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...
A Taste of Nostalgia in Naples, NY
Since 1950, Bob & Ruth’s Vineyard Restaurant on Main Street in Naples, has been a classic retro diner that has remained a popular eatery by both locals and tourists alike. Bob and Ruth Emory ran their diner with a strict code for staff and if...
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...