Tuscan Temptations   The CIA’s Ristorante Caterina de’ Medici offers true Italian fare in an authentic palazzo setting   By Grace Turner   The dessert menu at Ristorante Caterina de’ Medici recounts how the Italian-born ...

French, Bien Sûr   Savoring the food of the Fifth Republic at Westchester’s Le Château     By Jorge S. Arango   I nearly starved to death last winter!” exclaimed my friend Charlotte years ago, when ...

Le Pique-Nique Magnifique!   Once the retreat of famed restaurateur Oscar Tschirky — creator of eggs Benedict — and now a haven for the elderly, New Paltz’s Culinarians’ Home hosts an elegant French feast each ...

Farmland Forever   With programs like Keep Farming, Putnam County’s Glynwood Center is mobilizing communities to search for ways to protect the Valley’s vanishing agricultural resources   by Anitra Brown   Outside Cold Spring, at ...

The Best New Restaurants   For a taste oftruly nouvellecuisine, try these18 innovative eateries   by Anitra Brown   Looking for someplace new to dine out?   You’re in luck. Top-level talents are opening restaurants ...

Love at First Sight   One look at the stunning Federal-period house in Kinderhook — with its enchanting gardens — and David and Vicki Smith knew they had to have it   By Ann Morrow  ...

Here’s To The Ladies   We salute six women — among them a farmer, a book publisher, and a college president — whose accomplishments have enriched the Valley immeasurably     by Jan Greenberg   Beginning ...