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Super Bowl 46 Party at Aroma Thyme

Super Bowl 46 Party at Aroma Thyme on Sunday February 5th 

Being interview on Michigan online radio later today about running a business in a small town. Getting tons of media attention this year!

I am being interviewed right now Restaurant Marketing System webinar on all of my 2011 marketing techniques & strategies.

Eat, Drink & Wear Chocloate!!! Chocolate Indulgence Party

What: Chocolate Indulgence Party, It’s a food with a chocolate twist!!!

When: Sunday February 12^th, 1-4pm

Where: Aroma Thyme Bistro, 165 Canal St, Ellenville NY

Details: RSVP at 845 647 3000.

$29.99 per person, space is limited to 40! Don’t wait

This is perfect timing for Valentines Day!!!

The agenda:

Very informative talk from Chef Marcus Guiliano on Cocoa.  It is truly a super-food. You won’t want to miss this. But make sure you are buying the right chocolate.

• Why you want to avoid hybrid chocolate
• The best way to support a farm is to buy the right chocolate.
• Mineral content of cocoa
• How to support ethical and fair labor chocolate
• The three things that make ruin the nutrient value of chocolate

How to make your own chocolate tea

Chef Marcus’s personal favorite sweeteners to use with chocolate.

On the Menu:

Experience pure cocoa butter

Tasting of cocoa nibs

Savory Rosemary Chocolate, Goat Cheese & Sea Salt Crostinni

Sunflower, Cayenne Brittle, Romaine Heart & Aged Balsamic

Chicken or Seitan Mole

Chocolate Smoothies

Chocolate torte

Chocolate Macaroons

Chocolate Popcorn

Recipes will given to attendees.

Plus for additional purchase will be Chocolate beer, wine, port, martinis etc…

Nice beef farm in the McDonalds commercial? Here is more to the story http://dld.bz/aFWju

The British are Coming to @EllenvilleNY

Just did a great interview with Michael Oshman, CEO/Founder of the Green Restaurant Association, stay tuned to ChefonaMissionBlog.com. It's easy to be a green!

Northern Italian Wine Dinner

What: Northern Italian Wine Dinner

When: Friday January 27^th, 2012

Where: Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville

Details: 5 wines, 3 courses, $39 per person

RSVP 845 647 3000

Northern Italian Wine Dinner

It’s the perfect ime of year for Northern Italian food and wine. And what goes better than truffle!!

Villa Dante Prosecco

Gnocchi, Tartufelo Cheese

Raw Sheeps Milk Truffle Cheese

Scrimaglio Gavi

Piedmonte Braised Beef, Black Truffles

Villa Annaberta Vallpolicella Repaso

Barolo Scanavino

Scrimaglio Moscato di Asti

Hazelnut Cake

About Aroma Thyme:

Aroma Thyme is know for their "stealth health"(Zagat). The Bistro has an award-winning wine list from Wine Spectator Magazine and over 200 beers. Aroma Thyme is certified green by The Green Restaurant Association. Marcus Guiliano is the chef & owner of Aroma Thyme Bistro located in the bountiful Hudson Valley of New York. Chef Guiliano has been an advocate for over 10 years on healthy, sustainable, local & real food. He found his mission in cooking when he reversed over a handful of medical conditions including 28 years of asthma. For more information visit http://www.chefonamission.com.

Wine Wednesdays, HALF OFF Bottles of Wines at Aroma Thyme Bistro

Wine Wednesday is at Aroma Thyme

Half Off Wine!!!

 Save big every Wednesday on full bottles of wine

 Every Wednesday, every bottle under $36 is HALF OFF
 It doesn’t get much better than this

 Literally 100 different choices

The fine print: Applies to full bottles of wine only. This is considered a promotion. Only one promotional, discount, special offer may be used at one time. Only one per party/per table.  Split checks do not qualify for the use of multiple offers. Does not qualify for cash back tip and may not be applied towards tax. Dine in only. Other terms and conditions may apply. For a full list of terms and conditions please visit www.aromathymebistro.com.

Valentines Day at Aroma Thyme | Hudson Valley Restaurants

Make your reservations for Valentines Day

845 647 3000

If you dine with us between 12 noon-4pm 

we will give you 20% off your bill

Excludes alcohol, tax, tip

not valid with any other offers, discounts, gift certificates...etc!

all terms and conditions can be found on our homepage

Open Mic Night

 

What: Open Mic Night

Where: Aroma Thyme Bistro in Ellenville

When: Friday, January 6th, 2012

Details: Starts at 10pm, come early to sign up!

