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Contents october

DEPARTMENTS

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LOCAL BUZZ A guide to new tips, trends and things we love in Westchester County

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SHOP LOCAL LEADER

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L O C A L FA S H I O N Stylish fall clothing and accessories for men

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AT H O M E Eco-friendly products beautify your kitchen.

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POWER FOOD Squash has a rich history—and powerful health benefits.

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TA S T E S The origins of artisanal bread—and where you can buy it today

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WINE +SPIRITS Could beer be better? You bet—try craft beer.

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FINANCIAL BALANCE What’s your money style?

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G AT H E R I N G S Photos from recent charity and social events

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ESCAPES A visit to Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic mountain retreat

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H E A LT H T I P S F O R E V E R Y A G E Tips from doctors on how to stay fit and well through all stages of life

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ART’S HEALING POWER A painter’s passion helps him adjust to life with a new heart.

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A L I T T L E B O Y ’ S B I G O P E R AT I O N How one toddler was cured of a rare cancer

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one of the most exciting things about working in healthcare is the rapid pace of change. But that’s also one of the challenges. at westchester medical center, we recognize our need to innovate constantly to maintain our position as the region’s preeminent facility for advanced medical care. that’s why you’ll find us reporting from time to time about capital improvement projects that promise to significantly enhance our ability to serve our patients and the region.

For example, westchester medical center’s new hybrid operating room, now in late-stage planning, will enable cardiovascular surgeons and cardiologists to work with vascular surgeons and neurosurgeons to treat both acute and chronic heart conditions and blood-vessel blockages and narrowings. in addition, our new, nine-bed “neighborhood” in maria Fareri children’s hospital is well under way. scheduled to open early next year, it will enable us to care for an additional 500 children each year. can we make such improvements alone? no. we need your help. Fortunately, our westchester medical center Foundation and maria Fareri children’s hospital Foundation have developed a roster of events to enable you, our neighbors and supporters, to participate in realizing innovations like these— and share a bit of our excitement about them. in september, for example, our inaugural trauma run drew more than 700 participants and our Golf tournament was a similar success. we look forward to seeing you at wines of the world on november 17, which will benefit our maria Fareri children’s hospital (find out more on page 63). i invite you to visit westchestermedicalcenter.com to learn more about our advanced medical care services. or read about the work of our physicians and staff at countlesslives.com. sincerely,

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As autumn settles in (and, thankfully, the weather cools off), we welcome the changing of seasons and look forward to quieter weekends and the crunching of leaves underfoot.

Fall is my favorite time of year. I love the weather, the clothes and best of all the food—hearty, warm dishes. I can’t wait to fire up the oven and the slow-cooker to make my favorite comfort foods like chili and cinnamon sticky buns (my kids’ favorite too). There’s nothing like walking into a warm kitchen that is filled with the delicious smells of spices, fresh-baked bread or a pot of simmering stew after a crisp hike in the woods, pumpkin picking at a farm or a day of apple picking in the orchard. (For places to pick apples this season, see page 17.) It always brings me back to childhood and that feeling of comfort and good times with the family, cooking together, playing board games or watching football.

So to kick off fall, we’ve created a stellar issue with seasonal diversity, such as savvy men’s fashion (page 38) and the latest “green” kitchen trends and products (page 40), my favorite being the hidden composter—so smart! Foodies should check out our article on artisanal bread (“The Staff of Life,” page 50) to learn how healthy it is to bake your own bread. Then, on page 48, there’s our Power Food article on squash—it’s perfect for roasting or pureeing. And in “Beer Gets Crafty” on page 52 you’ll read about the proliferation of new brews by small local producers.

These last three stories alone could be the hallmarks of fall.

Whatever favorite comforts autumn evokes for you, share them with friends and family and create new memories.

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Studies show that regularly eating apples can help reduce wrinkles, increase bone density, lower cholesterol and strengthen lung capacity. And the crunchy fruit tastes best when you’ve just picked it yourself. You can do just that at these local orchards and farms:

Where to pick Harvest Moon Farm & Orchard

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Stuart’s Fruit Farm

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Weight-loss programs often advise people to get regular exercise and eat healthy, but doing both is easier said than done. Mount Kisco’s Skinny Buddha (914.666.9646, myskinny buddha.com) aims to make healthy living attainable by offering a customized dietary and fitness program to each client. The Skinny Buddha team is led by chef Elyce Jacobson and certified personal trainer Shaka Davidson. “We started working together so Shaka could help design a workout for me to reduce body fat,” says Jacobson, “but in the end, we were so pleased and astounded by the results, we had to get this to the public.”

Whether clients choose the “Buddha Buddies” package designed for a pair who want to create a healthier lifestyle together, the “Buddha’s Detox” that will flush toxins from the body or another program, what they’ll get in the end is a fresh start. “The most notable improvement clients will experience is in their mental outlook,” says Davidson. “They will walk away with the tools they need to continue along a path of healthy living.”

Don’t just sit there—

spin!

Want a super-intense workout with a realistic ride? If so, the spin bike may be for you. Unlike most stationary bikes, spin bikes have a weighted flywheel so you can gain momentum and add resistance, making you feel as if you’re on a real-life bike ride. In an average spin class, you can burn between 500 and 700 calories. Spinning improves cardiovascular function and posture, burns fat and increases muscle mass—plus, it’s fun when done in a group setting.

Soul Scarsdale, a branch of the hot SoulCycle chain (914.713.1200, soul-cycle.com), kicks typical spinning up a notch.

“We provide a full-body workout on a bike,” says instructor Chad Stringfellow. “We do pushups on handlebars, use weights and even do some simple choreography on the bikes.” Instructors emphasize “riding as a pack,” with class members biking at the same tempo and level of resistance. As the name implies, SoulCycle has a strong spiritual component: ”You’re challenged mentally and physically and become a part of something bigger than yourself,” says Stringfellow. “It changes lives. I’ve had people tell me they realize they no longer need to be in therapy because they take our classes.”

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Meet Shampoo, a Shar-Pei from Yonkers.

And the winner is…

You submitted the best photos of your furry friends and then voted for a winner, and the results are in! This year’s “cutest pet” award goes to…(drumroll, please)…

Shampoo, a Shar-Pei owned by Alicia Cartenuto in Yonkers! This loyal and loving pup’s favorite pastimes include lying in the sun, sticking her head out of the window on car rides and sprinting through large fields.

Visit our website to meet the runner-up, Penny.

Eco-friendly living Home shoppers looking for luxury living and a “green” lifestyle are showing interest in Monarch at Ridge Hill, a new 80-acre residential and retail development in Yonkers.

Monarch (888.393.2570, monarchrh.com) will house 1,000 condominium residents, all within easy reach of 12 blocks of shopping and entertainment, including a movie theater, restaurants and clothing stores. The design concept is New Urbanism: bringing modern, eco-friendly amenities to traditional village life.

“It’s a place where people can live, work and play, all within walking distance,” says Jill Gardner, Monarch’s sales and marketing director. “It really tries to create Main Street again. You can see friends, walk to the doctor or walk to work. We’ll have Whole Foods right here within walking distance. It’s all more convenient.”

It’s also more lavish. Although each condo only has one or two bedrooms, Monarch offers concierge service, pools, tennis and basketball courts, game rooms, a spa and fitness center, a wine cellar and a cinema room.

And Mother Earth gets pampered too: The buildings have efficient natural gas heat, Energy Star-rated appliances, LED lighting and sustainable bamboo floors.

Another plus? Monarch offers free shuttle service to the local Metro North station.

A rendering of Monarch at Ridge Hill’s four residential towers

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Savory Soup

Delicious flavors to satisfy your taste buds.

It’s getting chilly out, so why not warm up with a Balducci’s chef-crafted soup?

Our soup is made in small batches to guarantee a prefect balance of fresh ingredients that come together to create delicious flavors.

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the grill master

Mangano puts the finishing touch on his Asian turkey burgers.

Asian Turkey Burgers with Grilled Pineapple and Sesame-Ginger Mayonnaise Time: 45 minutes to 1 hour. Serves 6 Ingredients Sesame-Ginger Mayonnaise 3 tablespoons mayonnaise 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger

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stalk lemongrass tablespoon minced fresh ginger teaspoons cilantro tablespoon chopped scallions cloves garlic teaspoons Chinese mustard tablespoon sesame oil tablespoons hoisin sauce tablespoon soy sauce teaspoon red chili paste

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2 tablespoons lime juice 1½ pounds ground turkey meat ½ bottle Soy Vay Veri Veri Teriyaki Sauce 6 slices fresh pineapple rings, peeled and cored 6 brioche rolls vegetable oil salt and pepper cilantro leaves

Preparation Sesame-Ginger Mayo

Whisk together mayo, ginger, garlic, sesame oil and honey.

Mix in lime juice and soy sauce, then let sit for 30 minutes.

Turkey Burgers

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Combine the first 11 ingredients and puree in a blender into a smooth paste. In a large bowl, combine the pureed mixture and the turkey meat (avoid overmixing). Form the mixture into six patties (about 4 oz. each). Dip each patty into the teriyaki sauce and set aside. Prepare your grill with lump charcoal and a small chunk of wild cherry wood. Brush each pineapple slice with teriyaki sauce and grill for 5 minutes on each side until grill marks appear on both sides, then set aside. Generously brush the patties with vegetable oil, season with salt and pepper and place on the hotter portion of the grill (toward the center).

Grill each side for 7½ minutes, continually brushing with teriyaki sauce. Cook burgers thoroughly, until no pink is showing. Place a burger on the bottom portion of each brioche bun and top with a grilled pineapple slice and a few cilantro leaves. Drizzle each burger with the sesameginger mayonnaise and place the top bun on the burger.

