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Mirador Restaurant Review
My latest Times Union restaurant review is for Mirador, an Andalucian-inspired restaurant on what might be the most happening thoroughfare in New York…
Mar 22
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Christopher J. Yates
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Clare de Boer Profile
An interview with, and recipe from, the four-times James Beard nominated chef
Mar 9
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February 2024
One With Land — Restaurant Review
The food in this photo might look very brown. But don’t get down on brown — think caramel, think gravy, think of the violent sear on a steak. Brown is…
Feb 19
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Colorful, Simple, Sinful: Three Homemade Courses for Valetine’s Day
As well as providing recipes to the Times Union for three simple dishes, I shared two photos of me and my wife in Rome, taken 25 years apart (despite…
Feb 12
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Eliza Restaurant Review
If there’s a winning formula for Hudson Valley restaurant success, I suspect newly opened Eliza, in Kingston’s astonishingly buzzy midtown, might be in…
Feb 5
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Winter Cocktails for the Home Bar
It’s the first day of February — not something to celebrate, unless you have a birthday this month (I wonder who that could be?) or you take part in Dry…
Feb 1
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January 2024
Champetre Restaurant Review
Champetre in Pine Plains, NY, is so delightfully old school that you have to use a phone to make a reservation — not with an app but with your actual…
Jan 22
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The Review That Boosted 'Black Chalk'
NPR's "All Things Considered" gave Black Chalk an outstanding review
Jan 16
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Christopher J. Yates
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Hudson Valley Dining Trends, 2023
After my first full year as the Hudson Valley Dining Critic for the Times Union, I’ve pulled together a few dining trends I noticed at play in the area…
Jan 15
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My Top Ten Hudson Valley dishes, 2023
2023 was my first full calendar year as the Hudson Valley Dining Critic for the Times Union.
Jan 8
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December 2023
New Oxford Novel Coming: Summer 2025
A second dark academia thriller to follow cult hit ‘Black Chalk’
Dec 14, 2023
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Black Chalk Reading Guide
Spoiler alert: do not read this guide before finishing the novel if you wish for some of its surprises to remain as potential surprises. Click here for…
Dec 13, 2023
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