It's Open Mic Night again at Aroma Thyme Friday January 6th, 2012 10pm

It's that time of the month again, for the ever so popular Open Mic Night at Aroma Thyme Bistro. All are welcome to Open Mic nights. This has become a monthly tradition at Aroma Thyme for the past three years. We have seen some incredibly talented acts. We are constantly amazed from locals to people that travel up to an hour to perform. ...Of course we have our regulars, which we love. And there's always a new act of some sort to welcome each month.

Take a look a these past performers at Open Mic night:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpbcXhgsYhk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5waWWCX7dbo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pnV1p6k4sA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnlXTY6gNGQ

The kitchen is open until midnight for everything from small bites to a full dinner. Plus the bar is well stocked with Small Batch Bourbon's, elegant Single Malt Scotch, almost 200 beers, over 250 wines and a trendy martini menu.

Oscar Blues Beer Dinner, January 20th 2012

What: Oscar Blues Beer Dinner

When: Friday January 20th, 2012

Where: Aroma Thyme Bistro, 165 Canal St Ellenville NY

Details: 5 course dinner paired with Oscar Blues beers.  $49 per person

Jamie & I have personally been to Oskar Blues in Longmont Colorado. We drove 80 miles out of our way to visit them.  Changed our hotel plans in the car on the way there. And it was well worth the trip. This has to be one of the funnest breweries out there.  We will tell you all about it.

Menu 

Mama Yella Pils

Lobster & Asparagus, Organic Fusilli Pasta

Dales Pale Ale

Green Chili Pulled Pork

G’Night

Local 5 Spoke Raw Tumbleweed Cheese, Roasted Onions Bruschetta

Old Chub Scottish Ale

Pan Seared Duck Breast, Bacon & Roasted Butternut Squash

Ten Fidy

Chocolate & Fruit

About Oskar Blue: 

Great canned beer? The term has been an oxymoron for craft beer lovers used to getting their full-flavored beers from bottles only. But in November of 2002, Oskar Blues Brewery (in tiny Lyons, Colorado, pop.1400) changed that by launching its “Canned Beer Apocalypse.”

The brewery began hand-canning its hoppy, assertive-but-elegant Dale’s Pale Ale on a table-top machine that sealed just one can at a time. The move made Oskar Blues the first US craft brewer to brew and can its own beer.

Why cans? “We thought the idea of our big, luscious pale ale in a can was hilarious,” recalls founder Dale Katechis. “And it made our beer immensely portable for outdoor enjoyment fun.” Katechis and his crew then discovered other bennies of aluminum cans. “Cans keep beer incredibly fresh by fully protecting it from light and oxygen.”

And unlike cans of old, the modern aluminum can is lined with a coating so beer and metal never touch. Cans are also easier to recycle, free of glass breakage issues, and less fuel-consuming to ship. (35% of the weight of a bottle of beer is the bottle itself.)

But it’s the beers inside of the Oskar Blues cans that have wowed beer experts and consumers. The many honors for Dale’s Pale Ale include Top American Pale Ale from the New York Times and World’s Best Canned Beer from Details magazine.

Honors for Oskar Blues’ Old Chub Scottish Style Ale — an 8% ABV, semi-sweet dark beer with luxurious flavors of coffee, chocolate and a kiss of smoke — include Top Rated Scottish Ale from Beeradvocate.com.

G’Knight is an imperial red ale (8.7% ABV) with an intense aroma, a rich middle of malts and hops, and a surprisingly comfy finish for a beer of its size. Its honors include a 2008 World Beer Cup medal, “Top 5 US Extreme Beers” from the New York Times and “Best in Show” at the 2009 International Canned Beer Festival.

The brewery’s new Mama’s Little Yella Pils is an all-malt pilsner (5.3% ABV) made with hearty amounts of pale malt, German specialty malts, and a blend of Bavarian hops.

“We’re in this to have fun and put some extra joy on the planet,” Katechis says. “We love the way people’s heads spin around after they try one of our four-dimensional canned beers. ‘That came out of a can?’ We hear it all the time.” Get more details at www.oskarblues.com

Celebrate New Years Eve at Aroma Thyme | Green Certified© Restaurant

  We are delighted to invite you to join us for dinner on New Year's Eve.  This is a big day for us.  That is because it is Aroma Thyme's Birthday or Anniversary, however you would like to look at it.  That's right we opened on New Year's Eve!!! Come Celebrate with us!  It felt like yesterday that we opened, and we can remember in detail our first New Years Eve at
Aroma Thyme.
This is our 9th NYE party

Celebrate New Year's Eve with us
Make reservations soon!!!
Many options...
Join us for Our
New Year's Eve
Celebration
& 
Aroma Thyme's
  8th Anniversary

Dinner menu available
from noon to midnight

Our big bash
begins at 9pm
$25/person with dinner entree
$35/person cover w/o entree
includes
Music, Dancing, Dessert Buffet & Toast at midnight

There is something for everyone!!!
Experience
Aroma Thyme Bistro
this New Year's Eve
Limited seating available

www.aromathymebistro.com

call 647-3000 for reservations
***

wow we had a family drive 3 hrs each way from Philly that volunteered in the @Aroma_Thyme today!!!

