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March 2024

February 2024

One With Land — Restaurant Review
The food in this photo might look very brown.
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Christopher J. Yates
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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…
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Christopher J. Yates
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…
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Christopher J. Yates
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…
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Christopher J. Yates
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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…
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Christopher J. Yates
The Review That Boosted 'Black Chalk'
NPR's "All Things Considered" gave Black Chalk an outstanding review
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Christopher J. Yates
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…
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Christopher J. Yates
My Top Ten Hudson Valley dishes, 2023
2023 was my first full calendar year as the Hudson Valley Dining Critic for the Times Union.
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Christopher J. Yates

December 2023

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