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…
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…
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’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…
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…
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…
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…
Eight Ways With Eggplant
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…
National Cheeseburger Day in the Finger Lakes
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…
Rio Tomatlan’s Green Pozole
We’re huge fans of this savory, rich stew from our friends at Rio Tomatlan in Canandaigua. On a rainy cool day, this soup goes out faster than a jumping bean and bowls come back licked clean. If you have a slow-cooker or a dutch oven, this is a great soup to make at home. Read More…
