“Cheers!” “Salute!” “Salud!” “Santé!” “Prost!” “L’chaim!” “Nostrovia!” “Sláinte!” Whatever the language, whatever the occasion, raising one’s glass of wine in celebration always seems a most appropriate gesture. The toast is invariably interpreted as “Good Health!” regardless of the occasion. Typically
Read MoreBy Morris Gut A new season of popular chef and restaurateur Michael Symon’s cooking series on the Food Network gave me a yearning for Greek food. So, on a recent late afternoon we ventured to Lefteris Gryo IV in Pleasantville.
Read MoreThe most expensive bottle of wine on the market today and in the history of wine? French! The most sought-after wines of capitalists and entrepreneurs? French! The most expensive wine regions across the globe? French! French! Wines with the best
Read MoreBy Brian McGowan It’s been a while since we visited the Celtic calendar. Time for a refresher on where we currently stand within it. May 1, just recently past, marked the feast of Beltaine, one of the four major Celtic
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera The other morning, I entered the elevator at my condo complex where I rarely see any other residents. But this time there was a fellow in the car when the doors opened. I had never seen him
Read MoreBy Morris Gut Bustling Wheeler Avenue in Pleasantville now sports a new steakhouse. Cliff Mascarenhas and partners have opened The Prime Stk-Out in the renovated space that previously operated at Bollywood Bistro. Mascarenhas also operates Baroso in Yorktown Heights. The
Read MoreOne bleary-eyed night in the bleary-eyed year that was 2020, I was poking around Facebook trying to determine how to get our Examiner Media business page verified. One link led to another until, somehow, my journey through a late-night rabbit
Read More“Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself” — Jean Paul Sartre By Richard Cirulli For us to better navigate our attempts to find meaning in our lives, we may want to consider our lives in perspective of
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel Hallie Flanagan Wolfe lets me know this would be no walk in the park. “You may be a writer, but today I’m gonna put you to work,” she said. And that she does. Along with a
Read MoreIn last week’s column, we explored the elements of winemaking that influence the perception and the reality of our interaction with wine. I described four “influencers” affecting a bottle of wine: grape varietal and terroir, yeast, aging vessel and the
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