Author: Keri L. Chinappi
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Fresh From the Catskills!

Over the past year our family has fallen in love with upstate New York. When you have young children it is a wonderful escape, that doesn’t break the bank, and is simple to get to! On many of our trips to the Catskills we have stopped at beautiful roadside farm stands. Each time bringing home…
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Potato’s in chip form….a breakfast food?

The latest dilemma in our household would be keeping food in the fridge. It seems that the boys have reached the age where anything and everything is a snack, and they are snacking all day long! Last week my oldest was chowing down on a bag of Kettle chips at 9am. Yep! Potato’s in chip form…a…
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Taste the difference

R&S Meat Market invited Chef Steven from D’Artagnan to educate our customers on the difference of all natural beef, pork and chicken. Chef roasted, grilled and demonstrated carving and slicing techniques. He discussed why Natural Beef from Painted Hills, Berkshire, and Crystal Valley Farms tastes so different. Our customers were able to sample Berkshire Slab…
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Whistlin’ Chicken
As it turns out, two days of hunting down an article about grilling whole chickens, has made it much easier to tear it out, and bring the chicken to the table. I’m happy to say…..grilling a whole chicken was simple and fancy too! My butcher recommends a D’artagnan all natural roaster. I marinated the bird…
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What’s for dinner?
Today, I give myself permission to rip pages out of a perfectly good magazine. I’m concerned I may have a deep seeded issue. I can spend hours pouring through fancy cookbooks, Food & Wine magazine and back issues of Martha Stewart. In my mind I plan out the perfect meal to prepare for my hungry…
