03 Apr 2025

Author: Linda

An Ex Pat Returns

Taste Hard Ciders from Around the World… 

From the comfort of your seat at Mullers Cider House. What a pleasant surprise that here, in Rochester, we have this special place where the selection of hard ciders is exceptional. Patrick Jaouen, whose father was originally from Brittany, France, the renown apple territory, opened...
An Ex Pat Returns

Vegan, GF, Non-GMO Products that taste Good! 

  It seems that food trends change with the wind, but for Le Gourmet Girl, that’s her inspiration. For the past five years, Chris Edwards Wekking has created an ever-changing product line, and she’s nailed it going into the winter season. I’ve known Chris for...
An Ex Pat Returns

CB Craft Brewers’ Craft Brews & Bites 

Mike Alcorn’s love of craft beer enticed him into the home-brewing hobby some thirty years ago. Since then, his innovative styles and tastes have exploded into an enterprise that was rated #1 in Craft Beer Production in Western New York. Located in a 10,000 square...
An Ex Pat Returns, Classics

My Love Affair with Seckel Pears 

It all began when I was growing up. My parents owned property on Canandaigua Lake which had orchards bordering their land. The private road, and I mean a very rough, curvy, sloping gravel road would pass through orchards of Seckel pears where we’d pick bucketfuls....
An Ex Pat Returns

Foraging for Wild Mushrooms 

I had the good fortune to tag along with Craig Waasdorp, co-owner of Little Sprout Farms, on a recent wild mushroom foraging hike.  Since I’m accustomed to wild mushrooms being harvested during the winter months in northern CA, I was intrigued to learn about the...

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