Catskills

A blue fondant fox sugar piece with large eyes and a fluffy tail on a light surface

Make this Blue Fox sugar piece

I always joke that I’m the cake artist who can’t eat cake. Why? Because I have an allergy to gluten. And to rice, potatoes, oats and barley too, as …

A chocolate sombrero cake topper decorated with colorful fondant and edible paints

Make this chocolate sombrero piece

My friends Joyce Salimeno-Gitlin and her late husband Mel were buzzing down Lake Louise Marie Road in Rock Hill, NY one day in 2018 when they noticed activity at the site of the old Dodge Inn …

A gummy candy replica of a beer pint with golden liquid and white foam

Make this Hector’s Inn gummy beer

It’s late in July 1969 when farmer Max Yasgur, 49, agrees to allow the Aquarian Exposition—better known as the Woodstock Music and Art Fair—to happen on his property in Bethel, NY. …

A gingerbread cookie decorated with a landscape painting featuring white birch trees, a blue sky, and pink and yellow flower details

Make this ‘Mountain View’ cookie

Anyone with eyes can see that we live in one of the most beautiful places in the world. And because we live here, sometimes that’s easy to forget. I’ve been lucky enough to see …

Kim Simons and Paul Ciliberto holding SPAM cans in an office.

Make this sweet and savory meat treat

Paul Ciliberto was 15 years old when he decided exactly what he wanted to do with his life. Standing on the street in Duryea, PA, he stared in wonder through the window of the local radio …

Newspaper article about an SCVA Dove sign featuring a psychedelic dove sculpture.

New SCVA Dove Revealed at Prestige Towing!

Click the link for the story in the SC Democrat.

Kim Simons kneeling beside a Parksville welcome sign decorated with local photos and logos.

New Sullivan Catskills Dove Revealed On the Trail In Parksville NY!

  • News
  • November 26, 2024
  • 1 min

Very proud to have finished my thirteenth-and-a-half dove!

Kim Simons beside a painted dove sign for White Lake Homes with psychedelic art.

SCVA’s 51st Dove Revealed!

  • News
  • September 7, 2021
  • 1 min

The dove I painted for White Lake Homes (White Lake NY) was revealed on Friday, September 3. Very proud of this one!