material lists, and building permits have been at the top of chef Nick Di Bona’s prep list for Madison Kitchen. The big news this week is the unveiling of the final design for the logo. Ta da! This design was definitely a more tricked-out version from this original draft… Read More →
The clock has started ticking to opening night for chef Nick Di Bona’s new Larchmont restaurant, Madison Kitchen. Right now the target date is June 1st, but with any type of construction project, there’s already been a significant amount of “hurry up and wait” situations. Curious to know what goes… Read More →
Changes are in the works at 7 Madison Avenue in Larchmont. Chef Nick Di Bona recently left his position as executive chef at Peter Pratt’s Inn, and will be opening a new restaurant in the former La Villetta Ristorante space. The restaurant, named Madison Kitchen, is just a stone’s throw… Read More →
Plates in Larchmont is a homey neighborhood restaurant that has been delighting patrons for years. Recently, Bill Cary ventured out into a snowy weeknight seeking some comfort from the kitchen of Plates owner and chef Matt Karp. Karp, the executive chef and co-owner (with Arthur Jacobson, the proprietor of the… Read More →
Antonella Pomilla reporting my third and final review. Typically, I am the person that DOES NOT dine at the same restaurant twice. However, since PLATES provided me with my best meal this past summer, I decided to check it out again for Fall HVRW ‘12. I noticed in choosing my… Read More →
Now that the late-summer doldrums are upon us, we know what you’re thinking: Why go out to eat now? You have back-to-school on your mind, and the budget needs to go for other expenses, like backpacks and books. Plus, who goes out in late August? If you’re not back-to-school shopping,... Read More →
Have you heard? There is a Small Bites Throwdown! going on right now! Check out the two recipes created just for Small Bites (my Cucumber and Onion Quinoa Salad and Maria Reina’s Chipotle Black Bean Burger), vote online, and then join us Saturday at John Jay Homestead Farm Market to… Read More →
Welcome to the Westchester Breakfast Club’s monthly posting on Small Bites. We’ll be providing a summary each month of our breakfast adventures. For the complete WBC experience, please check out our blog at www.westchesterbreakfastclub.com. You can click on the dates below to read our full posts for each restaurant. May… Read More →
Defining moments often happen at the most innocuous of places. For Scarsdale resident Jennifer Deutsch, it was sitting at her kitchen table. Doodling on a paper towel while chatting with her kids, she sketched out her dream for a wine bar. The swirling-with-vino glass she drew is now the logo for… Read More →
Uh-oh. Valentine’s Day is Tuesday. And you haven’t made a reservation for one of the most popular restaurant-going evenings of the year. “I think this weekend is when they realize that it’s coming up in a couple of days,” says Jean LeBris, owner of the very romantic Vox, a French… Read More →
If you’re hosting Christmas, then let’s face it: This is going to be a crazy, crazy week. I know I’ll be going through my recipes trying to find the perfect stuff for brunch, dinner, Christmas Eve dinner. Sigh. Here’s a little help. Lauren Groveman, of Larchmont, is coming out with… Read More →
Set against a hot pink glass wall at the new Sweet &?Social is an array of more than 25 creatively named cupcakes, many which play up the social — and social media — aspect of the shop’s moniker. There’s a “Tweet & Salty,” which is a chocolate cake filled with… Read More →
Voracious Reader’s sibling has arrived — and boy is she cute. According to owner Francine Lucidon, above, whose motto has always been about catering to young people “with an appetite for books,” the store’s new tea shop and lounge — it’s expanded into a space that formerly was a Scandinavian… Read More →
We know — golf isn’t about food. But everyone has to eat, right?? If you’re at the 2011 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship at Westchester Country?Club in Harrison this week and hunger pangs hit, there are four spots to go. The main concession, next to the 18th fairway and called… Read More →
Do we have to even say it? All right, sure — Sylvia Louie is a morning person. As a founder of the Westchester Breakfast Club, we’d expect that. But she rises even earlier than her fellow members, and if she had things her way, they’d be out sampling eggs, bacon,... Read More →
