The only comprehensive restaurant guide to the Hudson Valley: New York City's local food source and one of the most celebrated and unique epicurean destinations in the country.The Hudson Valley has an abundance of top chefs, many of them graduates of the region's world-famous Culinary Institute of America, whose menus showcase fresh ingredients from local farms, wineries, and orchards. Eating the Hudson Valley guides readers to the best fine, casual, and kid-friendly restaurants, wineries, orchards, farm stands, and epicurean festivals, revealing stories about the people behind them, plus the historic sites, mansions, museums, riverfront parks, and family activities along the way.