Bagging the Greens: Do You Know What’s in that Bag of Salad?
Salad Bags and its Harmful Contaminants
Bagged salad sometimes seems like more of a threat than raw meat these days, with one produce outbreak after another grabbing the headlines. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that the overall incidence of foodborne [...]
Trader Joe’s Coming to Albany
Domestic and Imported Foods Galore
Trader Joe’s announced on January 6th that they will be opening a new store at 79 Wolf Road in Albany. The grocery store chain is scheduled to open their 13,000 square foot location sometime during the second quarter of 2012, although no specific date has been set.
This [...]
Top My Pizza in Clifton Park, Review
A New Pizza Place Opens in Clifton Park
Out of the construction directly beside Moe’s Southwest Grill in Clifton Park, a new restaurant recently emerged: Top My Pizza. And while yet another pizza place isn’t quite what CP needs, this place is just a bit different from Pizza Hut, Venezia, [...]
How Capital Region Colleges Stack Up in the Vegan Food Department
Vegetarian and Vegan Options for College Students
Most of us have had our turn as college students, eating fast food and late night pizza delivery to survive cram sessions by night, and dashing through dining rooms grabbing whatever could tide us over while rushing to the [...]
Hattie’s: A Saratoga Institution
Fried Chicken, Mac and Cheese, Crab Slaw Salad…Hattie’s Has It
It doesn’t get anymore Southern…or Saratoga than Hattie’s. Finding Southern home cooking in Saratoga Springs would sound about as likely as finding snow in July, but the fried chicken, collard greens, peach cobbler and rest of the carefully chosen menu is as [...]
French Onion Soup (Video Recipe)
A French Onion Soup Recipe that’s Easier than You Think
The onion is your friend. Sure, it makes you cry, brings you to tears, but it’s so good for you, especially when used to make French Onion Soup.
Basically consisting of onion and beef broth, traditionally served with croutons and cheese as toppings, [...]
Saratoga Restaurant Week 2011
$18.19 for a 3 Course Meal at Participating Saratoga Restaurants this December
So you want to go out to dinner but you don’t want to spend a lot. No problem, right? Except as soon as you open the menu, you realize you have to get an appetizer. I mean, they look totally awesome, [...]
Butternut Squash and Apple Soup Recipe
Great Fall Recipes: Butternut Squash and Apple Soup
Oh yes, fall is here and the sweet veggies are everywhere. It’s one of my favorite times of the year for this reason! I love going to the farmer’s market and seeing all the squash, pumpkins, carrots, sweet potatoes, beets etc.
I really can’t [...]
How to Roast Your Own Coffee
Roasting Coffee is Easier than you Think
Ah, that first cup of coffee. Coffee is part of our culture; it’s in our blood. We drink it in the morning, on the way to work, and after dinner, and sometimes in between.
Originally discovered in Ethiopia in the 15th century and initially cultivated [...]
Rooted in Nature: An Independent, Natural Food Store in South Glens Falls
New South Glens Falls Eatery Brings Fresh Food from Local Farms
Rooted in Nature on Route 9 in South Glens Falls opened last Saturday, October 1, 2011. The store is owned and operated by Glens Falls residents Colleen Sommer and Cheri Lawson. Colleen has [...]
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