A quick recap of the week
Here are a few highlights from the past week on AOA:
Following Food week!
+ Amy highlighted some of the effort involved in re-growing the local grain industry.
+ Daniel talked with some local chefs about defining an upstate cuisine.
+ We gave away tickets to the Capital District Food Tour + an Honest Weight gift card by asking: If you had to pick one food item to represent the Capital Region, what would it be?
+ Jon wrote about how helping to raise steer has changed the way he eats -- and thinks about food.
+ We talked with food historian Sara Evenson about what people in Albany ate 200 years ago.
+ And Deanna looked ahead at some of the challenges (and opportunities) for New York's growing craft beverage industry.
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+ We gave away tickets to the annual Beaujolais Nouveau Wine Celebration by asking: What's something local that you'd like to bottle?
+ A group argued the case for protected bike lanes in Albany.
+ We looked at some old photos that provided a few glimpses of downtown Troy almost a century ago. (The now-and-then change for one of them is kind of mind boggling.)
+ What was up in the Neighborhood this week: a term that doesn't fit, Albany High School, Albany as a media capital, once-popular clubs, farming reality, mountain biking, hiking along the border, a new trail, a dash, upstate cuisine, favorite fall bites, the new wine shop, a new brewery, tequila, Tara Kitchen, and fun at the dentist's office.
+ And based on Pamela's answer for that Following Food week drawing, we dug up an early 1800s recipe for "Albany Cake."
Thanks to everyone who posted a comment or shared an idea this week!
... said KGB about Drawing: What's something that brought you joy this year?