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Westchester Health & Life’s inaugural Grill & Chill recipe contest (sponsored by Balducci’s in Scarsdale) was a huge success! After countless recipes submitted by Health & Life readers were reviewed, the three best from Westchester County and Bergen, Morris and Essex counties in New Jersey were chosen to compete in a preliminary round of cook-offs. The winner of each went on to the grand finale competition, which took place on June 25 at Kings Super Market in Cresskill, N.J. The three grillers, Susan Jacobson from Westchester, Marc Mangano from Bergen and Karin Sainato from Morris, fought hard for the grand prize, a Weber S-450 grill valued at $1,700, courtesy of Reno’s Appliance in Fairfield, N.J. But in the end, Mangano’s Asian turkey burgers with grilled pineapple and sesame-ginger mayonnaise took first place. Sainato came in second and Jacobson third, each taking home a Big Green Egg smoker/grill worth $1,000, courtesy of Modern Propane in Lodi, N.J. Check out the winning recipe, and if you didn’t get a chance to enter this year, don’t worry—Grill & Chill will be back next summer!

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the fit foodie’s guide to the area’s best restaurants

The Melting Pot is an excellent choice for a memorable dinner event. With our unique “fondue flair,” you and your guests can enjoy communal pots filled with savory cheeses and chocolates. You can also cook your own succulent entrée selections—including premium cuts of chicken, steak and seafood—right at your table. Our cheese fondue dippers include a vast assortment of fresh breads, fruits and vegetables. The popular chocolate fondue course pairs nicely with our delicious cakes, brownies, and other tasty favorites. We also offer vegetarian selections as well as a gluten-free menu. The Melting Pot is truly a restaurant for all occasions, offering intimate spaces for romantic dinners as well as private dining rooms for bridal, baby, birthday, corporate, and other group celebrations. Make your reservation today and find out why The New York Times called the Melting Pot “pure entertainment.”

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E-MAIL GETS GORGEOUS

Boring e-mails bringing you down? Let your creative juices flow with MeebleMail (meeblemail.com), a new company that offers chic, customizable stationery templates for your e-mail. Send party invitations, personal notes and office memos online—without sacrificing style.

Founder and self-described “paper stationery addict” Sharon Gaffey worked as a web designer for 15 years. “Whenever I sent e-mail, which was my main form of communication, it was just kind of plain,” she says. So Gaffey, a Pelham resident, teamed up with her husband to launch MeebleMail in June. (The idea for the name came from a favorite children’s book about imagination called Mr. Meebles.)

Fashionistas will drool over the Thomas Paul and Trina Turk stationery, just two of more than 30 collaborations with bigname designers. MeebleMail also designs templates featuring charities, donating 50 percent of the proceeds from each style to the featured organization. The site offers more than 500 designs priced at $4.99 each for one year.

The system is compatible with Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, AOL and Windows Live/Hotmail, and Gaffney says she will soon partner with Apple Mail and Microsoft Outlook.

Some of MeebleMail’s designs. Below: founder Sharon Gaffey

FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES Family-to-Family founder Pam Koner in her office.

Right: A sponsored family opens their monthly box of food.

On a Sunday afternoon like any other, Hastings-on-Hudson mom Pam Koner read The New York Times. The lead photo stopped her. It was of a little girl wearing one sneaker, lying on a mattress forking food into her mouth, the walls behind her cracked. The accompanying article’s subject? Poverty—not across the globe, but one time zone away in Pembroke, Ill. “I was looking at a picture that really looked like a Third World country,” Koner says. “It was a gut reaction, this feeling of ‘This can’t be happening in the United States. It’s unbelievable.’”

Shaken by the story, Koner recruited 16 Westchester families to send a monthly box of food and letters to 17 Pembroke families. Nine years later, Koner heads Family-to-Family (914.391.3220, family-to-family.org), a hunger relief organization that directly aids almost 60 impoverished families in 22 communities on a one-to-one basis.

Each donating family “adopts” another from a less-fortunate community selected by the charity and sends nonperishable dinners, non-food necessities like shampoo and medicine, or a donation for the family to buy its own groceries every month.

While she’s the inspiring force behind Family-to-Family, Koner credits the movement’s success to the thousands of people who run local chapters, hand out food and donate groceries from their businesses. “On many levels, we’ve created a human, linked-up network,” she says.

GREEN IS GOOD

Last spring, Larchmont became a greener community. In addition to the budding foliage, the town gained its first organic boutique, Vieira Organics (914.834.2734, vieiraorganics.com). The inspiration for the store came from owner Cindy Vieira’s predicament two years ago as a new mom with a colicky newborn daughter who had eczema. She chose Larchmont “because it’s a health-conscious, child-friendly town,” says Vieira. The store carries organic children’s clothing, natural hair- and body-care products for children and adults, and organic eczema, acne and psoriasis remedies in addition to hand-knit accessories and her own handmade line of soaps and candles.

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Indian Point’s operations are constantly reviewed by independent experts at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). We’re also among the most thoroughly reviewed nuclear energy facilities in the U.S. Indian Point has invested over a billion dollars to upgrade and strengthen all our operations in recent years. We have layers upon layers of safety and security systems, so there are back-ups to the back-ups.

Every day, we plan and train to expect the unexpected.

An equivalent gas-fired power plant would emit millions of tons of pollutants a year into the air we breathe. And the independent experts in charge of New York’s electric grid have said that the city could face rolling blackouts throughout the New York area without Indian Point.

All of us have a right to know why Indian Point is Right For New York.

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Q&A With Julian Sanchez, M.D., women’s ImAgIng Center…

HeAltHy HeArts thROuGh hypnOSiS

Many of the causes of cardiovascular disease are factors we can control: diet, exercise, smoking and weight. But stress also plays a major role—and it is often the result of factors out of our control, whether they be morning arthur fass, M.D. traffic jams, unemployment, family illness, etc. “almost all of our patients deal with a great deal of stress in their lives,” says arthur e. Fass, M.D., F.a.c.c., F.a.c.p., a cardiologist at the north State Division of Westchester heart & Vascular, “and a lot of the cardiac symptoms people experience have to do with stress— things like chest pressure, palpitations, racing hearts— these are all caused or aggravated by stress.”

Dr. Fass says exercise remains the best way to lower blood pressure and address stress, since it is a mood elevator, but complementary therapies such as hypnosis can also be very beneficial. “Many years ago i became interested in relaxation techniques. i had never tried anything like that before so i tried it on a heavy smoker,” he says. “afterward, i said to myself, ‘i’ll never do that again.’ But then two weeks later the patient called me and told me she hadn’t picked up a cigarette since. So i guess i was onto something.” although some patients only need one hypnosis session, some need ongoing reinforcement, but Dr. Fass says once they master deep breathing and relaxation techniques, it helps them cope more successfully with other stress inducers, such as fear of flying. “Our patients love it,” Dr. Fass says. “they feel that they are getting an approach that is not often used in a conventional medical practice.” to learn more about Westchester heart & Vascular north State Division, please call 914.762.5810 or go to: www.westchesterheartandvascular.com.

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at the Women’s imaging center at Westchester Medical center, patients can undergo minimally invasive lowJulian W. sanchez, M.D. dose digital mammograms, breast sonograms, magnetic resonance imaging (MRi) and ultrasound-guided and stereotactic breast biopsies in a caring environment. the Women’s imaging center also provides bone scanning for diagnosing osteoporosis or other bone diseases affecting women. Julian W. Sanchez, M.D., the Director of Breast imaging at the Women’s imaging center, explains what sets the Women’s imaging center apart from other facilities in the area.

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what can the women’s Imaging Center at westchester medical Center offer patients that they may not find elsewhere?

Dr. sanchez: a patient who has just found a lump in her breast does not want to be told she will have to wait three weeks before she can get an appointment for a mammogram. thanks to our expanded 5,000-square-foot facility at the Women’s imaging center, patients can get appointments quickly, often within 24 to 48 hours of calling. that is extremely important for a woman’s physical and emotional health.

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what can patients expect when they have their imaging tests done at the women’s Imaging Center?

Dr. sanchez: unlike some other testing facilities, when a clinical problem presents itself or a screening study shows an area that needs to be further evaluated, women can be assured that a physician will meet with them and explain what the tests reveal and what the next steps should be.

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For many women, a mammogram can be a somewhat stressful experience. what has the women’s Imaging Center done to alleviate some of that stress?

Dr. sanchez: Great care has been taken to create a warm, comfortable and spacious environment. We have been told our facility looks more like a spa than a medical office. We have a women-only inner waiting room, we offer spa-quality robes, and everyone—from the receptionists to our technicians to our physicians— is dedicated to making sure we treat every patient with dignity and compassion.

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Dr. sanchez: early detection saves lives. Finding a cancer early, on mammography, before it can be felt is a woman’s best guarantee for cure and usually results in less aggressive and destructive therapies. Our entire staff is very interested in educating the population about the role imaging services play in women’s health and we want to help our patients put what they hear in the news into perspective. to learn more about the Women’s imaging center, call 914.493.2500 or go to: www.westchestermedicalcenter.com/womensimaging.

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Tips for a Healthy Life

The physicians AND STAFF at Westchester Medical Center know the work they do to treat disease and injury is only half the battle. The other half is in your hands: doing what you can to stay healthy so you feel better and enjoy a longer, fuller and richer life. And studies show that your choices can make a huge difference in your health.

Much of the advice experts offer about maintaining good health is familiar to us all: Eat lots of fruits, vegetables and whole grains, and go easy on salt, fatty meats and sugary desserts. Exercise regularly, see your doctor regularly and get recommended health screenings on schedule. But in our busy lives it can be hard to make health a priority.

So we asked four of the medical center’s doctors to offer one key bit of counsel appropriate for each of the four main stages of life. Here’s what they told us:

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Pre-teen and teen years: GET KIDS ENGAGED “With teens, the biggest danger is risky behavior,” says Gilberto Velez-Domenech, M.D., Chief of Adolescent Medicine at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital. “Parents should encourage their kids to get involved in an activity—such as sports, hobbies, the arts or a musical instrument—that engages and fulfills them.” Adolescents need to test the limits of authority, find out what life is about and feel accepted by their peers. For some teens, that can mean temptations leading to drug use, alcohol abuse or daredevil driving. Parents need to build a relationship with teens that reduces those dangers.

