The Food Issue

How often do you thank people?

Answering that question isn’t always so easy. Most of us don’t want to think of ourselves as being ungrateful, but we also want to make sure we express our gratitude.

So as we wrap up 2024, we’d like to use this page to thank some of the people who make this magazine, and everything else we do, happen.

Thank you for an incredible year:

Our spouses. We are so fortunate to have such supportive spouses. They’re so kind and patient during our endless workdays and multiple events. Plus, they make sure we eat regularly.

Our business partners (a.k.a. advertisers). We truly enjoy working with you. We appreciate your support, admire your dedication to our community and feel just as invested in helping your business succeed as you do ours. You’re one of the main reasons we’ve grown from a circulation of 15k at the start (May 2022) to just under 22k at the end of this year.   

Our readers. We love hearing from our faithful readers who eagerly await each new issue, many reading it cover to cover. We’re amused when you quote our videos to us at events. We enjoy reminiscing about your favorite articles. And we always appreciate (and use!) your story suggestions.

Our cultural partners. The Pound Ridge Partnership, Caramoor, The Bedford Playhouse, Katonah Museum of Art, Jacob Burns, The Pleasantville Music Festival, Lewisboro Pride. Some of you have believed in us since day one. Others have happily jumped on board and been pleasantly surprised by the quality of our work, especially our video production.

Lane Press. The best printing partner a publishing company could have. We’re constantly amazed with your incredible customer service and professionalism.

Nicole Patten. Our amazing partnership manager who has seamlessly and skillfully stepped up to help us run the sales team and manage our numerous partnerships.

Our staff & contributors. Wow. You believed in us so much that you chose to take a front row seat on this wild adventure. Your skills and dedication have helped us grow tremendously. Our masthead is bursting at the seams, and we’re grateful you’re on it.

Steven & Joel. Our “money guys” who make sure our taxes/bills get paid, our bank account remains in the black and our CRM system does what it’s supposed to do.

Scott Gillespie. Without you, we wouldn’t have a lab, and it’s become one of the major keys to our success. You always blow our mind, and we’re eternally grateful.

Coffee. You know why.

Our web hosts. Thank you for giving us a digital platform to connect even more people. Oh, and for not crashing too often.

Fred Marlett. Our redesigned app is all because of you. All of northern Westchester should thank you for getting them connected.

Tal, Eli, Vinny, Emma. You always keep us on our toes. And some of you even contribute to the magazine from time to time. We’re not sure if “grateful” is the right word, but we’ll go with it.

Scout, Luna & Frieda. You’re great listeners and never give bad advice (or any advice, if we’re being honest). We enjoy the cuddles and appreciate the endless love and laughter.

Gia Miller & Justin Negard

Editor-in-Chief & Creative Director / Co-Publishers