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Birthday Cakes for Kids and Grown-ups: Deising's Bakery-Kingston, NY

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 The Fall is birthday season at my house so birthday cakes have been on mind lately. Yesterday I got to pick my own birthday cake after my husband treated me to a hearty breakfast at Deising's Bakery and Coffee Shop in Kingston. The bakery is an institution in Kingston. As you can see the donuts, fritters, cupcakes are real old-school-no-skimping-on-the-good-stuff desserts!  I could eat this stuff all day if I let myself.  Deising’s has a catalog of specialty birthday cakes for kids too. There are also some really cute ones for baby showers. Of course, they also make wedding cakes though I have yet to taste one of their wedding cakes. My birthday cake was really good. I loved the vanilla custard they use in the layers.  Gluten-free cookies and other baked goods are also available. They sell homemade dog biscuits too. Deising's Bakery. http://www.deisings.com

Cheese Louise on Route 28: Delicious gourmet food for catered business meetings!

Last night my husband attended a board meeting in Kingston that was catered by Cheese Louise so I asked him to take a few photos of the food. Click here to see a previous blog post I wrote about them on Hudson Valley Good Stuff when they first opened.  Tom said everything was yummy especially the deviled eggs and asparagus wrapped in prosciutto. Cheese Louise specializes in cheeses, but they also do catering, sandwiches, and sell local breads.  Cheese Louise, 940 Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 853-8207.

Hickory Barbecue and Smokehouse on Route 28: Corned Beef on St. Patrick's Day

 

If you are looking for a good place to have corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick's Day in the Hudson Valley, go to Hickory Smokouse BBQ on Route 28 in Kingston.  We have been going here for take-out since we moved here in 2003. We ate here on St. Patrick's Day last year.  It was delicious!

The comfort food is really tasty, and there are way too many temptations on the menu--pulled pork, ribs, beef brisket, sourdough onion rings, quesadilla, and it goes on. Even though the barbecue meat is their specialty, the salads are the freshest salads I've tasted around here. We split a chopped salad with goat cheese to start. No limp lettuce here! My husband ordered the Corned Beef and Cabbage, and I had the grilled vegetable wrap with gouda cheese and a baked sweet potato with maple butter, and kale as sides.

The kids grilled cheese sandwich is made with thick slices of white bread, and I managed to resist stealing a bite! We got there before the St. Patrick's Day revelers did so it wasn't crowded, but I'm sure it gets crowded later on. The Hickory Smokehouse BBQ also does catering. Take-out is available too. Not sure if celebrities dine here, but the owner looks like Ashton Kutcher. Hickory BBQ and Smokehouse, 743 Route 28, Kingston, NY. (845) 338-2424.