There’s no perfect recipe for this, but it helps if kids are enthusiastically absorbed in constructive pursuits that nourish their curiosity and vent their energy. And studies show that kids in-

volved in athletics are at lower risk for substance abuse.

The biggest health danger to a bored, at-loose-ends kid? According to Dr. Velez-Domenech, it’s sneaking that puff with a pal in front of the convenience store on Saturday night and getting hooked. “Believe it or not, the average age kids start to smoke is 11 or 12,” says the doctor. “And the younger one begins, the harder it is to quit. Submitting an immature brain to nicotine actually changes how certain brain receptors react to nicotine, intensifying addiction.

“Parents must tell their children early and often how they feel about cigarette smoking—don’t assume they know,” says the doctor. “Research tells us that parental guidance can really help.” And of course, parents who are smokers must quit, he adds: “You can’t tell your child not to smoke if you smoke.”

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AGES 21–40: GET FLEXIBLE O.K., so now you’re in the bloom of healthy adulthood. You’re active, and you’ve probably homed in on a favorite sport or exercise you particularly enjoy.

Ah, there’s the rub.

“People know they need to exercise to stay fit, but many young adults focus too much,” says orthopaedic surgeon Daniel Zelazny, M.D. “When you play only one sport, you overuse certain muscles and joints and underuse others. Runners, for instance, develop knee, hip, foot and ankle problems. Wear and tear, particularly in cartilage, is often a precursor to arthritis. Swimmers and tennis players develop shoulder problems. Of course, an injury can happen any time, but longterm issues like arthritis are the result of constant overuse of a joint.”

Dr. Zelazny’s advice? “Engage in a variety of activities. Cross-train. Don’t just run—alternate running with biking, swimming or other activities.” The range of your physical activities today, he says, can help protect vitality and agility in future decades.

“Incorporate a stretching regimen—or take yoga—to promote flexibility, which helps prevent injury,” says Dr. Zelazny.

“Flexibility is important, because it’s one of the things we lose as we age.”

AGES 41–60: GET ‘IN TOUCH’

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As you age, your state of mind is critical to maintaining good health. That’s why attention to your emotional and psychological well-being now—in the years of middle adulthood—can pay big dividends.

“The developmental tasks of this period include guiding our children while simultaneously relinquishing control of them as they grow up, and reversing roles with aging parents,” says Neil Zolkind, M.D., Director of Psychiatry at Westchester Medical Center’s Behavioral Health Center. “If these tasks are accomplished successfully, we achieve a feeling of productivity and purpose— what the psychoanalyst Erik Erikson called ‘generativity’—that lays a foundation for a sense of integrity through our senior years.”

Daily obligations keep many of us in a whirl of distraction, and sometimes life can feel shallow or stagnant, whether we call what we’re feeling a “mid-life crisis” or just “the middle-aged blues.”

“If you don’t have a well-developed sense of purpose, reflect on why that is,” suggests Dr. Zolkind. “Talk to friends, a spiritual counselor or a therapist. Even if the feelings that come up are uncomfortable, they’ll give you valuable information you can act on to change your life for the better and deepen your appreciation of being alive. And that, in turn, will benefit your physical health.”

AGES 61 AND OLDER: GET BUSY When this stage arrives, the leisure you’ve craved may be around the corner—the kids are grown up, fi nances under control, retirement near.

This can mean the freedom to live your dreams—or an idleness that can kill.

“A long-term study that began in the 1920s recently looked at character traits and longer life,” says William Frishman, M.D., a board-certified geriatrician who is Director of Medicine and Acting Chief of Cardiology at Westchester Medical Center. “The people who lived longest tended to be those who focused on a project or were involved in community and volunteer work. It turns out that staying busy is even more critical to longevity than having a sense of optimism, which is also very important.”

Research has also shown that those who stay mentally active have a lower risk of dementia.

Remember that the 60s and 70s need not be what they were two generations

Gilberto VelezDomenech, M.D.

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ago when you visited Grandma’s house.

“The chances of someone who is 60 making it to 90 are much higher today,” says Dr. Frishman. “Some people are spending more years in retirement than they did in the workforce.”

So stay busy. “Keep working if you can and if you like your work—or find a ‘retirement career,’” says the doctor. “Be involved in your community.” Political campaigns, theater groups, food co-ops, tutoring programs, hospitals and libraries are begging for your time, experience and wisdom—and your own vitality will be the winner if you sign up.

“Stay mentally and physically active,” says Dr. Frishman. “Use it so you don’t lose it.” —DAVID LEVINE

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The Art of Recovery A painter’s creative passion helps him adapt after a heart transplant Nick Maffei needed a new heart—there was no doubt about that.

When the 50-something, East Fishkillbased artist arrived at Westchester Medical Center in July 2009 after collapsing in his studio, he was in shock and suffered from low blood pressure and arrhythmia. And his family history pointed to an explanation: Two of his brothers had died in their 30s of sudden heart attacks.

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At the medical center, Alan L. Gass, M.D., Medical Director of Cardiac Transplant Patient and Mechanical Circulatory Support, examined Maffei and diagnosed familial cardiomyopathy—a dangerous genetic form of heart disease.

“Nick’s heart would beat too fast and then too slowly,” explains Dr. Gass. “We stabilized him with medication and a heart pump and put him on the list for an emer-

gency transplant. But for the next couple of months his condition was touch-and-go.”

During this time, Maffei’s spirits sank.

An accomplished professional artist, he stopped painting and drawing. “I didn’t really feel inspired to create,” he says.

The transplant operation took place August 23, 2009. “Nick did great both during and after surgery,” says Dr. Gass.

“His body did not reject the new heart,

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As painter Nick Maffei got used to life with a new heart, his art—and the studio shown here—proved to be a key asset in his recovery. opposite, top: the artist in his element, working on a new canvas. (To learn more about Maffei’s art, contact the Howard Scott Gallery, 529 W. 20th St., 7th floor, New York, NY 10011; 646.486.7004.) opposite, bottom: a 12´’x14´ Maffei painting, “Lavender Universe”

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nor did the heart fail in any technical way.” But the post-op patient did not thrive psychologically at first the way his doctors had hoped.

Fortunately, in Dr. Gass the painter found not just a proficient cardiologist, but also an empathetic and insightful practitioner of the art of medicine. “I try to identify what each patient feels most connected to emotionally, be it religion, family or even sports,” says the doctor. “I help patients tap into something within themselves that they can focus on and draw strength from. In Nick’s case it was his art—I kept encouraging him to go back to it.”

Eventually, with the help of the doctor’s wife, art therapist Beth De Furia, Maffei complied. “For a while after the transplant my work was a bit dark,” he says. Then, at De Furia’s prompting, he began painting mandalas—circle-based drawings that create a central point believed to have a corresponding therapeutic effect on the artist’s heart.

The mandalas led to more ambitious projects—and notably upbeat ones. “I started to incorporate feathers in my pictures, to do paintings of sunrises and magnetic fields, or some lagoon you’d want to swim in in the middle of a jungle,” says Maffei. Pretty soon he had more than just a new physical heart: His heart was in his work once again.

“I even started writing songs,” he says.

His doctor was pleased, but not entirely surprised. “Everyone who has a heart transplant gets a new healthy heart, yet not all of them do well,” says Dr. Gass. “Clearly there is a relationship between patients who do well and their level of faith, focus, spirituality and inner awareness.”

Maffei connects his passion for art directly to a spiritual sense. “When you look at art, you have to believe that something can be special somehow,” he says. “It doesn’t mean you have to believe what I believe.”

But whether we draw on spiritual sources or other kinds of positive motivation, our minds can aid our bodies in a task like recovering from a transplant, says Dr. Gass. “We understand little

about the human mind, and many incredible things can happen if you channel its power,” he says.

This is not a new concept. Eastern cultures have embraced the mind’s effects on the body for centuries, and recently Western writers have expanded on the concept of using affirmative thought to increase health and happiness. Yet this notion of “integrative” medicine—treating the body, mind and spirit at the same time—is still considered a little offbeat by many of Dr. Gass’s colleagues in the world of cardiac medicine.

“I strongly believe that physical wellbeing is only part of the equation when it comes to health,” says Dr. Gass. “Spirituality, faith and a connection to the inner self are all parts of being healthy.”

These days, Maffei is feeling strong— and grateful for what he calls the “charismatic inspiration” of a medical staff that “makes you feel they care for you as people.” He exercises and spends time with his 24-year-old son, James (who luckily does not suffer from familial cardiomyopathy). And he’s back to creating symbolic, nature-based art that includes giant plywood murals, medium-sized oil paintings on canvas and smaller, more intimate pencil and acrylic drawings on paper.

“Nick used his art to renew his active grip on life,” says Dr. Gass. “He’s doing phenomenally well, and I can now see him living for 30 years or more with this new heart.” —FRANCESCA MOISIN

Alan L. Gass, M.D.

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Special doctors GIVE special cARE Last October, Whitney Adams, a home health aide, picked up her son, Malik Oliver, at day care. Malik, then just 15 months old, had a fever and breathing problems, and doctors at the local hospital thought he was suffering from a urinary tract infection. That day, however, Malik was in particularly rough shape. “His breathing was really bad, and his belly was really big and tight,” says Adams, who lives in Mt. Vernon with her fiancé and Malik’s father, Pyron Oliver, and their other son, also named Pyron, who is 5.

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She took Malik back to the hospital, where a CT (computed tomography) scan revealed a large mass on his kidney. An ambulance was summoned to take Malik and his mom to Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center.

Further testing uncovered bad news: Malik had a rare kidney cancer called Wilms’ tumor. This tumor primarily affects children between the ages of 2 and 4, says Paul Zelkovic, M.D., the pediatric urologist who took on Malik’s case.

There are only about 500 new cases a

year. “We see one or two a year, and some years we see none,” says Dr. Zelkovic.

