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Mix Business with Pleasure Using Free Wi-Fi in Westchester Restaurants

Don't let work get in the way of good holiday eats!

It’s that time of year when good food is at the forefront of celebrations, and perhaps all that is on everyone’s minds at the office. It may be that year-end crunch time for many businesses, but don’t let that stop you from enjoying some local seasonal cuisine. This just another opportunity to multitask! Grab a bite with colleagues or customers while getting some work done at the same time. Urbanspoon’s list of Best Westchester American Restaurants with free Wi-Fi can guide you in your multi-tasking endeavors. Be sure not to drip any steak sauce on that lap top.

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Lizzie Hedrick

7:05 am on Tuesday, December 27, 2011

The real impetus for this article was finding a place where you can do work over a glass of wine with colleagues—not where you can check your email rather than talk to friends and family. I agree with you, Teri. When you go out for pleasure, it should stay strictly pleasure!   more ›

Meet the Chef: John-Michael Hamlet of John Michael's in North Salem

Patch tours local kitchens to learn about our chefs backgrounds, food, aspirations.

Had it not been for his Fairfax, Virginia, high school baseball coach, John Michael Hamlet might not be the talented chef that he has become today. "I didn't make the baseball team," Hamlet explained. "So I took a vocational cooking class instead." That class sparked an interest in young Hamlet, who soon discovered that he had a knack for culinary skills, leading him to pursue classes and competitions provided by Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP). C-CAP provides culinary training to public high school students, and is one of the largest culinary scholarship programs in the U.S. One such competition awarded him "Best Culinary Student of the Year." And in 1994, C-CAP awarded Hamlet with a coveted 2-week stint at the renowned …

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