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Jeanne Muchnick, Daily Voice Deputy Editor, Content, has covered everything from baby advice for Parents Magazine to travel finds for The Rough Guides to human interest features for The New York Times to lifestyle insights for prevention.com. She has been a Senior Editor at top national women's magazines including Woman's World and Woman's Day and was instrumental in the launch of Gannett's InTown, Rockland and Putnam magazines. She is also the author of Dinner for Busy Moms, a 2010 Mom's Award winner. Among her favorite things to write about: Her neighbors and surrounding communities. So email her and fill her in on what's happening near you. And, follow her on Instagram @dailyvoicefeatures.

Jeanne was formerly a deputy editor at Daily Voice.

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Lifestyle

From Westchester To Great White Way: Rye's Nick Kroll Stars On Broadway RYE, N.Y. -- For a kid raised in Rye, who grew up going to shows at Tarrytown Music Hall, Mamaroneck's Sandbox Theater, The Cap in Port Chester, as well as riding Metro North to see shows in the City, getting to star on Broadway is a pretty big deal. Which is why Nick Kroll, who's known primarily for his role as Rodney Ruxin in the FXX comedy series "The League," and for creating and starring in the Comedy Central series "Kroll Show," opening in "Oh, Hello on Broadway," just a short ride from where he grew up, is "pretty cool." Especially because it's…

by Jeanne Muchnick

10/09/2016

Neighbors

New Rochelle Baker, Former Nurse, Stirs Things Up On 'Cake Wars' Set your TV to record "Cake Wars" 9 p.m Monday, Oct. 17 on the Food Network. That's when New Rochelle baker Jaclyn Dinko will be on, along with Natasha Jagopat from Bake My Day NYC. Dinko, who owns Cake'D OUT Creations, said she's still pinching herself that the event happened at all. The mom of two said, from the moment the show first aired, friends and family hounded her, telling her she had to be on. "I wasn't sure I was ready," she explained. "After all, the people who have been on the show are my teachers and cake idols!" Despite the fact that she couldn'…

by Jeanne Muchnick

10/09/2016

Lifestyle

DV Home Cooking: Ridgefield Cantor Puts Love, And Veggies, In Chicken Soup DV Home Cooking is a series devoted to readers and their recipes. All we ask is that you're a home cook, not a professional chef. Got a favorite dish you want to share? Send it, along with the story behind it, to DVHomeCooking@dailyvoice.com. Home Cook: Debbie Katchko-Gray, Ridgefield, Conn., www.cantordebbie.com Recipe: Cantor Debbie’s Chicken Soup for Shabbat Back Story: "This is a recipe I’ve tweaked over the years. Using root vegetables absolutely improves the flavor -- add rutabaga, turnip, parsnip- -- it’s always the best soup anyone ever tasted, or so they tell me." Ingr…

by Debbie Katchko-Gray

10/09/2016

Lifestyle

Aw Nuts: Blue Jays Hunt For Acorns, Local Fall Ritual Begins With the onset of pumpkin displays and playoff baseball, it's obvious Fall is in the air. Soon, leaves will begin to turn colors in earnest, and many local birds begin the arduous preparation for the upcoming winter. Perhaps there is no bird more indicative of this season than the much-maligned blue jay, whose bold behavior and loud calls draw the ire of many birders. Nonetheless, these remarkably attractive and intelligent birds are fascinating for their ability to store large caches of acorns for later consumption. Large, loose associations of individual blue jays can be seen gathering …

by William Haffey

10/08/2016

Neighbors

Quadriplegic Shares Stories That Inspire In Series From Norwalk's HooplaHa NORWALK, Conn. — Francesco Clark didn't set out to become renowned for overcoming adversity. But a catastrophic injury that left him a quadriplegic, combined with his refusal to be limited by his body, guided him to an unexpected path as an entrepreneur, an advocate for other's with disabilities, and an inspiration for all who meet him. Clark was a 24-year-old with a bright future when an evening dive into a pool's shallow end changed everything. Paralyzed from the neck down, he was told by doctors that he would never move from his bed or breathe without assistance. Upon hearing that news,…

by Jeanne Muchnick

10/08/2016

Lifestyle

Westport Fills In For Garrison In New ABC Series, 'American Housewife' GARRISON, N.Y. -- Garrison could have gotten its 15 minute of fame. Instead, it's been upended for Westport, Conn. in the new ABC comedy, "American Housewife." The show, originally titled “The Second Fattest Housewife in Westport," revolves around Katie Otto, played by Katy Mixon, her husband, Jeff (Diedrich Bader), their three children, and the fact that none of them quite fit into, in Otto's words, their “hoity-toity" Connecticut environment. Some of the Twitter previews poke fun at suburban Lululemon-wearing moms with comments like "Beware of the moms that wear t…

by Jeanne Muchnick

10/07/2016

Events

New City Realtor Writes Erotic Thriller, Hosts Nanuet Launch Party NEW CITY, N.Y. -- Dawn Barclay, who works as a local real estate agent, has taken the old adage "write what you know" to heart, albeit with a host of imaginative twists and turns. Writing under the pseudonym DM Barr, her debut novel, "Expired Listings" is, explained the New City resident, a "kinky and satiric fictional peek into both the inner workings of the real estate community and the world of BDSM" aka bondage, discipline, sadism, masochism. A launch/signing party, sponsored by Barry J. Dorfman of Liberty Mutual Insurance and Amanda Casey of Residential Ho…

by Jeanne Muchnick

10/07/2016

Lifestyle

'American Housewife' Pokes Fun At Suburbia In New Series Set In Westport WESTPORT, Conn. -- Come Tuesday, Oct. 11, don't be surprised if, upon driving around town, you see the flicker of TV screens glowing inside a majority of homes. That's because "American Housewife," a new TV show premiering on ABC, is set in Westport. And not always in the most glowing terms. The series, originally titled “The Second Fattest Housewife in Westport," revolves around Katie Otto, played by Katy Mixon, her husband, Jeff (Diedrich Bader), their three children, and the fact that none of them quite fit into, in Otto's words, their “hoity-toity" environment. Some…

by Jeanne Muchnick

10/07/2016

Lifestyle

X-Planations: Congers' Peter X. Kelly Welcomes Autumn With New Ingredients This column is a continuing series by Chef Peter X. Kelly of Xaviars Restaurant Group. CONGERS, N.Y. -- It’s autumn in the Hudson Valley. Very soon the leaves will be changing color and our beautiful area will be awash in a rainbow of Fall colors. As a chef, I love this time of year because our whole palette of ingredients starts to change. Summer's corn and tomatoes become Fall's squashes and root vegetables. I look for more game birds and slow braise’s to satisfy my guests with. I find few home cooks utilize quail when preparing a special dinner but I highly recommend trying it. Quail i…

by Peter X. Kelly

10/06/2016

Neighbors

Hastings Vine Star Danny LoPriore Loops In 585K Followers HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- Making up songs, singing the in the car, even getting trapped in the closet... such is the stuff Danny LoPriore's Vines are made up -- and it's that following that's allowed him to build his brand, giving him opportunities beyond his wildest dreams. The Hastings resident, who also makes comedic Snapchat stories, has 585K followers On Vine, 17K on Instagram, 12K on Twitter and 15,000 on SnapChat. Social media, he said, changed his life. He now works as the Social Media Manager and Content Creator for WINQ, a new social polling app for millennials. The app, he s…

by Jeanne Muchnick

10/06/2016

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