But Malik’s case was rarer still in that, while Wilms’ usually affects just one kidney, he had large tumors on both kidneys. The right kidney was entirely overtaken by a malignant mass, while the left was about 75 percent cancerous.

“There are five different stages of Wilms’, and he was at stage five—the highest,” says Dr. Zelkovic, who recalls Malik as “very near the top of the list” of the worst cases he has ever seen.

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But Malik also had another unusual condition called Denys-Drash Syndrome.

That meant that his cancer coincided with a malformed urethra and undescended testicles. All these conditions are genetic in nature. “That syndrome is very, very uncommon,” Dr. Zelkovic says.

The first line of treatment for Wilms’ tumor is chemotherapy to shrink the masses. But Dr. Zelkovic, his partners Israel Franco, M.D., and Edward Reda, M.D. (both pediatric urologic surgeons) and Oya Levendoglu-Tugal, M.D., (one of the hospital’s pediatric hematology/oncology specialists), worried that the cancer would be too extensive to save any kidney tissue for Malik. “I was very skeptical from the beginning about whether we could salvage even part of a kidney,” says Dr. Levendoglu-Tugal. “Fortunately we were able to save one-third of his left kidney.”

Chemotherapy played a vital part in preserving Malik’s kidney function, and surgery was the next step, for which Malik was fortunate to have Drs. Zelkovic, Franco and Reda. Like Dr. LevendogluTugal, they know the kidneys thoroughly and are steeped in the special needs of children. “We have good success preserving kidney function,” says Dr. Zelkovic.

“That comes from surgical skill and having close working relationships with our anesthesiologists, Intensive Care Unit specialists and the other services at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital.”

The three surgeons worked together, taking turns during the nearly 10-hour procedure. “With a complex case like this, we need a team approach in which we work

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Fate challenged young Malik Oliver with a difficult set of medical circumstances, but after treatment by a team of specialists at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center, he’s feeling much better today.

with the oncologists and other specialists,” Dr. Zelkovic explains. They removed the right kidney and then delicately extricated the cancerous top two-thirds of the left kidney. They repaired the bottom third of the left kidney and restored blood flow to its tissue. Samples from surrounding tissues confirmed that the doctors had removed all the cancer and that it had not spread to the lymphatic system or other organs. They also repaired Malik’s malformed urethra and testicles.

Remarkably, his kidney function came back strong. “He needed only one day on dialysis,” Dr. Zelkovic says.

Today, Malik is a happy, healthy 2-yearold, says his mom. “He’s funny, real active, and runs around all day,” she says.

Malik is on several medications to prevent infections and correct electrolyte imbalances resulting from his undersized kidney. He most likely will be on some medications the rest of his life, and will be monitored closely for cancer recurrence, which Dr. Zelkovic says is rare in such cases but possible, and for high blood pressure and other kidney-related problems. He won’t be able to play contact sports. But that’s a small price to pay given the genetic hand he was dealt.

That Malik’s kidney function was spared is a remarkable tribute to collaboration among highly trained specialists.

“I’ve been doing this for 20-plus years and have never seen a case like this,” says Dr. Levendoglu-Tugal. “It is really exciting to help a child with a very rare disease and see him do well. It’s very gratifying.” —D.L.

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A PIONEER IN ROBOTIC SURGERY FOR CHILDREN When the da Vinci surgical robot came on the scene in the mid-1990s, most surgeons considered it strictly an adult-oriented technology. Westchester Medical Center, one of the first centers in the tri-state region to own one, bought its first da Vinci for adult bariatric (weight-loss) surgery.

But Israel Franco, M.D., a pediatric urologic surgeon at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, immediately saw the potential for using it on children.

“I had read that some surgeons were using the robot for pyeloplasty,” he says, referring to a common procedure to open up a blocked urinary tract. “The robot became available to me, so I started doing them too.”

He became one of the first pediatric surgeons in the country to adopt the technology, and he is now an internationally recognized expert in pediatric robotic surgery.

The da Vinci is now used for many types of surgery on children’s kidneys, bladders and other urological structures, says Dr. Franco. He established several robotic surgery techniques and has published four papers on the subject in medical journals and a chapter in a medical textbook.

“Many hospitals perform robotic surgery now, but we were among the first,” he says.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF UROLOGICAL PROBLEMS AT MARIA FARERI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AT WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER, PLEASE CALL 877.WMC.DOCS OR VISIT WESTCHESTERMEDICALCENTER.COM/MFCH. TO SHARE THIS ARTICLE WITH A FRIEND OR TO RECOMMEND IT ON YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE, VISIT WESTCHESTERHEALTHANDLIFE.COM.

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Ready When Disaster Strikes TO RESPOND TO A CALAMITY LIKE THE RECENT HURRICANE IRENE, A MEDICAL CENTER MUST BE PREPARED—AND THAT TAKES PRACTICE

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“The drill reaffirmed that our staff can handle a disaster.”

County in August, Westchester Medical Center was ready. Patients who had been evacuated from New York City hospitals were accepted, and provisions were made for sleeping, showering and dining accommodations for staffers whose commute from home might be blocked by flooding or heavy winds—all without interrupting the medical center’s usual services to the area. “Not a single patient was turned away,” says David Markenson, M.D., Medical Director of Disaster Medicine and Regional Emergency Services.

The successful response wasn’t an accident. It was the result of a program of planning overseen by Dr. Markenson in connection with Westchester Medical Center’s role as the Regional Resource Center for Disaster Preparedness—an effort that has given him the playful moniker “Dr. Disaster.” To make sure the medical center will be ready when everyone’s mind is on emergency response, he focuses on the challenge on ordinary days too—days like Wednesday, June 1, 2011.

That day, the medical center just pretended there had been a disaster. Nearly 100 “sick” and “injured” individuals flooded the campus, arriving by ambulance, on foot and by (imaginary) helicopter. Doctors, nurses and other caregivers rushed to the scene, sorting those with apparently mild wounds or ills from the critically “injured.” It was a drill to test a Surge Plan meant to help the medical center meet situations in which it must assess and treat patients beyond its normal capacity.

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say, a long-term flu epidemic,” says the doctor. “This drill tests how we handle a surge like this.” It also looked at the medical center’s ability to coordinate with other hospitals in a region-wide event.

Westchester Medical Center holds several drills—both announced and unannounced—throughout the year, Dr. Markenson explains. This drill, because of its size and scope, was announced ahead of time, so that extra staff would be available to maintain the medical center’s regular operations and inform visitors and patients about what was going on. “We had signage to alert people to the drill, scheduled supplemental staff to perform normal duties and had a safety officer present so that if there were a real surge of patients, we could end the drill immediately,” Dr. Markenson says.

The disaster “patients”—actually volunteers, off-duty staff and their children—were assigned injuries caused by a “weather-related accident,” he says. The type of disaster matters, because differ-

ent disasters affect resources differently.

“A weather-related event like Irene can bring special challenges,” he says. “For example, there may be power outages and it may be hard for workers to get in.”

When the drill started, the hospital activated its emergency management plan, which specifies how to triage the patients, what staff and equipment to call in and where to set up treatment areas.

“We need to take over other parts of the hospital that are not being used, such as the cafeteria or the lobby, for treating injuries,” says Dr. Markenson.

The patients arrived at different times, with different injuries, during the threehour drill. “Overall, it went extremely well,” says the doctor. “It proved that Westchester Medical Center has the ability to handle a mass surge, without question.”

In fact, the drill showed that the medical center could actually handle more patients than the plan now allows for, he says.

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almost finished their terms of service, so we had to plan to educate our new residents when they started in July,” he says. Indeed, many permanent staff members asked for even more training in disaster preparedness. “They felt comfortable with what they already knew, but wanted to add to it,” Dr. Markenson says. “The drill reaffirmed that our staff, which handles the most complex cases every single day, also has the ability to ramp up and handle multiple patients in a disaster.” —D.L.

David Markenson, M.D.

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‘Everything for the home’ From plumbing supply to home design, two sisters have guided the evolution of a 90-year-old business Passero, 88, and Debbie Klaff Katz, 82, were starting out, most women became homemakers. But they chose to help make hundreds of homes by going to work in their parents’ business, now the home-design store Klaff’s. Recently, Passero, president, and Katz, treasurer, discussed Klaff’s past and present: How did the company get started?

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my father was 23, he worked for a plumbing-supply outfit in New York City. The gentleman who owned the store loaned him $500, and he came to Norwalk with my mother and opened Klaff’s.

Katz: At that time, 1921, it was strictly plumbing supplies. Then it expanded as the times required. For example, during World War II when we couldn’t get any copper tubing, we brought in hardware: pots and pans, housewares, etc.

What’s your background in business?

I studied marketing at Syracuse University, but now I’m mostly in charge of accounting. I was really brought up in the business: At 10 or 12 I was washing bathtubs and counting inventory. Then, when I was in high school, I worked with Katz:

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my mother on the accounting. After my father died, my mother was left to run the business, and I helped her out a lot.

Passero: I started in the store at an early age too, around 10 or 11. I was also a singer—locally at first, and then, when I was about 19, I became a big band singer, working with Louis Prima and Bunny Berigan. I used to do the Klaff’s ads and singing commercials, and I had a radio show on which I interviewed celebrities. I started working full-time at about 28.

What’s it like working with family?

Katz: I get along very well with my sister, but it’s a little more difficult with the younger generation. Still, we more or less make decisions together.

Passero: My sister and I agree on almost everything. We try to make it like a marriage.

What’s unique about Klaff’s?

Katz: We sell almost everything you need to build or remodel a house except the lumber: lighting fixtures, bath products, hardware, tile and kitchen cabinets.

Passero: We’re everything for the home under one roof. And it’s certainly “worth a trip from anywhere.” That’s the slogan that I coined many, many years ago.

How do you give back to the community?

We do a lot of charity work, provide toys for homeless shelters and support hospitals. Often we donate merchandise that groups raffle or auction off.

