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Press Mentions

Occasionally someone will write (or broadcast) something nice about us! Here are some lovely write-ups and online conversations we’ve had over the last few years.

Meet Hudson Valley Culinary Mavericks Nerds with Knives — Inside + Out Upstate NY

Read Local with Cork and Knife — A Little Beacon Blog

Nerds with Knives (And Booze) — Highlands Current

The Nerds with Knives wrote a Cookbook! — Serious Eats

Learn how to cook with alcohol – The Valley Table

Eight Hudson Valley Books to Gift this Holiday Season — Chronogram 

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The Ultimate Dutch Oven Cookbook contains 60 recipes to help you fall in love with your Dutch Oven all over again. We explain why the Dutch oven is the one pot you can use for so many dishes, and how this classic iron pot has stood the tests of time and still takes pride of place in so many kitchens. 

Cover of Cork and Knife cookbook

Cork and Knife contains 75 recipes all with one secret ingredient - alcohol! Learn how to use wine, beer, tequila, bourbon and more to make your dishes pop with flavor!

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