One summer night, we were on the way to Mill Cove near Mansfield when my husband, who was driving, spotted this scene. He pulled off to the side of the road, and the deer were not concerned that we ...

We’ve previously highlighted some great waterfront restaurants in our pages, such as The Flying Taco on the Susquehanna (July 2022), Snug Harbor on Keuka Lake (June 2025), Finger Lakes House on the ...

This was irritating. There were five cloves of garlic stuffed in that chicken’s innards—rather, in the space where the innards used to be. I had shoved them in there myself while confirming with the ...

Planet of the Grapes, July 2025Here in the Finger Lakes, opportunities abound for wine and food pairings where great memories are sure to be made. Enjoying the regional bounty of locally-made snacks ...

It wasn’t part of Maame Badu’s plan to open a food business, but life has a funny way of turning around. “By God’s grace, it happened,” Maame says, reflecting on how her business—Good Grace African ...

"On the Waterfront" by Lilace Mellin Guignard spearheads our Summer Food Issue with six summer restaurants on the water.

So here I am on a summer day in my backyard, walking my horse past a pile of stones where there’s a big gap in an old rock wall (and where, by the way, I pass numerous times a day, as do my chickens, ...

World premieres. Grammy-winning composers. Once-in-a-lifetime performances. They’re not concepts often synonymous with the Twin Tiers, but the Endless Mountain Music Festival has been changing that.