Katz: I’m on the board of the Norwalk Senior Center, which raises money to help the elderly. And we sponsor Meals on Wheels, which takes food to people in need.

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I think anybody going into business today has to know something about business; they should take courses to prepare. And it doesn’t hurt to have some backup money.

Passero: You have to keep up with the times and roll with the punches. Ironically, I’m an old-fashioned girl—I hate change.

But we have some new blood here: my children, who bring in a lot of new ideas. their own business? Katz:

What does it mean to you to be a successful businesswoman? Katz: It gives me satisfaction to go through each month successfully. I don’t want to stop working, even though I’m past the retirement age.

Passero: Nobody’s successful without a lot of blood, sweat and tears. But it’s worth it. —Elizabeth Larner

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Jason Landau, a remodeling expert and owner of Amazing Spaces (914.239.3725, amazingspacesllc.com), a home design firm in Briarcliff Manor, says going green means one thing: buying local. “Buying locally manufactured or recycled products ensures a low carbon footprint,” says Landau. “Taking wood from a demolished barn nearby, for example, uses less energy to transport and is recycling materials. It’s the simplest way to be eco-friendly.”

Other easy ways to go green? “LED lighting, Energy Star appliances, composting and new water-filtration systems are how a kitchen can quickly become green, and these things will save you money in the long run,” says Landau.

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Larsen’s Tempo grasscloth warms the entry, where wainscoting was added for character. An ink drawing hangs over the French fruitwood table and Asian vessel.

timely transformation After a major life change, designer meryl stern brought a calm, comforting new look to her home written By Sallie Brady · interior design by meryl stern · Photography by Peter rymwid

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“I wanted to go beyond ‘country,’” says Stern of the dining room’s deeply stained beams and Maya Romanoff Bauble glass-beaded wall covering. The leather-bound sisal rug is by Ralph Lauren.

The metal chandelier with shades is from O’Lampia.

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our home is your cocoon, your peace and sanity, the place that is safe and warm when everything else in your life is crazy,” says interior designer Meryl Stern. And she’s not just talking about clients. As a newly divorced mother of two teenagers, Stern used this time of major life change to give her own home a new look that was tranquil, organic and reassuring.

Like many, Stern appreciated the conveniences of her 1980s construction, but she desperately wanted the look and coziness of an older home, which is typically layered with natural materials. “I exposed fir beams and stained the pine floors a high-gloss ebony,” says the designer.

Next was adding wood wainscoting under the chair rail and expanding the existing three-inch base molding to seven inches. “Wood is warm to the touch,” says Stern.

“It feels warm physically and emotionally. There’s something very comforting about the transformation of a tree into a floor plank or a piece of furniture. I have a full appreciation for that. It brings me closer to nature.”

A hiker who is a regular at Sunday farmers’ markets, Stern says she tries to live a green life—and an important part of

that is decorating with antiques. “I believe in reusing as much as possible,” says the designer. “I have some of my grandparents’ things and other antiques that I have bought on my own. These pieces also add meaning to a house.”

Among her collections are round objects such as antique finials, cannon balls and blown-glass spheres. “I love the organic shape of round objects,” says Stern. “Geometric shapes really offer a pleasant simplicity.” It was the simplicity and purity of a photo-mezzotint of a solitary ear of corn that made her want the image for her dining room. “I confess, I was designing the Harvest Bistro & Bar in Closter, which sits next to a 20-acre farm, when I saw this photograph. I bought it for them and then kept it for myself.”

The designer arranged her furniture and works of art against a quiet, calm palette of monochromatic oatmeals, mochas, chocolates and ebonies. Natural fibers were another essential decorating tool, with leather-bound sisal underfoot and grasscloth for select walls.

“It can take a long time to get a house together,” says Stern.

“It’s not something I do quickly, but I think the effect here is both ethereal and anchoring. I feel like I am on solid ground.”

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this page: Beneath the family room’s 17-foot-high ceiling, an oversized chandelier and mirror bring intimacy. opposite page: Bookshelves wrap around the library windows. The chocolate paint inside the shelves gives depth to Stern’s architectural finial and Indonesian artifact collection.

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power food

Squash for Every Season

With a rich history and even richer nutrient content, this vegetable is credited with a variety of health benefits Squash’s history in the United States predates European settlement by thousands of years. Originating in Central America and Mexico, it was a staple for Native Americans for more than 5,000 years.

European voyagers were introduced to the vegetable during their explorations of North and South America. While Florida leads the country in squash production today, New York is responsible for roughly 10 percent of the nation’s annual harvest.

Orange, Ulster and Dutchess counties grow most of the state’s squash, but Westchester, Columbia and Saratoga also contribute.

powers There are a variety of health benefits attributed to squash, which is typically grouped into two categories: winter squash (such varieties as acorn, pumpkin and butternut squash) and summer squash (which include zucchini and yellow crookneck squash). Both types of squash contain antioxidants. These carotenoids, particularly lutein and zeaxanthin, have been recognized for reducing the risk of chronic eye diseases like age-related macular degeneration and cataracts and for their anti-inflammatory properties, which may be beneficial to both the cardiovascular and gastrointestinal systems. Recent studies also suggest that the polysaccharides found in squash,

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which come from its high carbohydrate content, may help protect against diabetes and aid in insulin regulation.

Leave the squash’s skin intact and eat the flesh and seeds to enjoy the highest concentration of nutrients.

buy · store · grow The main difference between summer and winter squash is at what stage of maturity they’re harvested. Summer varieties are harvested while immature and tender; winter varieties are allowed to harden.

Winter squash should be chosen for their dull, hard rinds. They’re available now through March and are at their peak in October and November. Winter squash can last anywhere from one week to six months, depending on the type.

They should be stored in a cool, dry place.

Refrigeration is only recommended once the squash is cut, otherwise the humidity will cause deterioration.

When shopping for summer squash, which are available year-round, inspect the rind and opt for those that have a sheen and are free of blemishes. Store summer varieties in an airtight container in the fridge for up to seven days, and avoid washing them until you are ready to use them.

Should you choose to grow your own squash, methods will vary depending on the kind you want to cultivate. In general, squash need considerable growing space, and young seedlings can be harmed by frost. You may choose to start seeds indoors or wait until the last frost. Pick a place with lots of sun and good drainage.

Space according to seed instructions.

If you’re transplanting seedlings outdoors, cover them with a flowerpot for a few days to allow them to adjust and to prevent wilting. The plants should flower and begin producing the prolific amounts of squash they’re known for.

Summer squash can be harvested when they are young—no more than 6 to 8 inches long. Winter squash are harvested when fully mature, at the end of the growing season.

—Kelley Granger

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T h e Sta f f of Life

Nothing be ats the fl avor, te x t ure a nd nutritious goodness of an “artisanal” loaf of bre ad freshly baked the old-fashioned way

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Where to Buy Artisanal Bre ad Heislers Pastry 1321 North Ave., New Rochelle 914.235.8201 heislerspastry.com

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In its most basic form, a loaf of bread is nothing more than flour, yeast, water and salt. Yet in almost all cultures since the beginning of civilization, bread has been revered as the staff of life. When Christians pray, “Give us this day our daily bread,” bread signifies sustenance in general. For the same reason, our slang for money is “bread” or “dough,” and the head of a household is the “breadwinner.”

When grains were first harvested, ground, combined with water and exposed to heat, the source of heat was probably a rock warmed by fire—a precursor of the process used for today’s flatbreads. But at some point—about 10,000 B.C., experts estimate—the grain-water mixture was left to sit out exposed to naturally occurring airborne yeast spores, which mystically transformed it into a light, airy and irresistibly fragrant wonder.

The transformation of wheat and yeast into bread is almost as magical to us today. Baking bread is part science, part art. To be sure, the Industrial Revolution brought us scientifically produced loaves, with their bleached white flour, high-speed mixing and rising and chemical “improvers” and “conditioners.”

But the desire for a return to breads with more complex tastes and textures—not to mention the wholesomeness and nutrition that come with ditching the artificial ingredients and preserving the fiber, essential oils and vitamins that whole grains impart—is behind the current popularity of artisan bakers. Their alchemy employs Old World methods and pristine, locally sourced ingredients.

Nina White, who, with her husband, Jonathan, owns Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse in Milford, N.J., is one such practitioner. While Jonathan is in charge of cheesemaking, Nina produces about a dozen different multi-grain loaves, from a plain ciabatta to an authentic medieval rye—all in a wood-fired oven. “It’s the flours that set my breads apart,” she contends. “They are all organic and come from regional sources, and each of my breads contains at least three kinds.

When I get my flours, they’ve been milled within the last two weeks. Whole-grain flours degrade quickly. What you find on the shelves of a grocery store is ancient by comparison!”

Like many artisanal practitioners,

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White also uses a long fermentation method for her natural starters (with a bit of yeast added in a few of the styles) and slow, cold rises that allow the dough to relax and aerate. “This lets the deep flavors of the grains develop,” she explains.

The third component of the artisanal process, beyond impeccable ingredients and exacting, time-consuming methods, is the actual baking. “The oven is very important,” White says. “We have a single-chamber, wood-fired oven. We heat it, then rake out the coals before we bake. This is the retained-heat concept, which improves the texture of the bread. We take care to put in a full load of dough, so that the chamber retains the

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needed moisture. It’s the old-time way.”

White conducts bread-making classes at Bobolink (visit cowsoutside.com for details) for those looking to produce the crisp crust, satisfying texture and complex flavors of artisanal breads at home.

In fact, home bread bakers swear—with tongue only half in cheek—that it is as effective at relieving stress as yoga, meditation and aromatherapy. It forces bread makers to take time out from their busy schedules for mixing and kneading (yoga), waiting attentively for the bread to rise (meditation) and inhaling the wonderful aromas as the bread bakes (aromatherapy).

Plus, they get to share the result with family and friends. —Pat Tanner

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Econ 101 pop quiz: If most industries are consolidating into a few dominant players, and 42 U.S. brewing companies produced beer in 1978, how many do so today?

