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Mount Pleasant Chef Opens French/American Bakery In Wilton
MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. -- A Mount Pleasant chef has brought her love for French and American pastries to Wilton, Conn. with the opening of her new shop, The Pastry Hideaway.
The bakery, which opened May 2, also serves up muffins, cakes and, according to one Facebook post, "to die for" monkey bread.
In addition, you'll find breakfast pastries, pies, cookies, a full-service coffee bar and many other delectables made from a variety of organic and local ingredients as well as sandwiches on freshly baked brioche and focaccia.
The shop, owned by Pam Graham, specializes in French pastrie…
Love, Greed & Dictatorship Are Headlined In New Novel By Westchester Author
SCARSDALE, N.Y. -- What happens in the land of samba, Carnival and Bossa Nova when a brutal dictatorship takes over?
If you're looking for a summer read, look no further than "Days of Bossa Nova," a family saga about love, music and greed, set in São Paulo.
Scarsdale Author Ines Rodrigues grew up in the South American city and worked as a journalist there before landing in New York years ago.
Now, her first novel, inspired by her native home, is being published Saturday, May 27 by Black Opal Books.
Rodrigues teaches Creative Writing at The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence Co…