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Jeanne Muchnick, Daily Voice Deputy Editor, Content, has covered everything from baby advice for Parents Magazine to travel finds for The Rough Guides to human interest features for The New York Times to lifestyle insights for prevention.com. She has been a Senior Editor at top national women's magazines including Woman's World and Woman's Day and was instrumental in the launch of Gannett's InTown, Rockland and Putnam magazines. She is also the author of Dinner for Busy Moms, a 2010 Mom's Award winner. Among her favorite things to write about: Her neighbors and surrounding communities. So email her and fill her in on what's happening near you. And, follow her on Instagram @dailyvoicefeatures.

Jeanne was formerly a deputy editor at Daily Voice.

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Scarsdale, NY

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Scarsdale Comic Finds Inspiration In Westchester SCARSDALE, N.Y. --Scott Blakeman can find humor anywhere, which means Westchester -- and Scarsdale in particular, where he lives -- is always fodder for a good joke. The longtime comedian who has performed with numerous "greats," among them Jerry Stiller and Briarcliff Manor resident Robert Klein, as well as at a host of well-known venues, including the Tarrytown Music Hall, New Jersey Performing Arts Center and the 2015 White House Correspondents Dinner on MSNBC, is also big on sharing his craft. He not only offers his services as a "unique bar mitzvah gift," but he ho…

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/24/2015

Greenwich, CT

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Cookbook Author Talks Fall's Harvest At Book Event In Greenwich GREENWICH, Conn. – Fall has just begun but that doesn’t mean making a trip to the nursery needs to end. On Thursday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. Jonathan Bardzik, author of "Seasons to Taste," will be hosting a demonstration -- and sharing recipes -- at McArdles Florist and Garden Center at 48 Arch Street, in Greenwich. The $25 fee covers the cost of the demonstration and tasting. Participants will also receive 25 percent off everything necessary to plant your own edible fall garden. Bardzik is known for his weekly cooking demonstrations at the historic Eastern Market in Washington, D.C.…

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/23/2015

Stamford, CT

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Fairfield County Chef Gets His Inspiration From Connecticut's Bounty NEW CANAAN, Conn. --Expect tuna crudo with mustard, watermelon and basil on Luke Venner's menu at the Greenwich WINE + FOOD Festival Friday, Sept. 23 and gazpaacho consommé and barrel aged feta on Saturday, Sept. 24. Venner is known for his innovative cuisine at Elm in New Canaan but he's also named a "Most Innovative Chef" by the Festival. Venner said the Fairfield lifestyle definitely inspires the way he cooks. "I share the same philosophies with the community in the sense that we all have a heightened awareness these days when it comes to where are food comes and how its…

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/23/2015

Greenwich, CT

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Serendipity Founder Gears Up For Greenwich Wine And Food Festival GREENWICH, Conn. --Approximatley 8,750 pounds of ice will be used at The Greenwich WINE+FOOD Festival, along with too numerous to count pounds of food and gallons of wine. So said Suni Unger, founder and CEO of Unger Publishing, and the force behind the festival. Now in it's fifth year, the staff behind The Greenwich WINE + FOOD (and those ordering all that ice!) start the planning process on each festival the minute the last one is over. "We're already talking to chefs for next year," said Unger. "As we definitely miss some towns." Unger, a self-admitted foodie and Sta…

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/23/2015

Greenwich, CT

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Greenwich Wine, Food Fest Announces Culinary Village Attendees GREENWICH, Conn. -- The fifth annual Greenwich WINE+FOOD Festival has announced the participants for its Culinary Village, taking place Saturday, Sept. 26 from 12:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park in Greenwich. More than 150 food and beverage vendors from Westchester and Fairfield Counties will be in attendance offering an array of tasty samples. Among the offerings: All Souped Up, Fairfield, Conn. Appetit Bistro, Port Chester, N.Y. Barcelona Wine Bar & Restaurant, Greenwich and South Norwalk, Conn. Benjamin Steakhouse, Hartsdale, N.Y. Blue Tulip Chocolates, Rye, N.Y. …

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/22/2015

Yorktown, NY

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Thyme In Yorktown Celebrates Its Five Year Anniversay With Champagne YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. - Thyme Restaurant in Yorktown Heights is celebrating its fifth anniversay Tuesday, Sept. 22 by offering guests a free glass of champagne with every entree ordered. Chef Tom Costello , a Yorktown resident who grew up in Putnam Valley, spent years launching restaurants nationwide with such acclaimed restauranteurs as Drew Nieporent, Drew Parker and Ken Artesky, but wanted to come "home." His goal was to create a neighborhood-driven, seasonal American restaurant. When diagnosed with Celiac Disease two years ago, Costello changed the majority of the menu to re…

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/22/2015

Westport, CT

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ABC In Deal To Broadcast 'Second Fattest Housewife In Westport' WESTPORT, Conn. -- Tell the truth, Westport. How do you feel about a show entitled "The Second Fattest Housewife in Westport?" According to Deadline Hollywood, this single-camera family comedy is a contender in development at ABC. It has been created by Novelist/TV Writer Sarah Dunn, and Producer Aaron Kaplan of Kapital Entertainment and ABC Studios. Deadline Hollywood said the show is narrated by by a woman who is described as a "larger wife and mother raising her flawed family of three in a wealthy town filled with 'perfect' wives and their 'perfect' offspring." A …

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/22/2015

New Canaan, CT

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New Canaan Native, Actress Allison Williams Weds NEW CANAAN, Conn. - New Canaan native Allison Williams, who currently stars in HBO's "Girls," has married Ricky Van Veen, the co-founder of College Humor, according to eonline.com. Williams, the daughter of MSNBC newscaster Brian Williams, is a graduate of both the New Canaan Country School and Greenwich Academy. Her nuptials, in which she wore a handmade Oscar de la Renta couture gown, were held at a Wyoming ranch on Saturday, Sept.19.

by Daily Voice

09/21/2015

Rivertowns, NY

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Dobbs Ferry Chef Dave DiBari Planning To 'Pig Out' At Greenwich Food Fest DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. -- Dave DiBari, Chef and Owner of The Cookery and The Parlor in Dobbs Ferry said this year, for the Greenwich WINE + FOOD Festival, it's all about the pig. He will be showcasing smoked pigs head on with cinnamon sugared doughnut and spicy maple cream. DiBari said his style of cooking is undiplomatic. "I cook how I feel because to me cooking is an expression of yourself so I really try to stick to that," he said. "It's what makes me excited to get on the playground, aka the kitchen every day." DiBari, whose favorite thing to cook is pizza in a wood-f…

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/21/2015

Mamaroneck, NY

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Westchester Resident Jeffrey Tambor Wins Emmy For 'Transparent' CROSS RIVER, N.Y. -- Cross River resident Jefferey Tambor won an Emmy as Lead Actor in a Comedy Series at the 67th annual Emmy Awards, Sunday, Sept. 20 for his role in Amazon's "Transparent." Tambor plays Maura Pfefferman, a transgender woman who comes out to her family late in life. Along with thanking his wife, his teachers, and his publicity team, Tambor specifically dedicated his performance to the transgender community. "Thank you for your patience, thank you for your courage, thank you for your stories, thank you for your inspiration and thank you for letting us be pa…

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/20/2015

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