The surprising correct answer— about 1,800 —suggests that something special is going on in the world of beer, and it is. The craft beer or “microbrewery” movement is producing a beer renaissance—a proliferation of new brews by small local producers that make up in big taste what they lack in big numbers. Retail liquor shops that have long stocked an array of domestic and international wines are making room on their shelves for a vibrant new collection of ar tisanal beers. And aficionados of these brews argue that they—and not those giant national brands you see advertised during football games—are the real deal.

They explain that beer is basically water, some type of grain, yeast and hops. Craft beers, like the European ales of old, use barley as the grain of choice, while many of today’s mega-brewers substitute rice, corn or other ingredients. Result: Money saved, but flavor lost.

Craft breweries often age beer prior to bottling and selling. Their small scale allows them to alter beer’s basic formula with imagination rather than cost calculation. Their use of higherquality ingredients and their ingenious addition of novel elements such as fruit, unusual hops, cacao, herbs and even vegetables allow microbreweries to branch out and create new flavor profiles, providing more tasty variety for the casual quaffer.

“Craft beers are more intensely flavored with higher bitterness, alcohol, color and flavor levels,” explains Phil Leinhar t, brewmaster from Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown. But on another level, “craf t beer is more of an attitude or mind-set,” he says. “It is about caring about quality and caring about what you do.”

Of course, craft beer is nothing new to the Trappist monks of Belgium.

Since the Middle Ages they’ve been concocting their own brews—“dubbels,” “tripels” or “quadrupels” depending on alcohol content, which can run as high as 12 percent. Microbreweries abound also in the United Kingdom (where the term is said to have origi-

New york’s top 5 microbre weries Matt Brewing Company 830 Varick St. Utica 315.732.0022 saranac.com Brooklyn Brewery 79 N. 11th St. Brooklyn 718.486.7422 brooklynbrewery.com Blue Point Brewing Company 161 River Ave. Patchogue 631.475.6944 bluepointbrewing.com Southern Tier Brewing Company 2072 Stoneman Circle Lakewood 716.763.5479 southerntierbrewing.com Brewery Ommegang 656 County Highway 33 Cooperstown 800.544.1809 ommegang.com

nated in the 1970s) and in Germany.

But American versions of many flavorful European “real” beers have been embraced by consumers, and the U.S. has recently won respect as a beer innovator in its own right.

“The American beer drinker is finally able to find really flavorful, high-quality, delicious beers from small and independent brewers,” says Paul Gatza, the director of the Brewers Association, a trade group representing American brewing companies. “That’s why people are shifting to craft-brewed beer. The choice is in the eye of the beer-holder.”

Given my own weakness for Belgian-inspired ales, it’s no surprise that two of my local favorites are

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Ommegang Abbey Ale (a dubbel) and Three Philosophers (a quadrupel) from Brewery Ommegang. Both pack a high dose of alcohol by volume, but you’d never know it, as both are ex tremely complex and flavor ful, per fect for autumn weather.

So why should you try craft beer, preferably one of the many fine local brews? “Most macrobrews are pale American lagers that offer little variety,” says Leinhar t. “Craf t brews run the gamut of styles, offering different flavors that are great for drinking by themselves or pairing with a variety of cuisines.” Craft beer can be summed up in two words, he says: flavor and variety. —Evangelos Mihelis

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DOBBS FERRY

GIUSEPPE ITALIAN RESTAURANT Southern Italian cuisine known for fresh homemade pasta, 698 Saw Mill River Rd., 914.693.9699

JAPAN INN Casual Japanese dining with outdoor seating, 28 Palmer Ave., 914.337.1296

HALF MOON Casual American restaurant, 1 High St., 914.693.4130

SAMMY’S DOWNTOWN BISTRO & BAR Neighborhood restaurant ser ving American and Continental cuisine, 124 Pondfield Rd., 914.337.3200

HARPER’S New American cuisine, 92 Main St., 914.693.2306

FIESTA MEXICO Authentic Mexican cuisine with Tex-Mex offerings, 468 Ashford Ave., 914.478.4672

PUMPERNICKEL RESTAURANT Pub-style American fare featuring locally brewed root beer, 925 Saw Mill River Rd., 914.479.5370

ELIÁ TAVERNA Casual Greek restaurant, 502 New Rochelle Rd., 914.663.4976

THAI HOUSE Thai cuisine with vegetarian options, 466 Ashford Ave., 914.674.6633

UNDERHILLS CROSSING Seasonal American Nouvelle cuisine with a French flair, 74.5 Pondfield Rd., 914.337.1200

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MARC CHARLES STEAKHOUSE Fine casual steak house known for customizable steaks, 94 Business Park Dr., 914.273.2700

CUTILLO’S RESTAURANT An innovative EuropeanAmerican dining experience, 1196 Farmer’s Mills Road, 845.225.8903

MODERNE BARN Casual and sophisticated American fare with global influences, 430 Bedford Rd., 914.730.0001

THAI GOLDEN Authentic Thai and Asian dining with a view of Lake Gleneida, 5 Seminar y Hill Rd., 845.225.2722

OPUS 465 Contemporar y cuisine, 465 Main St., 914.273.4676

VALENTINA’S Casual Italian dining, 4 Church St., 845.228.9655

RESTAURANT NORTH Seasonal New American fare with locally sourced ingredients, 386 Main St., 914.273.8686

CHAPPAQUA

ROUTE 22 RESTAURANT & BAR American restaurant with 1930s ambience, 55 Old Route 22, 914.765.0022

BEDFORD

THE BARN AT BEDFORD POST Casual dining with brunch on the weekends, 954 Old Post Rd., 914.234.7800

CRABTREE’S KITTLE HOUSE American fare with an expansive wine cellar, 11 Kittle Rd. (off Route 117), 914.666.8044 GRAPPOLO LOCANDA Fine regional Italian cuisine, 76 King St., 914.238.5950 LE JARDIN DU ROI French bistro-style dining, 95 King St., 914.238.1368

COLD SPRING

BISTRO 22 French dining, 391 Old Post Rd., 914.234.7333

RIVERVIEW RESTAURANT Contemporar y American fare with seasonally inspired menus, 45 Fair Street, 845.265.4778

FARMHOUSE AT BEDFORD POST Contemporar y American cuisine with seasonal ingredients, 954 Old Post Rd., 914.234.7800

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KICHO Sushi eater y featuring daily special rolls, 352 N. Bedford Rd., 914.666.3332

BEDFORD VILL AGE

MEETINGHOUSE FOOD AND SPIRITS Contemporar y American fare, 635 Old Post Rd., 914.234.5656

BREWSTER

THE ARCH Fine international dining, 1292 Route 22, 845.279.5011 AVERSANO’S Authentic southern Italian cuisine with take-out available, 1620 Route 22, 845.279.2233 JAIPORE ROYAL INDIAN Fine Indian cuisine, 280 Route 22, 845.277.3549 RRACI’S RESTAURANT A blend of traditional and innovative Italian cuisine, 3670 Route 6, 845.278.6695

BRIARCLIFF MANOR

AMALFI RESTAURANT Homemade Italian fare, 1112 Pleasantville Rd., 914.762.920 DOM AND VINNIE’S RESTAURANT Italian fare with daily specials, 1872 Pleasantville Rd., 914.945.7200 FLAMES STEAKHOUSE Classic American fine dining, 533 N. State Rd., 914.923.3100

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LITTLE SORRENTO Homestyle Italian food, Parkside Pla za, 3565 Crompond Rd., 914.736.6767

CORTL ANDT MANOR

CORTLANDT COLONIAL RESTAURANT Traditional and New American cuisine, 714 Old Albany Post Rd., 914.739.3900

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BACCIO TRATTORIA Casual Mediterranean cuisine, 12 N. Salem Rd., 914.763.2233 HAIKU ASIAN BISTRO Ser ves sushi and a variety of pan-Asian dishes, Cross River Pla za, the corner of Routes 35 and 121, 914.763.9120

CROTON FALLS

CROTON CREEK STEAKHOUSE American bistrostyle dining, 4 W. Cross St., 914.276.0437 PRIMAVERA Regional Italian cuisine featuring jumbo shrimp parmigiana and grilled Scottish salmon, 592 Route 22, 914.277.4580

JACKIE’S BISTRO Traditional French bistro fare, 434 White Plains Rd., 914.337.8447 PIPER’S KILT American pub food, 433 White Plains Rd., 914.779.5772

ELMSFORD

ICHI RIKI Japanese cuisine including authentic udon noodles, 1 E. Main St., 914.592.2220 PETE’S SALOON & RESTAURANT Casual bar and eater y with live entertainment, 8 W. Main St., 914.592.9849

GARRISON

TAVERN AT HIGHLANDS COUNTRY CLUB New American dining, 955 Route 9D, 845.424.3254 VALLEY RESTAURANT AT THE GARRISON Contemporar y fine dining featuring American farmto-table cuisine, 2015 Route 9, 845.424.2339

HARRISON

EMILIO RISTORANTE Authentic regional Italian cuisine, 1 Colonial Pl., 914.835.3100 TRATTORIA VIVOLO Fine Italian dining, 301 Halstead Ave., 914.835.6199

HARTSDALE

CAFFÉ AZZURRI WINE BAR AND RESTAURANT Fine dining with items ranging from meat and seafood to pasta, 20 N. Central Ave., 914.358.5248 VEGA Classic Mexican cuisine in a contemporar y setting, 187-189 E. Hartsdale Ave., 914.723.0010

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BUFFET DE LA GARE Romantic French dining, 155 Southside Ave., 914.478.1671 HARVEST ON HUDSON Mediterranean cuisine, 1 River St., 914.478.2800 JUNIPER Charming bistro ser ving New American cuisine, 575 Warburton Ave., 914.478.2542

HAWTHORNE

GASHO OF JAPAN Hibachi steak house, 6 Saw Mill River Rd., 914.592.5900 TRAMONTO Casual Italian dining, 27 Saw Mill River Rd., 914.347.8220

