utica greens

And now for something completely disgusting!

Utica Greens are once again hitting the national stage. This time they're featured in the New York Times cooking section.

Do you follow the custom that calls for eating black-eyed peas and greens first thing on New Year's Day? If you do, then you should have a very prosperous 2019.

Just because you live in Central New York doesn't mean you have to embrace all of our stereotypes.

The Travel Channel aired an episode of Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern that featured Utica restaurants Chesterfield's and Caruso's Pastry Shop.

Decision Time! We want to know which Central New York food staple you could NOT possibly go without. It's going to cost you all the other dishes, though...

If you're ever looking for a new place to check out for lunch or dinner, or if you have some friends from out-of-town coming to the area, this map of the best places to go will come in handy.

For the past few weeks, we've been collecting your votes to find the 'best of' in Central New York. The votes are in and have been tallied, and we now have your winners.

Over the past two weeks, Naomi and I have been asking you who and where the "Best of" Central New York is. Now It's time for you to vote for your favorite business in the "Lite Listener Choice Awards."

Chris Clemens is the guy behind the popular blog "Exploring Upstate." Recently he and his friend, Chris Lindstrom, took a trip to Utica. It has been their desire for a long time to drive in to town and sample some of the most iconic dishes created and only served in our fair city. Well, they finally did it and they were NOT disappointed.

Just Jen and I decided to visit the Encore Lounge located inside the Utica Radisson and Chef Steve Aloisio  impressed us with some fun dishes.

For the second year Riggies, Greens & Rock returns to The Stanley Theater on Sunday, October 11th. It's a celebration of great music and two of Utica's favorite dishes. This is the one event where you can sample several of Central New York's best restaurants'  variations of these popular local classics.