Finger Lakes Bubbles

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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…

Finger Lakes Farmstead Cheese

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

  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…

Eat this Now: Tofu Mole’ Enchiladas from Viva Taqueria

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

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…

Northland Sheep Dairy

Wheels of cheese from Northland Sheep Dairy in Marathon

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…

Our Fall 2012 Issue!

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

    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…

Local Strawberries in Fall?

Hydroponic strawberries from Seneca Breeze near Penn Yan.

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…

Eight Ways With Eggplant

Eggplants on white

    In our current issue, only on newsstands for a few more days, we’ve got some great tips in our What’s In Season section for what to do with the abundance of eggplant gracing our gardens and farmers’ market stands right now. We thought we’d share them with you here so you can make Read More…

Cider Week FLX To Kick Off This Weekend

PHOTO/Carole Topalian

Nothing really says fall quite like raking up the leaves in the yard and then relaxing with a hard cider, right? Especially in the Finger Lakes, where there are a multitude of different local venues where you can get your cider fix. The inaugural Finger Lakes Cider Week will kick off this weekend for 10 Read More…

National Cheeseburger Day in the Finger Lakes

September 18th is National Cheeseburger Day  PHOTO/Zoe Becker

  We love food holidays, especially ones that involve bread, meat and cheese–All things we can get from our local farms, bakers and cheesemakers. But National Cheeseburger Day? What a great food to celebrate! We’ve got a few favorite places in the Finger Lakes that use local beef and local cheese but we want to Read More…

Kudos to Lamoreaux Landing & Hermann J Wiemer for being in the Top 100

Congratulations to our friends at Lamoreaux Landing and Hermann J Wiemer wineries for being included in the Wine & Spirits magazine Top 100 Wineries of the Year! We’re glad to see Finger Lakes wineries getting this kind of recognition from the large wine media outlets. We hope there’s some serious celebrating over there on Seneca Read More…