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Spring Valley Man's Humble Chinese Treat Aims To Be NYC's New Go-To Snack
RAMAPO, N.Y. – Rockland native Brian Goldberg tried his hand at a number of careers – professional luge racing, for one – before he decided to go into the good eats biz, according to a recent write-up in The New York Times.
Goldberg, who grew up in Spring Valley, is a Chinese scholar who ran a few eateries when he lived in Hong Kong.
It was in Beijing that Goldberg got hooked on Northern Chinese street foods such as jianbing, which are crepes made with a whole egg, herbs, condiments and stuffed with duck, chicken or pork.
According to Goldberg’s website, he was studying Mandarin Chinese in…
Rockland Great-Grandmother Featured On Smuckers Jar For 100th Birthday
Former Poughkeepsie resident Sylvia Becher, who now lives in Suffern, got a sweet surprise for her 100th birthday.
The great-grandmother, born Jan. 10, 1917, was pictured on a Smucker's jar.
It started as a joke five years ago, said grandson Mark Goldstein of Demarest, who recently opened a wellness center at Retro Fitness Hackensack.
"We said, 'Come on, Grandma! We want to see you on a jar," Goldstein said. "'We've got this!'"
With help from a family friend at NBC, the joke became a reality for the family.
Becher, who was born in Russia, has two daughters, four gran…
11 Rockland Organizations Off To Israel for 'Innovation Education'
ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- Members from 11 Rockland Jewish agencies will travel to Tel Aviv, Israel from Feb. 5 to 9 to attend a seminar on innovative thinking.
Made possible by the Lily Steuer Fund of the Jewish Federation & Foundation of Rockland County, the seminar, “Challenge, Innovation, and Renaissance,” will be led by Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT), an Israeli firm that helps companies and organizations succeed by achieving self-sustaining innovation.
Gary Siepser, CEO of the Jewish Federation & Foundation of Rockland County, says the seminar will teach the Jewish organi…
