Café @ 407, Community Growth Project team up to bring local produce to the menu
same as the one outlined above — and raise funds for its goals. “Ophelia’s Place’s vision is our vision,” said café manager Dan Hamon. “We provide space in the café for community to build. We strive to provide a relationship with our local community through good coffee, healthy and delicious meals and desserts, local musicians and artists, and to provide a place to represent and share the people, products and produce that are grown locally. With every cup of coffee and biscotti, with every bowl of soup, you are supporting Ophelia’s Place and their vision, as well as supporting and nurturing the community and people around you.” Part of the way the café supports and nurtures its customers is by providing a full, healthy menu chock full of locally grown produce, grains and other foodstuffs.
Mayors move meals across western suburbs
Village of Camillus Mayor Patricia Butler, a retired nurse, was more than willing to assist ECHO Meals on Wheels deliver hot lunches as part of today’s Mayors for Meals initiative.
With sales on the rise, Chocolate Pizza Company renovates headquarters
The former McClurg Construction showroom on Main Street in Marcellus is no longer displaying state-of-the-art cabinetry — but it’s just as vibrant as ever. The room is now home to the Chocolate Pizza Company, which has expanded its Marcellus location following a 30 percent increase in sales in 2011 over 2010, a record-breaking year for the company
Baltimore Woods in Marcellus to celebrate locally produced food
Baltimore Woods Nature Center in Marcellus celebrates the third annual Local Harvest Dinner Sunday, Jan. 22.
Bootleg BBQ grows in Skaneateles
When he first started, Tom Armstrong bottled his homemade barbecue sauce in wine bottles and sold it out of his car trunk. Now, 14 years later, Tom’s Bootleg BBQ Sauce is sold in stores across Central New York, used in multiple restaurants and recently was named one of the best barbecue sauces for chicken by the National Barbecue News.
Thanksgiving Bounty
Local chefs share their favorite Thanksgiving recipes
Local chefs share their favorite Thanksgiving recipes
‘Jean would’ve loved this’
Mollinger, Leahy win EnvIRONmental Chef competition
Joelle Mollinger of Joelle’s Bistro and Ellen Leahy of bc were crowned the People’s Choice champions at the inaugural EnvIRONmental Chef homegrown competition at Baltimore Woods on Sept. 18.
Our cup runneth over (with locally-roasted coffee)
Seven different roasters were marketing their beans in the Salt City, and the Near West Side, East Side, Eastwood, Downtown and North Side neighborhoods all boast their own roasteries (more than one, in some areas), each with their own personalities and defining characteristics.
Try melons in salad, sorbet or smoothies
What's in the Box?
On a hot, summer day there is nothing more satisfying than biting into a sun-ripened, thirst-quenching melon.
Skaneateles hosts 2nd annual New York Wine Festival
The 2nd annual New York Wine Festival will take place in the picturesque Skaneateles village serving as the Eastern Gateway to the Finger Lakes Wine Country.
The Savvy Wine Cellar offers a unique take on fine wine
Dale Record and Allison Palermo-Record knew the path back to their roots in the Syracuse area, particularly to western Onondaga County, would come; it was just a matter of time.
Queen of cupcakes
It took an Oprah “Favorite Things” Episode for Pamela Vincent to choose a different career path. A segment on cupcakes would cause Vincent to move away from the corporate world and into a world of sprinkles and an overabundance of flavored icing, flour and eggs. Cupcakes and Smiles was born and found its home among a bustling Camillus plaza along West Genesee Street.
