Cooking at home has become popular during our months-old sheltering-in-place lifestyle. And so has consuming wine, often at table while enjoying the latest inspired meal we’ve self-created or re-created from the many media sources available to us. Enjoying this
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera Where or how my wife Margaret could have gotten a bad case of poison ivy is a puzzlement. She’s far from the outdoors type, which I discovered early in our marriage when I suggested we take a
Read MoreBy Brian McGowan In a recent issue we spoke of the cláirseach, or harp, as a musical instrument immediately and passionately identified with Ireland, and Turlough O’Carolan, the most famous of Irish harpers. But Ireland is not the only country
Read MoreBy Scott Levine Through July, most of the space news has been full of extraordinary stories and gorgeous photos of the alluringly named comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), which was visible with the naked eye even in Westchester’s skies. Comets are
Read MoreChianti. Utterance of the word evokes fond memories of a place and time. Of indelibly etched meals enjoyed on a patio overlooking rolling hills of vineyards. Of trattoria house wines, at times sans label, always delightful and always paired perfectly
Read MoreBy Morris Gut Gov. Mario Cuomo has issued a new COVID-19 directive: no alcoholic drinks may be served without a food order at restaurants, bars and tasting rooms throughout New York State. It is meant to cut down on crowds
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera Our homes are where we eat, sleep, play, sometimes work and store things we’ve finished using but somehow can’t bear to throw away. There are many reasons we may want to hold on to stuff we no
Read MoreBy Richard Levy When you buy a round-trip ticket for your vacation, every day you’re away the date you must return home is constantly lurking in back of your mind. It never goes away. But if you purchase a one-way
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel The May confrontation in Central Park between a white woman walking a dog off-leash and a Black birder asking her not to threw into sharp contrast many divisions in our republic. And it just went to show
Read MoreBy Salvatore M. Di Costanzo Dear Mr. Di Costanzo, Is it true I can gift $15,000 without jeopardizing Medicaid eligibility for nursing home care? This is a question I’m continually asked, so I’m glad I have another opportunity to clear
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