FROM THE EDITORS
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11 March 2023 at 09 : 30 AM
From the Editors
Zito! “God has signed for the liberty of Greece, and he will not take back his signature,” declared Greek war hero Theodoros Kolokotronis. For those of us in the northern hemisphere, March signals the beginning of spring. For students of Shakespeare, it’s remembered for the month that Julius Caesar was stabbed by the senators of Rome ...
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11 February 2023 at 06 : 03 AM
From the Editors
Twenty-Eight Days And look quick, it’s February. The month that cheats us all of two or three days. That’s 10percent less than the months of January, March, May, July, August, October, and December.For those of us with long monthly to-do lists, it’s a good idea to start in late January, althoughthat means you’ll be working on your ...
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15 January 2023 at 12 : 42 PM
From the Editors
Smashing Pomegranates The Greek tradition of smashing a pomegranate at the threshold of one’s home or business on New Year’s Day goes back to ancient Greece before being adopted by Orthodox Christian Greeks centuries later. The segments that are within the pomegranate (known as “arils”) are said to symbolize abundance, good health, and ...
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13 December 2022 at 12 : 52 PM
From the Editors
It’s a Wrap “Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?” From Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, we open the pages to Estiator’s 12th month of 2022; the final of the year. Oh, and what a year it was, filled with lots of cakes and ale. Over the course of the past 11 months, we visited restaurants ...
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9 November 2022 at 11 : 24 AM
From the Editors
History: By, for, and of the Greeks November is, above all else, a historical month. Thanksgiving, Pilgrims, funny black hats; you get the picture. For the more shallow observers of American culture, however, November is often overshadowed by a goofy-looking bird that goes by the same name of country that shall not be named. If, then, November has ...
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7 September 2022 at 09 : 00 AM
Remembering
Τry to remember the kind of September when life was slow and oh, so mellow.”Maybe you remember the song, from The Fantasticks, the longest-running musical in history. The musings about bygone days of innocence are apropos for those of us old enough to recall more easy-going times. Times when political differences were discussed in a gentlemanly manner ...
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8 August 2022 at 14 : 09 PM
From the Editors
Hot and Hazy, Venerable, and Great August is vacation month. August is the hottest month of the year. August was named for the first Roman emperor (it was previously called “Sextilius,” and no, we’re not kidding). And the word “august” means “the venerable one,” or the “great one.” For restaurant veterans, it’s a month of ...
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9 July 2022 at 10 : 02 AM
From the Editors
1776 and Such We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Two-hundred forty-six years ago, some rabble rousers in three-point hats gathered representatives from all 13 ...
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11 June 2022 at 10 : 46 AM
From the Editors
Half and Half June. It’s already June. June 2022. Half of the year is gone, and another half still lies ahead. In the two-plus years since the advent of Covid, time seemed to stop and then accelerate at a breakneck pace. Restaurants across the spectrum have closed and more restaurants have exploded onto the scene. In this month’s cover ...
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10 May 2022 at 05 : 16 AM
From the Editors
Blockbusters If May starts with mothers and spring flowers, it ends with picnics and the beginning of the movie blockbuster season. And, fittingly, this month’s Estiator has two big blockbuster features for our readers. For our cover story, “Silver Linings: Restaurateurs Share Stories Behind Covid Openings,” senior contributor Michael ...
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