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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
A Sweet Couple and their NY Maple Syrup
Bobbi and Garry Wohlschlegel started their Naples, NY, eponymously named maple products business in 2010. Both are Kodak retirees, she a chemist, he a machinist, and lifelong hobby farmers. They combine their talents and run...