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Breaking Tradition

With Thanksgiving nearring in closer and closer, each day, there’s no denying that some of us like to break tradition and eat out on Thanksgiving Day. (My family can attest to this) Who wants to be stuck washing the dishes and cleaning after a great dinner, every Thanksgiving?

For those of you who prefer eating out on Thanksgiving or simply want to try it for the first time, here are a list of restaurants opened in the Utica area and serving Thanksgiving-themed meals on Thanksgiving day that you may want to consider:

Dominique’s Chesterfield Restaurant- 1713 Bleecker St. Utica, NY

Garden Grille Restaurant at Radisson Hotel- Utica Centre – 200 Genessee St., Downtown Utica

The Beeches of Rome- 7900 Turn Road, Rome, NY

You may call for reservations at each one of these locations.

The Pioneers Are Coming, The Pioneers Are Coming!!!

The Utica college men’s basketball season kicks off this Saturday November 14, at 7 PM against SUNY Cortland. The Pioneers finished 10-15 last season, and looking to turn that around this year with its returners and freshman.
Some key players that will be returning includes, Robert Tutein, a returning senior whom started nine games last season and averaged 12.0 points per game. He shot .485 from the field and had a career and season-high 33 points against Houghton College. Ivan Iton, a 6-4 sophomore that started nine games and averaged 6.0 points per game. Iton shot .545 from the floor and had a season and career-high 15 points against SUNY New Paltz (11/21/14).
The team has 11 incoming freshman ready to take the floor and nine returners that’s well coached and ready to back them up. Click here to visit the team’s website and learn more…

Utica Events to Mark in Your Calendars

Here are a few on-campus events this week at Utica College as well as future events to have mapped on your calendar for this coming year in Central New York. Check it out here at Fun For Everyone in CNY

Bite Into The Tastiest of Treats

If you haven’t heard, Utica has gained a newly beloved bakery. With its grand opening being shy of just one month ago, Bite Bakery has captured local Utica residents tremendously fast. Operated and owned by Jason Allen-Leonard, Douglas Allen-Leonard and Angela Brown. These three entrepreneurs teamed up to deliver more than an average bakery. With coffee shops and bakeries located all over, Bite Bakery has everything all in one setting. Not to mention their rustic modern cafe style makes you feel like you’re in a New York City setting with the view of Genesee street and downtown Utica in plain sight.

Specializing in breakfast, lunch and coffee cuisine, Bite also offers numerous baked goods including soft delicious cookies, a variety of different flavored cupcakes, including seasonal deserts, just in time for holiday celebrations, scones and pastries and everyone’s favorite; delicious warm cinnamon buns, that will surely melt in your mouth.

Trust me, they will. The aroma of coffee grounds mixed with cookies and bread when you first walk in will leave you itching for a cup to wash all the baked goodness down. But the menu doesn’t stop there. If breakfast isn’t what your looking for Bite offers lunch specials from wraps and sandwiches to fresh soups and salads. With their motto being simple, fresh and delicious, they sure live up to those standards. Stop in today and try it our for yourself. Bite Bakery is open 7 days a week and is located on 53 Franklin Square.

Halloween Flashback

Basketball is right around the corner and so is Halloween. The Utica college men’s basketball team started practice on October 15 and will be kicking off their season against SUNY Cortland at home on November 14. Ivan Iton is one of the team captains and below is a brief bio on him as well as a question and answer, Halloween style…

Name: Ivan Iton

Position: Power Forward

Class: Sophomore

Studies: Biology

Number: #22

How do you feel about Halloween? I like it, I feel it’s a time for the kids to have fun and get candy, everyone loves candy.

Do you remember your first time Trick or Treating? I’m not sure I remember my first time ever, but I do remember going when I was about 9 or so, I was a blue power ranger.

Do you still go Trick or Treating? No, I wish though, I may step out this Halloween as a professional basketball player or something.

What’s your favorite Halloween movie? I would have to say any movie of the Halloween series with Michael Myers, those are crazy and scary, but I love them.

What is one memory that you will never forget about Halloween? When I was young I went trick or treating and it was this huge white house. The owner had dug up a ditch in the front yard and covered it with leaves. So, when I walked forward to knock, a person rose up from the ditch and jumped out at all the kids, I almost peed my pants. I would say that memory is the craziest, ever!

Bacon-Wrapped Barbeque Chicken

This dish made by a Utica College student, Alliyah McClellan, has bacon wrapped baked chicken, smothered with honey barbeque sauce. The side of cheddar & bacon mashed potatoes adds even more bacon flavor to the plate and the more bacon, the merrier. With simple ingredients and a reasonable cooking time of about 2 hours (at most), this dish is very simple to make and comes out tasting great. Though it was her first time making this dish, Alliyah mixed the perfect amount of seasonings together to make a delicious dish.

The ingredients she used a very simple and are as follows:

Purdue chicken breast (using chicken breast makes it easier to wrap the bacon)

Idahoan Applewood Smoked Bacon Flavored Mashed Potatoes (available in any supermarket)

Larry’s Seasoning Salt

Goya Adobe

Oscar Mayer Naturally Hardwood Smoked bacon

Honey barbeque sauce (or any bbq sauce of your preference)

How to make bacon wrapped chicken:

Preheat your oven to 400

Cook the bacon about mid-way, on the stove top

While chicken is baking, take the half-cooked bacon and wrap it around the chicken and let it bake together until both are fully cooked

This dish is simple and fun to make, so why not give it a try at home.

Battle of the Bras

Some Utica College students had a little push-up to their days as the school’s Womyn’s Resource Center (WRC) hosted what’s known as “The Battle of the Bras” yesterday to raise awareness for breast cancer.

Students got the chance to decorate and paint a bra while learning more about breast cancer. This event is free and at the end, people were able to cast their votes to their favorite bra that was designed that day. The goal of the event was to have the UC community educated more on breast cancer. WRC hosts this event every semester.

Senior Laura San Juan, who’s also a part of WRC, said her favorite part of the event is watching the painting and designing process and what the initially plain bras turn out to be.

One in eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. See link

Another member of WRC senior Qwelan Dopwell said a couple of her favorite bra designs she’s seen from previous years were bras decorated with pearls and one with a butterfly design on it.