Westchester

Jones Wood Foundry's Jason Hicks Lays Out Tips, Tricks, and Favorite NYC Restaurant

Part one of my interview with Jones Wood Foundry's Jason Hicks covers the chef's history, vision, and philosophy. Here in part two, he divulges tips for home cooks, reveals some of his favorite cooking tools, and names some of his favorite restaurants in the city.

The 10 Best (Real) Farm-to-Table Restaurants in NYC

At this point, the farm-to-table-buzzword craze has largely subsided, and that restaurateurs and chefs find ways to thoroughly integrate the locavore ethic into their kitchens is not so much an exception as it is a rule. Still, there's a difference between adding a few token Greenmarket ingredients ... More >>

Taking Some Hacks with Charles McGill

Play them as they lie

It's Time To End The Electoral College

That's the theme of this editorial in The Nation, and I have to agree that a change in the system would be most welcome. It's kind of bizarre to know that a candidate won after getting a certain number of electoral votes, and not even have to ask if they got a majority of the popular votes. In 200 ... More >>

The Rise and Fall of Westchester Punk

Anarchy in the 914

This Week in The Voice: Julie Delpy Rocks New York

This week in the Voice, out today, Karina Longworth talks with Julie Delpy about her film career, writing of Delpy's third writing/directing/starring effort: "A film about a neurotic creative navigating tricky issues of love and domesticity in Manhattan, featuring a protagonist who intermittently we ... More >>

This Week In The Voice: Westchester's Punk Planet; WEMP's Discovery Mission

In this week's Village Voice, out now: Nick Murray dives into the history of the Westchester punk scene; and I look at the new-music mission of the recently rebirthed 101.9 FM, a.k.a. "New Rock 101.9," a.k.a. the former WRXP.

Westchester Punk: Flyers Of The 914

In this week's issue, we headed north to tell the story Westchester's punk rock scene from the mid '90s into the late aughts. Here, find a collection of flyers advertising local shows, courtesy of Morgan Storm's Allison Gray and the Genuine Imitations' Dave Haack. Note the opener in slide 6—it ... More >>

Tomorrow: Our 10 Best Lamb Dishes

Will the gloriously squishy sheep testicles at Kavkaz make the cut? Lamb is the meat of the hour. While many Americans used to eschew the flesh as "too strongly flavored," most New York diners now proclaim its mildly assertive flavor as "just right." Of course, when you're talking about namby-pamb ... More >>

NY Lifts Ban on Burying Human Ashes in Pet Cemeteries, to Pet Lovers' Delight

​New York state has OK'd the burying of human ashes in pet cemeteries, reversing a ban put in place earlier this year. According to an AP report, the decision comes after one lawyer's campaign to honor the wishes of her late uncle, who wanted to be buried next to his wife and their two dogs. O ... More >>

NYC's Most Perfect Pork Cutlet at Katsuhama

The mortar contains seeds to be ground up for a do-it-yourself pork cutlet sauce. In the '80s, the area around Grand Central Station was dotted with single-specialty Japanese restaurants -- much like many back in Japan -- which catered to the Japanese businessmen then ubiquitous in Midtown, believ ... More >>

Did You Vote in the General Election? Polls Open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Today

​Did you know that today is the general election? Find out your polling site, and if you're eligible to vote, by calling (866) 868-3692, or by going to the City of New York Board of Elections site. You can also download a sample ballot there. NY Capitol News indicates some races to watch, in W ... More >>

How to Use Your iPhone in Westchester

Here is a fellow casually talking on his old-world landline, which is attached to his new-world iPhone. Remember landlines, how good they felt next to your ear, how solid and sturdy and there? We were so young and innocent then! Don't you want to relive those days? This guy does.

A Goy in Wonderland

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 25, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 21 A goy in wonderland By Joe Flaherty The lamentable thing about life is that it is devoid of fanfare. Man's odyssey more times than not is heralded by a kazoo rather than a trumpet. The spiritual milest ... More >>

Lauren Bacall Checks Into a Nursing Home?

​ That's what a source just told me.

New York City "UFOs" May Have Been Caused by Something So Banal as an Engagement Party

​According to a group of elementary school kids from the Milestone School in Mount Vernon, those unidentified flying objects sighted over Chelsea last afternoon that had everybody all worked up are actually just escapee balloons from their teacher's engagement party, the Daily News reports. S ... More >>

Animal v. Human: Who Will Win in the Battle of New York City Domination?

​New York City. If it's not the raccoons, it's the coyotes,  geese, sewer gators, rats, bedbugs, or the dangerous fornicating opossums. The New York Post reveals that city officials decided to try to fuck with biology by introducing the rat-tailed marsupials into Brooklyn a few years ago to r ... More >>

Van Leeuwen, Rickshaw Among Food Trucks That Will Park Outside of Tavern on the Green

The party continues outside of Tavern on the Green.​One day, Tavern on the Green may well become another restaurant, but until then, the city has chosen a few food trucks to park outside of it.

