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This Apple-Honey Cake Is a Sweet Start for Rosh Hashanah

This Apple-Honey Cake Is a Sweet Start for Rosh Hashanah

EatingWell — This Apple Honey Cake is a warm, tender dessert that celebrates the warm flavors of fall.

Crispy Potato Latkes with Ikura Is My Heritage on a Plate

Crispy Potato Latkes with Ikura Is My Heritage on a Plate

EatingWell — These crispy latkes are topped with ikura (salmon roe) and nori furikake along with sour cream and scallions, but they're delicious topped however you like them. Russet potatoes are the preferred variety to use here, as they're starchier than other types, which helps the latkes hold together.

In This Moment of Protests and the Pandemic, Wood Spoon's Brazilian Owner Says 'We Have to Speak ...

In This Moment of Protests and the Pandemic, Wood Spoon's Brazilian Owner Says 'We Have to Speak ...

Eater Los Angeles — Before the pandemic hit in mid-March, someone walking into Wood Spoon, a Downtown LA Brazilian restaurant, would be greeted by wafting scents of pastel Portuguese, sizzling salt-cod bacalhau, and clinking sangria glasses.

Where to Eat to Celebrate AAPI Month in Westchester

Where to Eat to Celebrate AAPI Month in Westchester

Westchester Magazine — The Asian culinary scene in Westchester is a tapestry of hidden gems, family-owned home cooking comfort food, and elevated fine dining. Where will you eat in Westchester for AAPI Month?

These Hair Treatments Can Help Save Your Summer Strands in Westchester

These Hair Treatments Can Help Save Your Summer Strands in Westchester

Westchester Magazine — Given the havoc that sun and chlorine can wreak on our locks, letting our proverbial hair down in the summer can be a particular challenge.

6 Cape Cod and Hamptons Escapes to Plan From Westchester

6 Cape Cod and Hamptons Escapes to Plan From Westchester

Westchester Magazine — Thinking about a summer trip to Cape Cod or the Hamptons? Consider these easy escapes near Westchester County.

Aventura Offers the Warm-Weather Escape Westchesterites Need

Aventura Offers the Warm-Weather Escape Westchesterites Need

Westchester Magazine — Hilton Aventura Miami has a prime location for South Florida vacations, with shopping galore and VIP treatments at every corner. Tucked away between North Miami and Hallandale Beach lies Aventura, one of South Florida's most affluent cities, minutes away from the ocean.

Rediscovering Traditional Chinese Medicine During A Pandemic

Rediscovering Traditional Chinese Medicine During A Pandemic

chinosity.com — Maya begins the search for a local acupuncturist after carrying the weight of the pandemic.

The Top Bars in Westchester County for Good Vibes and Stellar Sips

The Top Bars in Westchester County for Good Vibes and Stellar Sips

Westchester Magazine — Sip crafty cocktails, quaff local beers, and swirl expert wine selections at these 45 standout bars throughout Westchester County.

Everywhere the Foodies Eat in Westchester County

Everywhere the Foodies Eat in Westchester County

Westchester Magazine — By Joel Eliach, Michelle Gillan Larkin, Maya Ono, John Bruno Turiano, & Abbe Wichman 8 restaurants for a proper gourmand experience.

Getting to Know Traditional Chinese Medicine: Acupuncture

Getting to Know Traditional Chinese Medicine: Acupuncture

chinosity.com — After 20 years of avoiding acupuncture, Maya rediscovers Traditional Chinese Medicine and with it, uncovers a new relationship with her health and body.

Hoxton Hotel DTLA Debuts With a 'No Rip-Off Policy' - DTLA BOOK

Hoxton Hotel DTLA Debuts With a 'No Rip-Off Policy' - DTLA BOOK

dtlabook.com — The 10-story, 174-room hotel offers a selection of four room sized: snug, cosy, roomy and biggy. The Hoxton's philosophy is to provide guests with everything they need, nothing they don't-a "no rip-off policy."

Support Your Favorite DTLA Bars on World Cocktail Day - DTLA BOOK

Support Your Favorite DTLA Bars on World Cocktail Day - DTLA BOOK

dtlabook.com — Here's a list of DTLA bars to support and the ways you can do so. It's World Cocktail Day, and now more than ever, we are looking for ways to make sure our favorite bars are still there when shelter-at-home lifts.

SLEEP IS WEALTH

SLEEP IS WEALTH

recliner.nyc — The results are in: more sleep means more money, and here's the research to prove it. When is the last time you felt well-rested? We mean that in-your-bones renewal, sleeping beauty-quality hundred-year sleep, kind of feeling.

Black-Owned DTLA Restaurants and Coffee Shops to Support Now - DTLA BOOK

Black-Owned DTLA Restaurants and Coffee Shops to Support Now - DTLA BOOK

dtlabook.com — February is Black History Month, a time to celebrate achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. This year especially, we want to support small Black-owned businesses and celebrate these local heroes more than ever because the number of active black-owned businesses fell disproportionately nation-wide due to the pandemic.

Alix Capparelli of DTLA's Hairy Little Things Gives Us a Peek Into Her Quarantine Routine - DTLA ...

Alix Capparelli of DTLA's Hairy Little Things Gives Us a Peek Into Her Quarantine Routine - DTLA ...

dtlabook.com — Which local Downtown L.A. businesses are you supporting now? I am still supporting my favorite sandwich spot, ; Go Get Em Tiger ; and of course Pressed Juicery . I am keeping up with my celery juice bundle delivery from them. What does your quarantine uniform look like?

Yapa DTLA: Japanese and Peruvian Nikkei Cuisine in Little Tokyo - DTLA BOOK

Yapa DTLA: Japanese and Peruvian Nikkei Cuisine in Little Tokyo - DTLA BOOK

dtlabook.com — Japanese and Peruvian Nikkei cuisine find life in Little Tokyo's Yapa, brought to life by veteran hospitality maven Josh Goldman and chef Richie Lopez. In the late 1800s, 700 immigrants from Japan landed on the shores of Lima, Peru.

Firehouse Hotel DTLA Opens in the Arts District - DTLA BOOK

Firehouse Hotel DTLA Opens in the Arts District - DTLA BOOK

dtlabook.com — In 2016 Dustin Lancaster started renovations on a landmark firehouse in the Downtown L.A. Arts District. The doors to the Firehouse Hotel DTLA, a nine-room micro boutique hotel, opened in May 2019 across the street from the newly opened Warner Music Group headquarters in DTLA. Each suite is uniquely

Our Best of Westchester Winners Make the 914 Unique in 2022

Our Best of Westchester Winners Make the 914 Unique in 2022

Westchester Magazine — Meet our Best of Westchester winners. Adobe Stock / Into our third decade of celebrating the best of the 914, we have many first-time honorees (from a vegan café to an outdoor December holiday market) as well as the recognition of some timeless OGs among our Best of Westchester winners.