Westchester Magazine April 2009
Westchester Magazine's issue for April 2009.
PHOTO BY Robert banks “I haven’t the slightest idea how to change people,” author and humorist David Sedaris wrote in his book, Naked, “but still I keep a long list of prospective candidates ...
Whether baked over coal or wood, topped with clams, eggs, or plain ol’ cheese, we deliver the best pizza in the county.
Cheap, delicious...and kinda good for you
Eat (and spend) big at this throwback that will make you feel you’ve stepped onto the set of a Francis Ford Coppola movie.
What wines do some county chefs prefer? We asked.
Openings, Closings, Kitchen Changes, Food Events Famous pizzeria Frank Pepe is scheduled to open sometime in the next month or so, in the space that once housed Ricky’s Clam House (1955 Central Ave, Yonkers). This ...
April is a busy month for chocolatier and pastry chef Sabrina Berkowitz of Scarsdale. The reason? “Easter and bridal showers,” says the 31-year-old, who owns Chocolate Box NYC (646-413-3999), an e-tailer, founded in January 2008, ...
Forget those mass-produced flours and go fresh-milled.
I don’t know about historic claims of asparagus’s aphrodisiac properties (probably based more on shape than on chemistry), but the vegetable sure is a culinary stud. On a grill, in a steamer pot, a roasting ...
Take Me To The Auction A star-filled crowd came out to support Riverkeeper’s art auction, helping to raise more than $235,000 to safeguard New York’s water resources. The event was held at the Frank Gehry-designed ...
ACADIA ON MAIN 115 E Main St, Mount Kisco, (914) 666-6800This airy, light-filled store, located near Elephant’s Trunk, offers technologically advanced, fashion-forward, and eco-friendly outdoor, travel, and exercise clothing and gear. Named in honor of ...
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Custom-made fashion comes with an easy-on-the-wallet price tag, thanks to fashion designers April Bukofser (left) of Pound Ridge and Marin Milio (right) of White Plains. The pair, who met in a marketing class during ...
Say goodbye to galoshes and sopping-wet soles and ciao to chic rain boots. Here, some great grown-up twists on the old childhood staple—the better to brighten up your April showers.
Winners Judge Jonathan Lippman. The Rye Brook resident has become New York State’s top judge, as chief justice of the Court of Appeals in Albany. County wine drinkers. A new proposal by Governor Paterson would ...
A serious look at a funny day.
New baby business born in Tuckahoe.
While April is National Poetry Month, it’s also many other things to many other people. Did you know that April is also… Alcohol Awareness Month Animal Cruelty Prevention Month Autism Awareness Month Financial Literacy Month Frog Month International Guitar Month Irritable Bowel ...
Do you think that you will never see a poem as lovely as Westchester County? Since April is National Poetry Month, we figured we’d try to capture the county in verse. Here, we asked the ...
Desperate for a babysitter? Enter Mommy Mixer, a service that “matches” sitters and moms. Founded in 2003 by Mary Sullivan Cooper in Austin, Texas, Mommy Mixer allows moms (or dads) to meet part-time, college-age sitters ...