The Pride of New York Harvest Fest Was Great!

This year’s Pride of New York Harvest Fest, held on November 5-6, 2011, was a terrific experience. I got to meet some amazing Upstate New York entrepreneurs, and I tasted (and purchased) some delightful food and beverages, all locally grown and made. The Harvest Fest uniquely combines “agritourism” and “locavorism,” two hot issues that are [...]

Fly Creek Cider Mill, Fly Creek, NY

Fly Creek Cider Mill is a little jewel just north of Cooperstown. It’s a combination old-fashioned store/ cider mill/ livestock farm/ educational experience. No wonder it’s such a popular place! And who the heck named the town “Fly Creek”?!

Cooking Season Begins

I consider autumn and winter my “cooking seasons.” I hardly cook at all during the summer (I usually slap meat or veggies on the grill, and serve lots of salads); but come cold weather, I’m a cooking fiend! I bake, I broil, I braise, I boil! I am always on the prowl for new recipes [...]

Montezuma Wine from Upstate NY

New York State is a huge wine producer for the state. I don’t have any idea how well the wine competes with the other domestic wines here in the U.S., particularly California. I tend to think that New York wine is probably more favored in the Finger Lakes region (from which most of the wine [...]

The Fast Food Finder

Have a hankering for some food but don’t know where to go? I run across this problem all the time. I want to eat out, but just can’t make up my mind where to go, nor do I know what’s new or even what’s out there. Here’s the perfect solution to the problem! Restaurantica.com! I [...]

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