Tour de Wing Uptown: Nominations
Now, it’s winter. The calendar has said it’s been winter for a while, but with all the rain it has felt more like “the unlocking” than anything else. This week, there is no mistaking that winter has...
View ArticleTour de Wings: Albany’s Westside
Let’s get this out of the way. Albany isn’t just a city, it’s also a county. But for better or worse, Albany also serves as a shorthand for the greater Capital Region. There have been a long long list...
View ArticleHow About Them Resolutions
Today is January 31. It’s cold AF. But the first month of the year is almost behind us, and with it, half of winter. We’ll brace ourselves for another four weeks of these brutal brutal snow squalls and...
View ArticleThe Power of Chicken Stock
Bad news. The Tour de Wings results need to get pushed back to next week. I’m sorry. But as it turns out, the contest is much too close to call, and I’m really going to have to take a deeper dive into...
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How the West Albany Wings Were Won
Buffalo wings. They are a staple of life in the Capital Region. Everywhere from dingy hole-in-the-wall bars to fancy restaurants, wings everywhere. So how do you even begin to tackle the challenge of...
View ArticleWill Walk for Food
It’s Monday and it’s always tempting to tell tales from the weekend. But typically, the last thing anyone wants to read about at the start of the week is a story about an amazing beer bar in Albany...
View ArticlePregaming the Jewish Food Festival
Three hours. Sunday’s Jewish Food Festival in Schenectady lasts for three hours. Depending on who you are, that is either the blink of an eye, or an eternity. This smorgasbord of the foods I grew up...
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Crossing Over
There are all kinds of food communities within the Capital Region, and I try to keep a toe in as many of them as possible. There is the blogging community, which has been shrinking and shrinking. There...
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Driving Through Deliciousness
Today, my daughter is an only child. But it’s not just for today. It’s for the next three weeks while her brother is at sleep away camp. Yesterday, I was tasked with the drop off outside Harrisburg,...
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Greg Judges Wings
Happy New Year! Okay, maybe I’m a few weeks late. Converting the blog from a daily journal to something that’s updated only periodically isn’t quite as easy as I had hoped. I’m falling behind on a lot...
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