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...
Classics
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...
Cookies, Cannolis and more Cookies
When I think of Italian cookies in Rochester, Savoia Pastry Shoppe is the first to come to mind. Originally opened in 1929, the shoppe was purchased in 2005 by Kathy and George Pri...
Wickedly good Beef on Weck
I worked part-time at B. Forman Co. in Culver-Ridge Plaza while I was attending high school. There was a restaurant that adjoined the store and occasionally I'd order a Beef on Kim...
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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