November 2011

Your Best Holiday Recipe Competition

Send us your best holiday dish and you could win our Krups Rice Cooker!

Best Shopping Deals in the Hudson Valley, NY This Week: Black Friday and Small Business Saturday Sales

This week’s best shopping deal (Nov. 24-30): Black Friday and Small Business Saturday sales in the Hudson Valley, NY

By Jessica Friedlander

Best Shopping Deals in Dutchess County This Week: One-Year Anniversary Sale at Simplicity Boutique in Poughkeepsie, NY

This week’s best shopping deal (Nov. 17-23): 50% off anniversary sale at Simplicity Boutique in Poughkeepsie, NY

By Jessica Friedlander

Best Shopping and Recreation Deals in Westchester County This Week: Off-Season Rates at Pound Ridge Golf Club in Pound Ridge, NY

This week’s best shopping deal (Nov. 10-16): Off-season rates at Pound Ridge Golf Club in Pound Ridge, NY

By Jessica Friedlander

Best Shopping Deals in Ulster County This Week: Ameribag Warehouse Sale in Kingston, NY

This week’s best shopping deal (Nov. 3-9): Up to 80% Off Warehouse Sale at Ameribag in Kingston, NY

By Jessica Friedlander

Hudson Valley Insiders Travel Guide 2011

Pssst... it’s our Insider’s Guide! 39 tips to keep you in the know: secret gardens, one-of-a-kind deals, fabulous food, and more!

By Melissa Esposito, Jessica Friedlander, Sara Greenberg, and Polly Sparling

Hudson Valley Top Dentists 2011: 5 Reasons Why Going to the Dentist is Easier, Safer (And Less Painful) Than Ever

Dental treatment has improved dramatically over the last few years. Learn about the latest treatments, and see if your dentist made our list of the region’s 217 most well-regarded practitioners

By Dale McKnight and Jennifer Leba

Hudson Valley Insider’s Guide Returns, Revamped; Top Dentists in the Hudson Valley a Must-Read (Editor’s Letter)

A word from Hudson Valley Editor in Chief, Olivia J. Abel

By Olivia J. Abel

Letters to the Editor in November 2011

Read our letters to the editor for November 2011

Chatter

Tea rooms reach the boiling point, and a pair of youthful public servants vie for the county executive’s job in Dutchess PLUS: Where in the Valley and On the Town

Hudson Valley Museums and Historic Sites: Shaker Museum and Library in Mount Lebanon, Columbia County, NY

The Shakers made Mount Lebanon the center of their spiritual world

By David Levine

New Hospital Near Hudson Valley’s Dutchess County, NY Opens: Sharon Hospital Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine in Sharon, CT

Sharon Hospital’s new Wound Care Center opens to serve a growing medical need

By David Levine

Vegetarian Recipes: Quinoa Pilaf and Quinoa and Leek Tart

What is quinoa and how do you cook it? Hard to pronounce, and historically hard to find, this mega-nutritious “pseudo grain” is finally having its day in the sun

By Jennifer Leba

Italian Restaurants in Dutchess County: Milanese Italian Restaurant in Poughkeepsie, NY

Owned and operated by the same family for two generations, the Milanese Italian Restaurant has proven itself to be a mainstay in Poughkeepsie’s Little Italy section

By Jennifer Leba

Italian Restaurants in Rockland County: Bella Gianna’s Restaurant (Formerly Romolo’s) in Congers, NY

A popular Italian eatery in Congers changes its name as it morphs into a more family-friendly destination

Hudson Valley New American Food Restaurant Recommendation: No. 9 Restaurant, Millerton, NY

New American dining at No. 9 Restaurant in Millerton, Dutchess County, NY

Local Upstate NY Writer David Levine Conquers His Fear of Heights at Walkway Over the Hudson in Poughkeepsie, NY

Others ran, biked, skated and strolled across the Walkway Over the Hudson. Could I?

By David Levine