Iroquois White Corn Project
When I lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico, I attended Navajo ceremonies, festivals and art shows and fell in love with the Native American Indian culture and food. While growing ...
An Ex Pat Returns
Old Fashion Chili Sauce and more…
My grandmother made her homemade Chili Sauce and it's a taste memory that I love. Not only because this sauce is deliciously unique and very much a part of Western NY, but she love...
Perfect Proper Pork Pie
And Prizewinner! Kate Schlenker, owner of Newbury Park Pastries, took home one of the Best Food Vendor prizes at this year's Savor! event. The competition was judged by Dominique C...
Is it a Flying Saucer?
Nope, it's a pie crust top from Monica's Pies in Naples, New York, The Grape Pie Capitol of the World. Monica Schenk has been baking pies since 1983 with her family involved in eve...
The Quintessential Frozen Custard
Chocolate Almond Frozen Custard is a Rochester flavor favorite that has been around since the 1940's at the old Don and Bob's restaurants on Monroe Avenue and Sea Breeze. Don B...
Cutting the Mustard
Rochester and Western New York are melting pots of cultures who brought their traditional recipes from Eastern and Western Europe in the 1800's. French's, the iconic Yellow Musta...
About
I recently returned to Rochester, NY, after living in food and wine locations and traveling solo around the world filming cooking schools. Those videos can be viewed on cookingtipsfromaroundtheworld.com
I left the Sonoma Valley after the fires devastated the area. I decided the time had come to go back to my roots and explore the local food and wine producers here.
I’ve had friends send me Rochester food specialties and realized I missed those old flavors. The food and wine scene has exploded in Western New York and it will be fun to revisit old tastes and explore new. Now that travel has opened up, I'm going to return to Santa Fe, NM and back to the SF Bay Area and report on those food items new generations have made popular, as well, as the old staples that everyone loves.
I will be posting my findings and welcome you to join me along the way.
Should you have suggestions or comments, I can be reached at linda@anexpatreturns.com
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