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  • Cheese, wine and everything’s fine… in Troy!

    Cheese, wine and everything’s fine… in Troy!

    When I heard about this new place called The Charles F Lucas Confectionary and Wine Bar in Troy, it immediately piqued my interest.  How could it not with both wine and confection beingmentioned in the title?!?!  It was around 4:30 and we were looking for a little happy hour fun.…

  • Mingling at The Cheese Traveler on Delaware Ave.

    Delaware Ave in Albany has some amazing places to get food.  New World Bistro, Mingle, Emack and Bolio’s (I know it’s not locally owned but still delish) and most recently, The Cheese Traveler and All Good Bakers.  The only unfortunate thing is that I have only tried three of the…

  • Local Fall Favorites

    My favorite thing about fall is all of the wonderful food that’s available.  Right after Labor Day weekend, I’m ready for the pumpkin beers, cider donuts and freshly picked apples.  There are so many local places offering incredible fall treats so I thought I would highlight a few in case…

  • This ice cream sandwich throw down got me thinking…..

    After seeing what all of the local restaurants came up with for their version of the ice cream sandwich, I started to think about what my ideal ice cream sandwich would consist of. There were a few ideas that starting swirling around my head like a S’mores ice cream sandwich…

  • CNN mentions Saratoga and Lake George as a must see! Great small businesses mentioned too!

    Now I love NYC and the surrounding areas just as much as the next person but there are some really incredible places to visit in this beautiful state of ours. The other great thing about visiting these adorable small towns is that you can uncover some really cool and unique…

  • Capital Region Veggies from the CSA Program

    “Vegetables?!?! Vegetables aren’t exciting! Lets see the stuff that’s a minimum of a 1000 calories so I can drool at my computer then go into my kitchen to scrape up something that doesn’t even come close to the deliciousness I was just staring at!” Well that’s what I would be…

  • Expanding the Bite Me blog. Come get bitten!

    Bite Me is taking on some new ventures in the blogosphere.  Originally I started blogging about business’s featured on the show (which will now be monthly), but I will be adding posts including honest food reviews from places in the capital district as well as information for small business’s in…

  • The Pit in Raleigh, NC

    I was in North Carolina to visit some friends and I had one request- bring me somewhere that screams Raleigh, NC. They had one solution, “The Pit”. I couldn’t wait to get there knowing that it’s been featured on The Food Network, Travel Channel and the Today Show to name…

  • City Sandwich in Hell’s Kitchen NYC

    So I traveled to NYC in June to take a TV hosting class at Actors Connection and to my surprise, the school was located smack dab in the middle of Hell’s Kitchen. UMMMM Yes!!!!!!!  I was tempted to blow off the class and just eat my way down Ninth Ave…

  • Engagement Dessert

    Wow, I couldn’t have been any happier when this came out. I ordered the Gianduja chocolate canollis and my new fiance had what I called the triple threat of the creme brule world. I loved the way the dish separated out the three wonderful variates of pistachio, espresso and vanilla…