IRVINGTON

CHUTNEY MASALA Indian bistro with tandoor cooking presentations, 4 W. Main St., 914.591.5500

MEMPHIS MAE’S Authentic southern BBQ and comfort food, 173 S. Riverside Ave., 914.271.0125

MIMA Home-cooked Italian fare with a wine bar, 63 Main St., 914.591.1300

TERRA RUSTICA Classic Italian with salads, pastas and seafood, 550 N. State Rd., 914.923.8300

UMAMI CAFÉ Creative, eclectic cuisine, 325 S. Riverside Ave., 914.271.5555

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CRISTINA’S RISTORANTE Family-friendly Italian restaurant, 1 Baltic Pl., 914.271.2600

GUADALAJARA Festive Mexican including favorites like fajitas, 2 Union St., 914.944.4380

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TOMATILLO Authentic Mexican fare featuring inseason local ingredients, 13 Cedar St., 914.478.2300

CROTON-ON-HUDSON

OCEAN HOUSE New England–style seashore fare including steamers, grilled wild salmon and fried clams, 49 N. Riverside Ave., 914.271.0702

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THE COOKERY Fine Italian comfort food in a relaxed setting, 39 Chestnut Street, 914.305.2336

RED HAT ON THE RIVER Upscale eater y featuring contemporar y American cuisine, 1 Bridge St., 914.591.5888

JEFFERSON VALLEY

frankie & augie’z Italian pizzeria with a traditional brick oven, 3673 Hill Blvd., 914.245.9241

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BLUE DOLPHIN RISTORANTE Fine Italian dining including traditional favorites and original recipes, 175 Katonah Ave., 914.232.4791

LAKE MAHOPAC

MARCO Eclectic New American fare, 612 Route 6, 845.621.1648

LARCHMONT

GLOBE BAR & GRILL Seafood, pasta and steaks with a lively bar scene, 1879 Palmer Ave., 914.833.8600 LARCHMONT TAVERN Pub fare in a casual setting, 104 Chatsworth Ave., 914.834.9821 LUSARDI’S Authentic homemade Italian cuisine, 1885 Palmer Ave., 914.834.5555 PLATES New American menu with Italian, French and Asian accents, 121 Myrtle Blvd., 914.834.1244

MAHOPAC

HOLY SMOKE High-quality barbecue with live music, 241 Route 6 North, 845.628.9795

MAMARONECK

HAIKU ASIAN BISTRO Ser ves sushi and a variety of pan-Asian dishes, 265 Mamaroneck Ave., 914.381.3200 LE PROVENçAL BISTRO French fare, 436 Mamaroneck Ave., 914.777.2324 ZITOUNE Festive Moroccan eater y, 1127 W. Boston Post Rd., 914.835.8350

MILLWOOD

SPACCARELLI’S RISTORANTE Neighborhood eater y emphasizing Abruzzese cuisine, 238 Saw Mill River Rd., 914.941.0105

MOHEGAN LAKE

BELLA VITA Italian spot known for homemade pumpkin ravioli, 1744 E. Main St., 914.528.8233

MONTROSE

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WOBBLE CAFE Child-friendly American restaurant, 21 Campwoods Rd. #102, 914.762.3459

WASABI Casual Japanese restaurant featuring sushi, sashimi and hot dishes, 279 N. Broadway, 914.332.7788

BRASSERIE SWISS Authentic Swiss cuisine, 118 Croton Ave., 914.941.0319

PEEKSKILL

IL FORNO Traditional Italian trattoria using fresh local ingredients, 343 Route 202, 914.277.7575

ZEPHS’ Global soul food, 638 Central Ave., 914.736.2159

LUCE Northern Italian fare with pasta, seafood, veal and chicken, 252 Route 100, 914.232.8080

PELHAM

TRADITIONs 118 Gourmet American fare with classic Italian influences, 11 Old Tomahawk St., 914.248.7200

LA FONTANELLA Fine northern Italian cuisine, 115 Wolf’s Ln., 914.738.3008

SOUTH SALEM

BISTRO ROLLIN French bistro cuisine, 142 Fifth Ave., 914.633.0780

LOLA’S TEA HOUSE Comfortable spot for tea and lunch or dessert, 130 Fifth Ave., 914.738.2100

PLEASANTVILLE

2 BROADWAY Casual but elegant contemporar y American/Italian fusion dining, 2 Broadway, 914.747.1000 IRON HORSE GRILL Contemporar y American cuisine in an intimate setting, 20 Wheeler Ave., 914.741.0717

POCANTICO HILLS

TARRY TOWN

EQUUS RESTAURANT French fare ser ved at Castle on the Hudson, 400 Benedict Ave., 914.631.3646 LEFTERIS GYRO Casual Greek eater y, 1 N. Broadway, 914.524.9687

PORT CHESTER

THORNWOOD

NESSA Relaxed Italian eater y, 325 N. Main St., 914.939.0119 Q RESTAURANT & BAR Authentic Midwestern barbecue, 112 Main St., 914.933.RIBS TARRY LODGE Upscale Italian restaurant in a small, intimate setting, 18 Mill St., 914.939.3111

POUND RIDGE

LEFTERIS GYRO II Casual Greek dining, 190 E. Main St., 914.242.8965

DINARDO’S Authentic Italian cuisine, 76 Westchester Ave., 914.764.4024

POUR CAFÉ & WINE BAR Boutique wines and spirits from around the world and authentic bistro fare, 241 Main St., 914.864.0606

NORTH STAR American-fusion cuisine with live music ever y Thursday, 85 Westchester Ave., 914.764.0200

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LE CHÂTEAU Classic French dishes in a Tudor mansion, at the corner of Routes 35 and 123, 914.533.6631

SWEET GRASS GRILL Creative local fare, 24 W. Main St., 914.631.0000

MOUNT KISCO

HOUSE OF SOUL Authentic Southern cuisine, 65 E. Prospect Ave., 914.663.7685

ONE TWENT Y THREE Italian, American and Mediterranean cuisine, 407 Smith Ridge Rd., 914.533.2570

BLUE HILL AT STONE BARNS Local, seasonal cuisine using many ingredients from the restaurant’s own farm, 630 Bedford Rd., 914.366.9600

THE WILLETT HOUSE Fine steak house, 20 Willett Ave., 914.939.7500

BUONA SERA Fine Italian fare in a Tuscan-style atmosphere, 546 Gramatan Ave., 914.665.9800

SOMERS

DIVISION STREET GRILL Food with a contemporar y American flair, 26 N. Division St., 914.739.6380

INDIAN HOUSE RESTAURANT Traditional Indian cuisine, 2089 Albany Post Rd., 914.736.0005

THE BAYOU Cajun cuisine with live blues and zydeco music, 580 Gramatan Ave., 914.668.2634

T YRYNDA THAI Thai cuisine in a soothing atmosphere, 128 Cortlandt St., 914.524.5003

THE BLA ZER CLUB Relaxed Irish restaurant and pub known for its burgers, 440 Route 22, 914.277.4424

RYE

FRANKIE & JOHNNIE’S Traditional steak house with an extensive wine list, 77 Purchase St., 914.925.3900

ABIS JAPANESE RESTAURANT Traditional Japanese cuisine and steak house hibachi, 14 Marble Ave., 914.741.5100 JOHNNY’S BAR & GRILL A variety of American favorites, 665 Commerce St., 914.773.5982

TUCK AHOE

AN AMERICAN BISTRO Bright eater y featuring quesadillas, lamb and chicken, 296 Columbus Ave., 914.793.0807

VALHALLA

MUGHAL PALACE Indian cuisine with the addition of Muglai dishes, which fuse Indian and Middle Eastern elements, 16 Broadway, 914.997.6090

WEST HARRISON

AQUARIO Seafood and Bra zilian and Portuguese cuisine, 141 E. Lake St., 914.287.0220

WHITE PLAINS

ABERDEEN Seafood and dim sum ser ved in a casual setting, 3 Barker Ave., 914.288.0188 CRAVE BAR & GRILL American bistro with Sunday brunch, 324 Central Ave., 914.684.8855 EMMA’S ALE HOUSE Traditional Irish pub fare, 68 Gedney Way, 914.683.3662

DON COQUI Genuine Puerto Rican dishes, 115 Cedar St., 914.637.3737

LA PANETIÈRE Contemporar y French cuisine, 530 Milton Rd., 914.967.8140

CIT Y CHOW HOUSE Asian-Latin fusion cuisine, 1 Radisson Pla za, 914.576.4141

RYE ROADHOUSE Features steak and Cajun seafood, 12 High St., 914.925.2668

THE GNARLY VINE Tapas and wine bar, 501 E. Main St., 914.355.2441

WHITBY CASTLE American cuisine, 330 Boston Post Rd., 914.777.2053

FRANK PEPE Tile-oven pizzeria with authentic Italian dishes, 1955 Central Park Ave., 914.961.8284

LITTLE MEXICAN CAFE Casual Spanish fare, 581 Main St., 914.363.3701

SCARSDALE

THE 808 BISTRO Italian fusion fare and a full bar, 808 Scarsdale Ave., 914.722.0808

X2O XAVIARS ON THE HUDSON Eclectic fare with a vibrant lounge area, 71 Water Grant St., 914.965.1111

CHAT AMERICAN GRILL Steaks, seafood and sandwiches, 1 Christie Pl., 914.722.4000

zuppa Innovative Italian homemade pasta, 59 Main St., 914.376.6500

JOHN-MICHAEL’S AT PURDY’S HOMESTEAD Modern fare set in a Colonial home, 100 Titicus Rd., 914.277.2301

MERITAGE New American cuisine in a chic, Manhattan-style setting, 1505 Weaver St., 914.472.8484

YORKTOWN

VOX French bistro ser ving eclectic fare from foie gras to burgers, 721 Titicus Rd., 914.669.5450

Z A Z A Traditional Italian fare, 753 Central Ave., 914.472.4005

NORTH WHITE PLAINS

SHRUB OAK

SPADARO Inspired Italian cuisine, 211 E. Main St., 914.235.4595

NORTH SALEM

MILONGA Argentinian-Italian style tapas restaurant, 577 N. Broadway, 914.358.1444

BANGKOK SPICE Fine Thai and Asian cuisine, 1161 E. Main St., 914.245.3690

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MULINO’S Traditional northern Italian cuisine, 99 Court St., 914.761.1818

YONKERS

PETER PRATT’S INN New American fare in a rustic setting, 673 Croton Heights Rd., 914.962.4090

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS

MURPHY’S Casual pub grub with classic Irish dishes, 355 Kear St., 914.962.1800 THYME Contemporar y American cuisine in a warm environment, 3605 Crompond Rd., 914.788.8700

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WHAT’S YOUR MONEY style?