Aroma Thyme in @EllenvilleNY is still looking for a few necessary items for the Christmas Day soup kitchen http://tinyurl.com/c7aeneo

Personal Note From Jamie | Christams Day Soup Kitchen

Hello!  We still need your help for our Christmas Day Soup Kitchen. We have lots of volunteers, but are still missing a few key items.

So far we are short about $800 in monetary donations.  We have over 350 people so far to feed. That list will grow greatly in the next couple of days. 

I am also in need of a few more things to help the day run smoothly.  If you can donate any of them please email me as soon as possible.
Items still needed:  Throw away table cloths ( either a roll or plastic ones), Help during the day on Thursday or Friday, Ice cream scoops ( we will return put names on it), Home made Desserts, empty boxes for deliveries,

If you are coming on Sunday and can bring a cutting board that would be great.
When you get here Sunday there will be a Sign in sheet please fill it out and put on a name tag...
Then Jamie or Rachel will assign you a job.  Sometimes there is some standing around and I apologize for that...we try to make everything as efficient as possible, but sometimes there are so many people that want to help it gets overwhelming.

My cell number is 914-419-0715 ( you can text me too) or I can be reached at ATB 845-647-3000


I am so grateful for all of you and the last 9 years!!!  Thanks in advance...if I forget to say it on Sunday!

I'll be on WELV 107.9fm in a few minutes talking about white sugar substitutes. health

will B a late night of research in my office, stay tuned for a list of contaminated seafood w eating restrictions due 2 mercury & PCB’s

I'll be on 107.9fm WELV at 9am talking about sustainable seafood

Get the new Aroma Thyme app for your smart phone http://ping.fm/LO4mY hudson valley restaurants

99 Bottles of Wine | Aroma Thyme Grand Wine Tasting

99 Bottles of Wine on the Bar

What: Aroma Thyme Bistro Grand Wine Tasting with 99 different wines! Yes we will have 99 wines to taste.

When: Sunday January 15, 1-9pm

Where: Aroma Thyme, 165 Canal St Ellenville NY

Details: Tastes wine like the pros.  We are doing an all out grand wine tasting.  Many of you always ask us about the wine tastings we go to.  Well this event is going to be just like that.  There will be tons of wine.  This amazing event is priced at $25 per person. 

Drink Italian, American, South American, Australian, French, Spain, Portuguese, etc….
Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Zinfandel etc...

This will our most extensive wine tasting every at Aroma Thyme. This is a do not miss event.  

Untappd unveils Belgian beer badge in Vanberg & DeWulf’s honor

Get your Belgian Badge at Aroma Thyme from Untappd this Tuesday November 15th.  The best part is the that you get drink really great Belgian beer.

VANBERG & DEWULF ANNOUNCES GROUNDBREAKING PARTNERSHIP WITH UNTAPPD, CELEBRATES 30^TH ANNIVERSARY COAST TO COAST TOAST ™

Vanberg & DeWulf co-founder, Wendy Littlefield, revealed that the Belgian beer import specialist is partnering with the year-old, fast-growing site and mobile app for beer enthusiasts, Untappd. Untappd will unveil their Belgian beer badge in Vanberg & DeWulf’s honor on Tuesday, November 15^th.
 

November 15^th is the day (and night) of the Coast to Coast Toast ™. It is expected to bethe single largest one-day national celebration of Belgian beer culture held in the USA this millennium. An estimated 350 bars, restaurants, and shops across America will feature Vanberg & DeWulf beers and raise a toast to the importer that has been singularly dedicated to building Belgian beer connoisseurship in the USA. To find the beers and the hosts for the events, people need only consult the Vanberg & DeWulf and Untappd sites. Find the locations hosting toasts on the Coast to Coast Toast™  Eventbrite page and check in with the beers on Untappd.