Here’s a look at three new wine bars — and also the new wine program at Haiku, the Pan-Asian restaurant with branches in White Plains, Eastchester, Bronxville, Cross River and Mamaroneck. We asked for wines considered to be the best value — meaning the best wine for the dollar, not… Read More →
Pinot grigio — or chardonnay? Used to be those were the only choices when it came to wines by the glass around here. Unless, of course, you count their counterparts in red: merlot and cabernet. You know how these wines are served, too: poured from a big bottle into a… Read More →
Good morning and happy Monday. Brrr! Except for a quick trip to the grocery store on Saturday, I spent the entire weekend in the house. I made two stocks — chicken and beef — and two soups, too. First, on Friday, we did a quick pasta dinner with the agnolotti… Read More →
Craig Muraszewski didn’t feel like there was any place in Westchester where you could go to get a little bite to eat and enjoy a cocktail — and not feel like you’re in a restaurant. After all, when he goes out, he prefers to sit at the bar, rather than… Read More →
If you saw the long lines here a few weeks ago, you’d swear they were giving away something for free. Well, they were. Photos by Matthew Brown/TJN HomeMade Pizza Company, founded in Chicago, was offering up free slices, presumably to get everyone hooked on their concept: You pick the toppings,... Read More →
A group of friends getting together each year to decorate gingerbread houses? That’s not so unusual. But 19 of them — and all men? Year after year ever since middle school? Now that’s a holiday tradition worth carrying on. Photos by Tania Savayan/The Journal News Even so, this year might… Read More →
Bettty Comerford, a Home and Careers Skills teacher at the Hommocks Middle School in Larchmont, hosts a gingerbread decorating party for her three children each year. Here is her tried and true recipe for making the houses for the kids to decorate. It takes a couple of days for everything… Read More →
Paul Bousche reported on our restaurants in the Sound Shore. The dining room is photographed at Rosie’s on the River in Port Chester.( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News ) Here’s what he found.
Matthew Karp Restaurant: Plates in Larchmont Born: Jan. 14, 1970, New York City Grew up: Scarsdale Culinary School: Cordon Bleu, Paris; master’s in cuisine and pastry Experience: Before opening Plates, he worked as a sous chef and saucier at the four-star Bouley restaurant in New York City and managed the… Read More →
Good afternoon and happy Monday. Sorry it took me a while to get this post up today, but I’ve been out of the office a couple of days and had a lot of catching up to do. I was out of the office because I was staying in my pied… Read More →
Good morning and happy Monday. Did everyone have a nice fall weekend? Some of you are off for Columbus Day, I’m sure…. but not for we journalists. News goes on! I started the weekend out up at at the Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze. But first — dinner at Umami Cafe… Read More →
Our guest blogger Lynda LaMonte Garmong sent in this dispatch from downtown Larchmont: “For Rent” signs are a sight all too familiar in Larchmont. Like many towns in Westchester and across the country, Larchmont’s business district has struggled during these tough economic times. The tide appears to be turning. This… Read More →
Good morning and happy Monday! Rather dreary out today, isn’t it? But we sure could use the rain. And I’m sitting on my front porch right now, watching it come down over my garden (which Bill Cary so kindly posted about this week on his In the Garden blog), and… Read More →
Good morning and happy Tuesday. I had a busy weekend, but one with tons of great food. I have friends visiting from Oregon, so we welcomed them on Friday night with a supper of pulled pork, beans, fresh tomatoes and cole slaw. I put my pulled pork and cole slaw… Read More →
Katherine Curry’s Journal News Ice Cream Odyssey took her on a delicious journey all around the Lower Hudson Valley this summer. Here are her picks for great ice cream in the Sound Shore, and, when available, links to her original blog posts on these venues. Take it away, Katherine: Longford’s… Read More →
