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Old Chatham Creamery moves to the Finger Lakes

For years, Dr. David Galton and his wife, Sally, have been growing their herds of goats, sheep and cows. Now, leveraging his decades of research and expertise in dairying at Cornell University, the Galtons can make all possible combinations of milk at their new creamery—a 32,000-square-foot plant in Groton, NY, near Ithaca.

What’s in Season: Cabbage

Mid-March is when winter storage vegetables get their moment in the sun for Saint Patrick’s Day.

Value Wine of the Week: Lamoreaux Landing’s Estate Red Cuvée $14.99

It’s common these days to find many Finger Lakes red wines running in the upper $20s and lower $30s price

What’s in Season: The Humble Potato Deserves a Crown

Potatoes.
Hearty, healthy packets of goodness that have a solid place on anyone’s comfort food menu.

The Coffee Connection, an Introduction to Coffee

Cheap and omnipresent, taken for granted, its exotic origins overlooked: coffee is the banana of craft beverages.

FLX Foodie Weekend Round Up

A selection of great food and drink events happening around the Finger Lakes this weekend.

Wine of the Week: Knapp 2021 Dry Vidal

The wine is all estate, with grapes coming from the two acres of Vidal grown on Knapp’s site, which is about two-thirds of the way up the west side of Cayuga Lake.

Eat Drink Think: Cooking & Capitalism

This podcast is part of the Eat. Drink. Think. series on Edible Radio. Each episode of Eat.Drink. Think is hosted by Amy O’Neill Houck of Edible Alaska and explores the intersection of food and well, everything!

Edible Reads: Wild Sweetness by Thalia Ho

Thawing with Thalia Ho’s Wild Sweetness: Recipes Inspired by Nature

What’s in Season -Winter Vegetables

It’s that season here in the Finger Lakes when winter and spring enter a wrestling match (thank goodness spring eventually wins).

Meet Your (Wine) Maker: Jesse Alexander, Lamoreaux Landing

Jesse Alexander is the head winemaker at Lamoreaux Landing Wine Cellars, where he has worked for five years.

Meet Your (Wine) Maker: Vanessa Hoffman Knapp Winery

I try to bring out the best in the wines I am making. Which means understanding where they come from and the vintage conditions, then trying to enhance their natural qualities.