• Romanesco

    What’s in Season: Romanesco

    One of the joys of belonging to a CSA is when a surprise veggie shows up in the weekly box. We’ve come to learn that Finger Lakes farmers are an experimenting bunch of green-thumbers, playing around with various seeds and specialties, all in the hopes of giving their customers something delicious and interesting to stretch Read More…

  • Wheels of gleaming Dutch style cheese from Finger Lakes Farmstead cheese in Mecklenburg. PHOTO/Carole Topalian

    Finger Lakes Farmstead Cheese

      As part of our focus on Finger Lakes cheesemakers, we’re turning our attention to Nancy Richards, one the most well-loved food artisans in the region. She’s got such a large fan base that she won our first ever Local Heroes contest for Favorite Food Artisan in the Finger Lakes back in 2009. Here’s the Read More…

  • Viva Taqueria's Tofu Mole' using tofu from Ithaca Soy

    Eat this Now: Tofu Mole’ Enchiladas from Viva Taqueria

    One of the things we love about covering the local foods scene of the Finger Lakes is discovering the business-to-business success stories. If a farmer has a supply of something that a local chef or food producer needs and they’ve figured out how to work together so we all eat better, then we’re good and Read More…

  • Elderberry Pond Po-tay-toes PHOTO/Doug Reilly

    Elderberry Pond’s Potato Leek Soup

      From the Elderberry Pond website. SOUPS-TO-GO Our soups are made from the certified organic produce and pasture raised meats from our farm. We select varieties that work best and maintain color and texture during the slow cooking process.  For our Potato Leek soup we use russet type potatoes or an all purpose potato like Read More…

  • Red Russian Kale from Finger Lakes Farms makes for a great chopped salad.  PHOTO/Robyn Wishna

    Chopped Kale Salad with Toasted Pumpkin Seeds and Ginger-Soy Vinaigrette

    Chopped Kale Salad with Toasted Pumpkin Seeds and Ginger-Soy Vinaigrette Recipe by Christina McKeough Serves 4 1 large bunch kale (Dinosaur, Red, Curly), stripped from the stem and chopped very fine 3/4 cup pumpkin seeds, toasted with a sprinkle of oil and salt Dressing 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, minced 3 tablespoons soy sauce 1 1/2 tablespoons Read More…

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Finger Lakes Bubbles

We were thrilled to see Eric Asimov of the New York Times include Lamoreaux Landing’s 2006 Blanc de Blanc Reserve Brut, one of our favorite Finger Lakes sparkling wines, in his latest column. No newcomers to the joys of drinking local sparkling wines, we’ve been trying to convert the masses about great Finger Lakes bubbly Read More…

Wheels of gleaming Dutch style cheese from Finger Lakes Farmstead cheese in Mecklenburg. PHOTO/Carole Topalian

Finger Lakes Farmstead Cheese

  As part of our focus on Finger Lakes cheesemakers, we’re turning our attention to Nancy Richards, one the most well-loved food artisans in the region. She’s got such a large fan base that she won our first ever Local Heroes contest for Favorite Food Artisan in the Finger Lakes back in 2009. Here’s the Read More…

Viva Taqueria's Tofu Mole' using tofu from Ithaca Soy

Eat this Now: Tofu Mole’ Enchiladas from Viva Taqueria

One of the things we love about covering the local foods scene of the Finger Lakes is discovering the business-to-business success stories. If a farmer has a supply of something that a local chef or food producer needs and they’ve figured out how to work together so we all eat better, then we’re good and Read More…

Wheels of cheese from Northland Sheep Dairy in Marathon

Northland Sheep Dairy

In our current issue of the magazine, we went all out to highlight Finger Lakes cheese and cheesemakers. But in our first year of publishing we wrote about one of our favorite cheese makers in the region. We thought you’d appreciate rereading this piece or reading it for the first time here.  FIELDS OF PLENTY Read More…

For the local cheese lovers (and cheese makers) out there, this one is for you.

Our Fall 2012 Issue!

    You’ve been e-mailing, calling and Facebooking us and we’re finally able to tell you when the fall issue is coming…right now! Subscriber copies are hitting mailboxes all over the region and beyond, and from what our readers are telling us, this is our best issue yet. Maybe that’s because we decided to focus Read More…

Hydroponic strawberries from Seneca Breeze near Penn Yan.

Local Strawberries in Fall?

Paul and Kathryn Cooley – Seneca Breeze Berries, Penn Yan Finger Lakes Culinary Bounty Member Spotlight By Elizabeth Dubovsky Strawberries are usually one of the first signs of summer in the Finger Lakes, the harbinger of long sunny days ahead.  Thanks to Paul and Kathryn Cooley in Penn Yan, strawberries are now part of our Read More…