Mount Pleasant, NY
Obituaries
Longtime Chef Daniel Tvert Of Westchester Dies At 36 Longtime Chef Daniel Tvert Of Westchester Dies At 36
Longtime Chef Daniel Tvert Of Westchester Dies At 36 Longtime chef Daniel R. Tvert of Yonkers died on Thursday, May 31. He was 36. The son of Stanley and Sharon Tvert, Daniel graduated from Saunders High School and Westchester Community College.  An avid lover of food, he worked as a chef in many restaurants in New York and New Jersey. Daniel is survived by his brothers Steven and wife Ana (Rocha), his twin brother Scott & wife Jennifer (Cacciatore), niece Ava, nephews Nicholas, Christopher and Matthew, his uncle Ron and aunt Meg, his cousins Lori, Blake and Cole. Daniel’s parents predeceased him. Final disposition was private. 

SHARE

by Daily Voice
Teaneck, NJ
Lifestyle
How Yeast Company Is Helping Teaneck Teen Rise How Yeast Company Is Helping Teaneck Teen Rise
How Yeast Company Is Helping Teaneck Teen Rise What stood out most to Red Star Yeast about Teaneck's Eitan Bernath was his yarmulka. It was clear to the company that the Orthodox Jew does't let his religion or the fact he keeps kosher hinder his culinary joy. That's why Red Start Yeast chose the 16-year-old Instagram sensation for a year-long endorsement of its kosher yeast products -- something the chef has been using for years in the kitchen. As part of the relationship, "Chef Eitan" will produce several original recipe videos incorporating the products throughout the year and share regular photos and stories to Instagram. …

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Mount Vernon, NY
Schools
Mount Vernon BOE Approves Near $252M Schools Budget, Vote Set For May 15 Mount Vernon BOE Approves Near $252M Schools Budget, Vote Set For May 15
Mount Vernon BOE Approves Near $252M Schools Budget, Vote Set For May 15 The Mount Vernon Board of Education has approved a near $252 million budget for the upcoming year, with Westchester County’s lowest tax rate increase for homeowners. School officials announced that the Board of Education has approved the proposed $251,979,860 budget for the 2018-19 school year, representing a .89 percent tax rate increase, the lowest in Westchester or Putnam, and the first tax rate increase since Schools Superintendent Kenneth Hamilton took the helm in 2014. The spending plan is $5.8 million (2.36 percent) more than last year’s budget, and includes staff, programs and capit…

SHARE

by Zak Failla
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Lifestyle
Fair Lawn Baker Competes On Food Network Show Fair Lawn Baker Competes On Food Network Show
Fair Lawn Baker Competes On Food Network Show At 24 years old, Cristina Vazquez of Fair Lawn will be the youngest contestant to compete on a Food Network show. "Spring Baking Championship" will debut March 12 at 9 p.m. Cristina -- a proud Cuban-Puerto Rican -- found her love of baking as a teen coping with a breakup. Baking a cake made her feel better.  Cristina began volunteering at a local cake shop (since she was too young to be hired) and went on to culinary school at Johnson and Wales University. She has worked in 5-star hotels on the East Coast and abroad in Ireland.  Always singing and dancing in the kitchen, Crist…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
New Rochelle, NY
Lifestyle
A Layoff Leads To A New Career For New Rochelle Pizza Chef A Layoff Leads To A New Career For New Rochelle Pizza Chef
A Layoff Leads To A New Career For New Rochelle Pizza Chef Growing up in an Italian family, Matt DiGesu always cooked. If he wasn't learning at his grandmother's knee as she artfully prepared homemade pasta, he was stirring, saucing and sautéeing with his mother. That love for food -- and hunger for pleasing people -- helped catapult him to the culinary world. But it took getting laid off from a marketing job to take him there. DiGesu, who was let go when Pepsi bought Naked Juice, wandered into a pizza shop one day for a taste of "home" (he was living in California at the time). 'I needed something to do," he said, "So I offered…

SHARE

by Jeanne Muchnick