Kid Delivers Smackdown to Crazed Coyote

via New York Post​We all wonder, now and again: When faced with a crisis, how would we act? Would we do the brave, dangerous thing, regardless of our own safety, or would we scream like a little girl and flee? In the case of Eric Mandel, a 14-year-old Westchester boy, the brave thing involved ... More >>

Philippe Bertineau Is the New Chef at Balthazar; 'Bear' Tom Colicchio Slated to Ride in L.A. Gay Pride

​Philippe Bertineau has been named the new head chef at Balthazar. He previously helmed the kitchen at now-defunct patisserie, Payard. [Nation's Restaurant News] Richard Gere's Westchester B&B, The Bedford Post Inn, is losing executive chef Brian Lewis, following the departure of pastry chef ... More >>

New York's Wild Kingdom Is Going Batshit: Child-Eating Coyotes, Rabid Racoons, Sexin' Birds

via the Daily News​Animals have gone wild! New York's furry and feathered are suddenly acting like the worst of humans. Good thing they can't speak or give the finger because they'd be shit-talking like Mel Gibson and flipping off women and children like uncouth New Jersey drivers on Fourth of ... More >>

Over 230,000 Without Power in NY Area After Northeast Storm

A northeast storm which knocked out power to almost half a million homes yesterday has left almost a quarter of a million Con Ed customers in Westchester and New York (live outage map), LIPA customers on Long Island (live outage map), and Orange and Rockland Utility customers in the Hudson Valley (l ... More >>

STAIR MASTER

Race to the top of 30 Rock

The Sad State of Fashion Week's Celebs

Photo by David Wentworth​Because there are so very many channels on the tube and so many reality shows on them bursting with "famous" cast members, a typical invite to a Fashion Week show is generally something like: "You are invited to the Fall showing of Patchouli Jones, Make Me a Designer' ... More >>

Yonkers Pol Sandy Annabi Charged With Corruption in Ratner (Atlantic Yards) Project

Yonkers pol Sandy Annabi, accused of corruption.Yonkers Democratic pol Sandy Annabi and two others were charged today with conspiracy, bribery, and extortion in connection with the startling reversal in 2006 of Annabi's opposition to a Forest City Ratner project in Westchester County. Forest City ... More >>

Wine Enthusiast Follows Our Lead, Names Top 25 Beers

Things people like: beer and lists​The end of the year (and the decade) approaches, and with it, the season of lists, lists, and more lists. Maybe the folks at Wine Enthusiast were inspired by Our 10 Best Beers feature--the magazine has just rolled out its picks for the 25 best beers they tast ... More >>

Considering the Alternative, New York Holds Onto Its Old-Fashioned Voting Machines

New York City, Nassau, and Westchester Counties have refused to participate in a state pilot program to test out optical scan voting machines. While the rest of the country continues to adopt electronic voting machines -- even though they've been

PD Roundup: Nut Kill, Suicide, Coverup, Cameras Cleared

Lots of cops in the news today. Yesterday officers tried rubber bullets and tasers on knife-wielding, deranged Mauricio Jacques yesterday, and when that did not dissuade him from his stated mission to kill his wife and children, the cops shot him dead. Also this weekend, a cop shot at his cop wife ... More >>

Candidates for Council, Comptroller, DA Pitch at VID

Democratic candidates for city council seats in districts 1, 2, and 3, district attorney, and comptroller came to the Village Independent Democrats last night to make their cases, under strict time limits and with screened questioning, for the venerable club's endorsement. In District 1: Pete Gle ... More >>

HOT WHEELS

The Gotham Girls roll out a new season

Paterson Duped Again: Shelly Silver Gets Childhood Pal Jonathan Lippman State's Top Courts Job

Wayne Barrett: How Shelly Silver Made His Pal Chief Judge

This week's Village Voice doesn't hit streets until tomorrow morning, but for our Runnin' Scared readers, we're offering tomorrow's cover story a day early. This one should rock Albany: our Wayne Barrett details state assembly speaker Sheldon Silver's step-by-step scheme to boost his old LES pal Jon ... More >>

The NYPD Rips Up Rappers

Rebel Diaz and their hip-hop politics run afoul of the cops

Clip Job: Early Answering Machines

The Fun Stuff: Puntastic Headlines and Wacky Stories

Donate Your Steel!

Bronx Sites Say Turnout Is Good

A Dream Deferred

The kids of immigrants find there's no straight path to American success

Not Your Momma's MOMA

Goodbye, Columbus

I am wearing shorts, a tank top, and flip-flops. You will see why this is relevant.

Close-Up on Castle Hill, the Bronx

Features

Local Races

Mind Body Spirit: Walk on the Mild Side

Enjoy the outdoors, preserve trails, visit historic sites, and relax!

Millennial Matchup

Zany and Historical Factors That Will Make Rudy or Hill a Winner 

EMERGENCY

Train Runs Over Rudy

Mayor Stands Up For City, Gets Clobbered By Runaway Commuter Tax Cut

Scoop

Behind the White House Face-Lift