Jeanne Muchnick

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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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Fairfield, CT

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Send Us Your Easter Photos, Fairfield FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- This year, 80 percent of American adults will celebrate Easter. That’s good news for business – the average person will spend $140.62 on this year’s holiday. So says a report by Statista, which tracks consumer spending. All in all, total planned Easter spending across the U.S. will amount to $16.4 billion, according to the National Retail Federation. That’s a slight increase from last year, when total planned spending stood at $15.9 billion. Where are people purchasing their Easter gifts this year? Most shoppers, 58.6 percent, will purchase something at a disc…

by Daily Voice

04/05/2015

Mahopac, NY

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Send Us Your Easter Photos, Putnam PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- This year, 80 percent of American adults will celebrate Easter. That’s good news for business – the average person will spend $140.62 on this year’s holiday. So says a report by Statistam which tracks consumer spending. All in all, total planned Easter spending across the U.S. will amount to $16.4 billion, according to the National Retail Federation. That’s a slight improvement on last year, when total planned spending stood at $15.9 billion. Where are people going to purchase their Easter gifts this year? Most shoppers, 58.6 percent, will purchase something at a …

by Daily Voice

04/05/2015

Mamaroneck, NY

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Send Us Your Easter Photos, Larchmont, Mamaroneck WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- This year, 80 percent of American adults will celebrate Easter. That’s good news for business – the average person will spend $140.62 on this year’s holiday. So says a report by Statista, which tracks consumer spending. All in all, total planned Easter spending across the U.S. will amount to $16.4 billion, according to the National Retail Federation. That’s a slight improvement on last year, when total planned spending stood at $15.9 billion. Where are people going to purchase their Easter gifts this year? Most shoppers, 58.6 percent, will purchase something …

by Daily Voice

04/05/2015

Mahopac, NY

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Putnam Celebrates Holiday Weekend PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- The Jewish festival of Passover, which celebrates the exodus of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt, begins at sundown tonight and runs through April 11. For Christians, today is Good Friday which marks the crucifixion of Jesus. Easter Sunday, on April 5, celebrates his Resurrection. Both holidays are rooted in the Judeo-Christian tradition — with a focus on family and eating together. Go here for Putnam restaurants open Easter.

by Daily Voice

04/03/2015

Fairfield, CT

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Fairfield Celebrates Passover, Easter This Weekend FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- It's a weekend filled with religious holidays for the faithful in Fairfield County. The Jewish festival of Passover, which celebrates the exodus of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt, begins at sundown Friday, April 3, and runs through April 11. For Christians, today is Good Friday, which marks the crucifixion of Jesus. Easter Sunday, on April 5, celebrates his Resurrection. Both holidays are rooted in the Judeo-Christian tradition — with a focus on family and eating together. Go here for Easter and Passover recipes; here for restaurants open Easte…

by Daily Voice

04/03/2015

Mamaroneck, NY

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Larchmont, Mamaroneck Celebrate Holiday Weekend WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The Jewish festival of Passover, which celebrates the exodus of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt, begins at sundown Friday and runs through April 11. For Christians, today is Good Friday which marks the crucifixion of Jesus. Easter Sunday, on April 5, celebrates his Resurrection. Both holidays are rooted in the Judeo-Christian tradition — with a focus on family and eating together. Go here for Northern Westchester restaurants open Easter Sunday; here for Southern Westchester restaurants; here for Rivertowns. For Passover recipes, go here and here…

by Daily Voice

04/03/2015

New Canaan, CT

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Holy Canederli! New Canaan Chef Brings Home The Win On 'Chopped' NEW CANAAN.Conn. – Silvia Baldini, founder of the New Canaan-based culinary group Strawberry and Sage, is the first woman chef in Connecticut to bring home a victory on the Food Network's "Chopped." And how sweet it is. After enduring April Fool's Day pranks, a mystery basket of duplicitous ingredients and a grueling 12 hours of competition against younger chefs from the hot culinary scenes in Charleston, S.C., and Portland, Ore., Chef Baldini impressed the judges with her unusual dessert: Sweet canederli. What is canederli? Think bread dumplings, a regional specialty of Northeast Ital…

by Daily Voice

04/03/2015

New Canaan, CT

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New Canaan Wellness Coach Reveals The Calorie Count In Your Easter Candy NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- Do you need a reason to splurge on a holiday? It is a celebration, after all. In case you want to “carefully” indulge on Easter candy, here’s how much of your favorites you can gobble down to the tune of 100 calories: 17 Brach’s jellybeans = 102 calories (6 calories each) 3.5 Peeps = 98 calories (28 calories for one Peep) 6 Cadbury mini eggs = 96 calories (16 calories for one mini egg) 2/3 of a Cadbury Crème egg = 100 calories (one egg is 150 calories) 2.5 Cadbury mini crème eggs = 100 calories (one Cadbury mini crème egg has 40 calories) 2/3 of a Cadbu…

by Penny Klatell

04/03/2015

Ossining, NY

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New 'Mad Men' Exhibit Features Ossining Kitchen Set OSSINING, N.Y. -- Gearing up for the return of "Mad Men?" You only have to go as far as Queens to get an up close and personal view including the fictional (but true to the period) kitchen of the Draper's Ossining home where it looks like Don or Betty could walk in any minute. (Sorry, fans, no replica of the Francises' Rye abode.) This new exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image opened two and a half weeks ago and includes key elements of the award-winning TV show including the writers’ room where Creator/Writer Matthew Weiner and his team crafted story ideas and scripts for the serie…

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/03/2015

Mamaroneck, NY

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Larchmont Cook Shows Off Her Matzo Ball Recipe In New HooplaHa Series LARCHMONT, N.Y. -- Still fiddling with your Passover plans and what recipe you'll be using? Not every kitchen creation comes from a cookbook. Some of the most memorable meals come from the ones passed down from generation to generation. At least that's the philosophy of Larchmont resident and food blogger Felicia Levinson whose new HooplaHa series, "Unwritten Recipes with Felicia Levinson," is all about tradition and unwritten family secrets. Check out her video on matzo ball soup, where she concocts dishes from the recipes she learned from her mother, grandmother and other special f…

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/03/2015

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