03 Apr 2025

Category: An Ex Pat Returns

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...
An Ex Pat Returns

Organic Farming in Western New York 

Is not for the faint of heart. Especially Certified Organic Farming which Fellenz Family Farms has produced for the past 13 years. Eric Fellenz grew up on the Phelps, NY farm and for the past 3 years, along with his partner, Jenny Frederick, whose background...

© Developed by boomer-productions. All rights reserved.