How you handle finances can affect your health and relationships.

Take our quiz and identify your spending type Are you a miser—or wiser? Do you feel the urge to splurge? While many of us can describe our fashion style or our decorating style, self-knowledge often fails us when it comes to our financial habits. But knowing how you tend to handle money is a key to financial success, and it’s important for happy marriages too.

“Money is one of the top three issues in any relationship—or in anyone’s life,” says Staci Rosenberg, a psychotherapist and life coach in Scarsdale and White Plains. “A lot of people are afraid to talk about it, but we’re all happier and have more fun when our finan- ces are in order—no matter how little or how much.”

Getting a handle on your money style is funda- mental for long-term financial stability, says Maureen A. Whelan, a certified financial planner with Whelan Financial Planning, based in Croton-on-Hudson.

“The vast majority of us simply are not aware of how we spend and what our priorities really are.”

To determine your money style, take the quick quiz below. It may help you get a fresh look at your life with money and chart a new course, if need be, to make sure the dollar is your servant and not the other way around. —david levine

Out shopping, you see a great pair of shoes on sale.

They’re not in your week’s budget, and you’ll have to put them on a credit card, but you do need shoes.

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A I write down every expenditure and deduct it from amounts I’ve allotted monthly for various categories.

B I know generally what I need to spend on different items each month and try to keep within those limits, but I don’t keep exact written records.

C I spend it if I’ve got it, use credit if I don’t, and deal with the totals only when I have to.

Your uncle just left you $25,000, but things also seem shaky for your employer. What do you do?

How do you budget your money?

Give yourself 1 point for each a answer, 2 points for each B response and 3 points for each C. Then total your points and find your “money style” below.

7 to 9: SUPERSAVER. Good for you for saving! But you may need to loosen up once in a while and permit yourself to enjoy the things money can provide.

10 to 13: PRUDENT SAVER. Life is full of trade-offs, and you’ve been dealing with them pretty well. Congratulations on achieving some measure of financial balance!

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Gilda’s Club WEstchester Sunningdale Country Club in Scarsdale, July 18, gildasclubwestchester.org More than 50 tennis players and 90 golfers gathered for the 2011 Golf and Tennis Invitational, raising $70,000 to fund the Gilda’s Club’s free programs for people living with cancer.

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Oct 15 Take a cemetery

by candlelight tour and see a Colonial Folk Music performance at St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site in Mt. Vernon, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Roam the site of the Battle of Pell’s Point Encampment, where Ameri-

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Party with the pros at the 13th Annual Mats Wilander Celebrity Tennis/Golf Classic at Westchester Country Club in Rye. Play a game of tennis, work your way through 18 holes of golf and watch an exhibition match between stars Mats Wilander and John McEnroe. Then relax with a cocktail hour, silent auction, dinner and dancing. Proceeds benefit the Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association. Tickets: $250–$2,750 . Call 212.868.1573 or visit debra.org for more information.

Oct 21

Enjoy a night of fresh food and fun at the harvest moon dinner at Hilltop Hanover Farm in Yorktown Heights, 6:30 p.m. This fundraiser for the nonprofit organization will include a cocktail hour, a silent auction, live music and more.

Tickets: $125 or $200 per couple. Call

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Oct 23

The American Diabetes Association hosts the Step Out Walk to Stop Diabetes at White Plains High School. Registration begins at 8 a.m., and the walk starts at 9:30 a.m. Form your own walking team, participate as an individual or join another team. For more information, call 914.253.4909 or visit diabetes.org/stepoutwhiteplains.

Nov 9

The Bedford Chamber Concerts will perform Bach Sonatas at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Bedford, 8 p.m. Listen to “The Complete Sonatas for Violin da Gamba and Harpsichord” and “Italian Concerto.”

Tickets: $35 . For more information, call 914.522.5150 or visit bedford chamberconcerts.org.

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Oct 15

The Teatown Lake Reservation hosts Teatown’s Fall Festival in Ossining, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Shop, eat, dance, carve pumpkins and pet animals at the annual event. For added amusement, purchase a Children’s Funpass, which includes three crafts, pumpkin carving, a hayride and face painting.

Free admission for members. Nonmember tickets: $10 for adults, $4 for children, $25 for Children’s Funpass.

Call 914.762.2912 or visit teatown.org to learn more.

can Revolution war heroes and civilians are buried. Then head inside the church for refreshments and 18th-century music. Free admission. For more information, call 914.667.4116.

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Sample fall’s favorite fruit at the New Rochelle Farmers’ Market Apple Tasting at Liberty Green, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Free admission. Call 914.923.4837 or visit communitymarkets.biz/market.php for additional information.

THINGSTODO AT WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER SPECIAL EVENTS

Go to foundation.westchestermedi calcenter.com/events to learn more about our events for 2011.

7TH ANNUAL WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER RUNNING FESTIVAL October 9, 8 a.m.–noon Once again, this annual event will be held on the beautiful Bronx River Parkway and will include the HalfMarathon Walkers and Half-Marathon Wheelchair categories. Walkers will start 30 minutes early so that they can finish and enjoy the expo with the racers. For additional details, go to genesisadventures.com, or call 914.493.2575.

7TH ANNUAL 100.7 WHUD CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK RADIOTHON November 2–4 Through Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital’s affiliation with Children’s Miracle Network, 100.7 HUD sponsors a three-day broadcast live from the hospital lobby. For more information, call 914.493.2575.

WINES OF THE WORLD November 17, 6:30 p.m.

This guided wine tasting and charity auction will be held at the elegant Ritz-Carlton Westchester in White Plains. Supporters of Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital will enjoy fine wines and receive expert advice on wine selections—while dining in an informal setting. Visit westchestermedicalcenter. com/wine or call 914.493.2575.

LEARNING FOR LIFE

Learning for Life is Westchester Medical Center’s series of free educational seminars on topics relating to your health. For additional information or to register, visit westchestermedicalcenter.com or call 877.WMC.DOCS. WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY SEMINARS October 13 and 25, November 10, 4:30 p.m., Conference Center, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital. If you are overweight, you may be a candidate for bariatric (weight-loss) surgery.

Join expert bariatric surgeons for an informative presentation about

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SUPPORT GROUPS HEPATITIS C SUPPORT GROUP Meets every other Wednesday, 6–8 p.m., in the Cedarwood Hall Conference Room on the first floor.

Call 914.493.7641.

HOSPITAL SUPPORT GROUP Meets every Wednesday, 2–3 p.m., 6 South Patient Lounge. Call 914.493.1151.

LIVING WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS For information about the group, call the Behavioral Health Center Outpatient Department at 914.493.2621.

STROKE SUPPORT GROUP Meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month, 6–7:30 p.m. Call 914.493.1573.

WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY GROUP Meets twice monthly at 6 p.m., Medical Arts Atrium, 19 Bradhurst Avenue, Suite 1700, Hawthorne. For dates, visit westchestermedicalcenter.com.

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clockwise from top left: The house

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appears to hover cantilevered over the stream; the polished stone floor of the living room suggests the wet stone of the streambed outside; at dusk, rooms seem to glow in uninterrupted horizontal planes.

fallingwater 1491 Mill Run Rd., Mill Run, Pa. 724.329.8501, fallingwater.org Driving time: 6 to 7 hours

modern majesty When renowned architect Philip Johnson was at Fallingwater to celebrate his 85th birthday, he stood on its west terrace gazing at the tower window and declared, “It is the greatest house of the 20th century.” When a staff member asked if he could be quoted, he replied, “Certainly not. I’ve designed a few buildings myself, you know.”

The amusing anecdote is recounted by Fallingwater’s director, Lynda Waggoner, in the introduction to the new book Fallingwater (Rizzoli New York), published to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the legendary house built by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936, which dramatically hovers over a 30-foot waterfall.

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in September, featuring drinks, dinner and a light installation on the building.

“It’s going to be a wonderfully magical event with a forest theme,” Waggoner explained as the event neared.

Much has been written about Fallingwater, which was designed as a weekend home for the family of Pittsburgh department store owner Edgar J. Kaufmann. And although you can read about Wright’s concept of organic architecture—the harmonious union of art and nature—nothing beats seeing the embodiment of this concept for yourself.

“It has a profound impact on you when you see it,” says Waggoner, who has been working at Fallingwater since 1965. “I think there’s something within everyone that wants to connect back to nature. Being in Fallingwater is almost like being in a tree house. There’s a delight about this building that few other buildings can aspire to. Once you see it, you’ll never forget it.”

Fallingwater belonged to the Kaufmann family until 1963, when the house, its contents and its grounds were entrusted to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy by Edgar Kaufmann Jr., and it is the only major Wright work to come into the public domain with its setting, original furnishings and artwork intact. Various tours (from a regular one-hour version to a special sunset tour complete with hors d’oeuvres) are held daily (except Wednesdays) from March through Thanksgiving, and advance reservations are essential.

In fact, the rise in attendance has been the biggest change at Fallingwater over the years, says Waggoner: “At the dedication ceremony, one of the speakers speculated that one day perhaps as many as 25,000 people each year would find their way to this remote mountain location, and now it’s 160,000.” —Marisa Sandora

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Christopher Little from Fallingwater, edited by Lynda Waggoner, Rizzoli new york 2011

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