Much excitement surrounds the launch of a new badge at Untappd. There have been more than 2 million “check-ins” in year one alone.  To earn the Belgian badge Untappers need to try at least one (1)  “related” beer and share it on Untappd. Starting November 15^th and for a month, the Belgian badge can only be earned by “checking in” with Vanberg & DeWulf’s beers. Aspiring badge-earners have the option to be entered into a drawing to win a trip for two to Belgium sponsored by The Belgian Tourist Office and Delta Airlines.

The Coast to Coast Toast ™ is at once an anniversary party and a salute to the people and places that have done so much to build today’s vibrant US beer culture. Participants span two generations of craft beer advocates - uniting pioneers like Lucky Baldwin’s and Toronado (CA), Monk’s, Eulogy and Tria (PA), Higgins and Belmont Station (Portland), Hopleaf, Map Room (IL), Winking Lizard (Ohio), BJ’s (the West) and Flying Saucer  (6 states), Gingerman, DBA (NYC), and the Brickstore (GA) and more recently minted “Heroes of the Good Beer Movement” ™ like El Rey Burrito Lounge and J Clyde (Alabama), The Publican and Bluebird (Chicago), Church Key (Washington, D.C.) , Capital Bar and Grill (Arkansas), Jimmy’s 43,  Rattle N Hum, Vandaag, and Blue Monk (NY), The Fred (GA), and Redlight Redlight (Florida) to name but a few.

Not just on premise locations are participating in the celebration. Retailers all around the country – from Tully’s in Wells, Maine to Whole Foods on the Bowery in NYC, from Binny’s in Chicago to Wine Thief and Ale Jail in St Paul, MN – are taking part in the party.

“We have had a great career that has allowed us to pursue our love of Belgium and Belgian beer. As our 30th anniversary approached, we were absolutely convinced that we had to send a huge bear hug to our friends and colleagues. They took up our passion and together we changed how Americans enjoy beer ” said Wendy Littlefield.  “Untappd lets us spread the love in a new and unprecedented ways,” added Don.

About Untappd

Founded by a pair of friends on opposite coasts who wanted to share their newfound interest in beer, Untappd has grown exponentially, becoming the go to application to track and share your favorite beers. With native apps available for Apple iOS & Android devices, as well as a mobile web interface, Untappd allows users to check-in to their favorite beers and locations, attach a photo, write a short review and share this with their friends across multiple social networks. Additionally, the app includes a layer of gamification in the form of digital badges that encourages beer lovers to explore different beer styles, breweries and bars.

Untappd’s goal is to connect beer enthusiasts of all levels from around the world and encourage them to explore the world of beer and beer related venues. Having surpassed 2,000,000 check-ins and celebrated its first anniversary, Untappd has worked with breweries from across the United States including MillerCoors, Boston Beer Company, Dogfish Head, and Great Divide Brewing.

Untappd is proud to partner with Vanberg & DeWulf to celebrate their 30th anniversary by educating our community about Belgian beers. With the launch of the “Belgian Holiday” badge, users will be encouraged to experience the wide variety of beers that Belgium has to offer.

“We are extremely excited to be partnering with a veteran in the Belgian beer world such as Vanberg & DeWulf. Their mission to bring the great flavors of Belgium to the States perfectly complements our goal of introducing beer enthusiasts to the different styles the beer world has to offer.” - The Untappd Team

About Vanberg & DeWulf

This family run business has been committed to Belgian beers for thirty years.  The husband and wife team of Don Feinberg  & Wendy Littlefield are Yale grads who moved to Belgium after college, where they fell in love with the country and its beers. They began importing in their mid 20’s. They and their lambic-loving children call Chicago home, but Don and Wendy spend a third of the year beer hunting in Belgium.

They were the first to import Duvel, Rodenbach, Affligem, Boon lambics, Blanche de Bruges to the USA. The thirty beers in their portfolio can be include classics such as Saison Dupont, Moinette, Scaldis, Peche Mel, Hop Ruiter, Lambrucha, Lambickx, Witkap , DeCam, Vicaris, Castelain and Contessa.

Don Feinberg and Wendy Littlefield were the first Americans inducted into the Belgian Brewers Guild in its 500-year history. Ever and always they have represented beers from independent family-run breweries. They were the publishers of the first US edition of Michael Jackson’s The Great Beers of Belgium. They founded Brewery Ommegang on a former hops farm in Cooperstown in 1994. Ommegang was the first US brewery dedicated to all bottle conditioned, cork-finished, Belgian-style beers. They introduced the 750 ml format to the US craft beer scene, and built the first farmstead brewery in the US in a century.

