Is Octopus The New Calamari? The last five people I dined with ordered Octopus. I’m thinking something is up with this trend so I invited Chef Keith Suarino the Chef De Cuisine at The Castle Hotel & Spa In Tarrytown, NY to discuss and send along his own Octopus dish featured below. Octopus has been spotted on many food trend list predictions for this year, including Pinterest’s top 2017 emerging trends. Part of the cephalopod family that also includes squid, octopus has meaty, tender flesh with great flavor and a welcomed natural chewiness. It’s an increasingly intriguing menu item for customers it seems. Did you know there are over 300 types of this oceanic cephalopod? Did you know Octopus is also a very nutritious food. A high source of 12 different vitamins and minerals! This means that in each 3 oz serving of octopus you are consuming more than 10% daily value (DV) of 12 essential nutrients that you need every day. It is a lean protein source, low in fat and contains as much protein as a similar 3 oz serving of chicken. Tune in 10:20am eastern as Chef Keith Suarino helps wrap out tentacles around this topic.
Haven’t Been To the Amazing Castle Hotel & Spa in Tarrytown, NY ? You MUST GO!
Equus Restaurant is located in the Castle Hotel & Spa and features menus inspired by local, artisanal farmers in the Hudson Valley region. Equus uses local and organic products whenever possible.
Might want to make a point of visiting during the upcoming Hudson Valley Restaurant Week! Award-winning Equus restaurant is participating. The event will run from October 30, 2017 to November 12, 2017.
During Restaurant Week, participating restaurants offer a three-course, prix fixe dinner menu for $32.95 per person (plus tax, beverage and gratuity) and may also offer a three-course lunch menu for $22.95 per person (plus tax, beverage and gratuity). During this time Equus will also be offering its regular menus.
Castle Hotel & Spa is located just 30 miles from Manhattan. It is a landmark hotel in Westchester, NY and the perfect setting for your next group, corporate meeting, wedding or special event. The Castle Hotel & Spa combines old world elegance with modern convenience.
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The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze, one of the country’s biggest Halloween themed events, is back! The Blaze drew more than 160,000 visitors last year, and features more than 7,000 illuminated, individually hand-carved jack o’ lanterns. Elaborate single-pumpkin carvings and huge multi-jack o’lantern constructions are professionally lit throughout the landscape of Van Cortlandt Manor off Route 9 in Croton-on-Hudson, NY. Rob Schweitzer, Vice President of Historic Hudson Valley joins me at 10:40am today to share that the Blaze will run for 45 nights this season to give more visitors a chance to see one of the biggest Halloween Happenings in the U.S.!
The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze kicks off on Sept. 29 and runs through Nov. 25. Prior to opening, 14 nights are already sold out, including the entirety of the first weekend.
(Some lucky show follower who ‘likes’ this post will be chosen at random for some tickets to the Blaze!)
BTW …Favorite installations, such as the Undersea Aquarium and Jurassic Park, are joined this year by new creations such as the Statue of Liberty, a fully-functioning, 20-foot diameter Pumpkin Carousel, the Pumpkin Possum Posse, and a pint-sized herd of dinosaurs ? all made of jack o’lanterns!
Due to unprecedented popular demand, Historic Hudson Valley is adding five new dates to The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze®: Oct. 10-11 and Nov. 1, 8, 16.
The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze kicks off on Sept. 29 and runs through Nov. 25. Prior to opening, 14 nights are already sold out, including the entirety of the first weekend.
For available dates and times, visit: www.hudsonvalley.org/events/blaze/tickets
