7 Hudson Valley modern classic diners to try
The farm-to-table treatment of classic diner food suits the moment
Kathleen Willcox
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Modern diners across the Hudson Valley like Dixon Roadside in Woodstock serve the locally sourced, elevated nostalgia foods Americans crave.Dixon Roadside
The pandemic made Grandma chic cuisine cool again.
From-scratch banana bread, heirloom beans, cookies, sourdough everything, pasta, pickles and jam dominated the culinary landscape, but with a twist. The Zeitgeist now demands not just heaving dishes of creamy comfort, but recipes made from locally grown, seasonal and sustainably produced ingredients.
In other words, fewer cinched waists and sous vide fuss, more stretch pants and patty melts as long as they’re made from grass-fed local beef and artisanal farmstead cheese on house-made bread.
In order to take a good photo, people think they need an expensive camera, and after that, they think they need an even more expensive lens, and so forth. In reality, all you need is your phone, and a mix of imagination and skills. And the result is sometimes even better than the results with expensive gear. This effect is called toolbox fallacy: the gist of it is that in order to do something, people mistakenly think that they need a list of tools to do it, when in fact, anything minimal might suffice.
The annual Mobile Photography Awards (MPA) organizers have announced the winners and runners-up of their 10th annual competition. MPA is the longest-running international competition that recognizes and rewards photography captured on mobile phones or tablets.
Aaron Sorkin, Radha Blank, Sofia Coppola Honored at 2021 Final Draft Awards
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The 16th annual Final Draft Awards took place on Tuesday, March 2, during an online ceremony. Hosted by Final Draft president Shelly Mellot, the first female appointed in the 30-year history, many awards contenders in the writing categories were honored in both film and television.
While accepting the award, Sorkin said, “the Zeitgeist crashed into us” and that he had no idea how much about today “The Trial of the Chicago 7” would end up being. This was an added boost to his awards campaign after winning the Golden Globe last Sunday for best screenplay.