“These days choices are overwhelming for beginning Belgian beer drinkers. Not only are there 800 or so beers being imported from Belgium, but virtually every domestic brewery has an American iteration. Untappd lets beer drinkers document their journey through craft beer, and in so doing advance education and appreciation of styles. We are very happy to be joining forces with them in launching the Belgian beer badge and building beer connoisseurship.”  Don Feinberg & Wendy Littlefield

The Coast to Coast Toast ™ is dedicated to two friends in the industry who made massive contributions and died too soon: Ray Deter of DBA and David Farnsworth of Lucky Baldwins. Their spirit informs the movement now and in the years to come.

Bordeaux Wine Dinner

 

What: Bordeaux Wine Dinner

When: November 18^th, 2011

Where: Aroma Thyme Bistro, 165 Canal St, Ellenville NY

Details: $59 per Person, rsvp 845 647 3000

Entre-Deux-Mers, Chateau Saint Marie 2009

Asparagus, Lemon Sayabon

Motagne-St.-Emilion, Chateau Rocher Calon 2008

Wild Mushroom Soup

Bordeaux Superieur, Chateau Bell Air 2009

Fallen Blue Cheese Soufflé, Baby Greens

Cotes de Castillon, Chateau La Grande Maye 2003

Roast Leg of Lamb

Pommes de Terre Dauphinoise

Sauternes, Chateau Grillon 2009

Apple Tatin

Bordeaux is probably the most well-know wine region in France. Bordeaux counts for one third of the good quality french wine (AOC, crus bourgeois, crus classés).

The wines are so good there that a Bordeaux ranking is needed to classify the best of the best. Some of them are universal: Margaux, Yquem, Pétrus, Cheval Blanc, Haut Brion and all the others. Bordeaux has about 7,000 chateaux !

Marcus Guiliano is the chef, owner of Aroma Thyme Bistro located in the bountiful Hudson Valley of New York. Chef Guiliano has been an advocate for over 10 years on healthy, sustainable, local and real food. He found his mission in cooking when he reversed over a handful of medical conditions including 28 years of asthma. For more information visit www.chefonamission.com.
 Aroma Thyme is know for their “stealth health”(Zagat) & green certification from The Green Restaurant Association.  Aroma Thyme, which opened in 2003, serves Eco-Lectic fare.  Green meets eclectic is their tagline, for more info visit http://ecolecticcuisine.com. Ingredients are sourced based on the social, environmental, moral, health & ethical impacts.

Aroma Thyme boasts one of the best-stocked bars in the Hudson Valley with 200 beers, 300 wines and over 200 spirits.  They have been awarded a “Best of” award every year from Hudson Valley Magazine. Wine Spectator honors them with an award winning wine list and Zagat always has them as one of the highest rated in their county.

For more information and reservations please call 845 647 3000.

The Hudson Valley’s Most Acclaimed Green Restaurant© Open for Thanksgiving

Aroma Thyme, which was upstate New York’s first Green Restaurant©, is open Thanksgiving Day from 1pm to 6pm.  Aroma Thyme will offer a traditional  holiday meal of turkey. But the restaurant will also offer a vegan option and a gluten free option.  Plus their whole menu of green eclectic fare will be available.

Thanksgiving day has become a big for Aroma Thyme explains chef/owner Marcus Guiliano.  “We have be doing Thanksgiving since we first opened 8 years ago.”

Marcus Guiliano is the chef, owner of Aroma Thyme Bistro located in the bountiful Hudson Valley of New York. Chef Guiliano has been an advocate for over 10 years on healthy, sustainable, local and real food. He found his mission in cooking when he reversed over a handful of medical conditions including 28 years of asthma. For more information visit www.chefonamission.com.
 Aroma Thyme is know for their “stealth health”(Zagat) & green certification from The Green Restaurant Association.  Aroma Thyme, which opened in 2003, serves Eco-Lectic fare.  Green meets eclectic is their tagline, for more info visit http://ecolecticcuisine.com. Ingredients are sourced based on the social, environmental, moral, health & ethical impacts.

Aroma Thyme boasts one of the best-stocked bars in the Hudson Valley with 200 beers, 300 wines and over 200 spirits.  They have been awarded a “Best of” award every year from Hudson Valley Magazine. Wine Spectator honors them with an award winning wine list and Zagat always has them as one of the highest rated in their county.

For more information and reservations please call 845 647 3000.

Roast Murray’s Free-Range Turkey $35

Creamed Local Corn, Yukon Mashed Potatoes, Roasted Butternut Squash, Cranberry Sauce, soup or salad included

Bread Alone Whole Wheat Stuffing & Turkey Gravy

*vegan & gluten-free option available*