KEESEVILLE — The Adirondack View Vineyard and Lavender lives up to its name. The farm — at 59 Thompson Road — features a classic Adirondack landscape: Fields of rich greenery and lush forest that give way to mountains in the distance, including Whiteface Mountain, which looms high ...
The Bark Eater Inn — founded by former winter Olympian, polo promoter and raconteur Joe Pete Wilson Sr. — is in good hands. Like Wilson, current managers Meghan Kirkpatrick and Tyler Nichols love the land, serving good food and making their guests feel welcome. They also like to ...
We continue our Savor the Season series this week in the Lake Placid News— as we have at the beginning of every season since the summer solstice of 2018 — and if there’s one word to describe agriculture in Essex County during the coronavirus pandemic, it’s “resilience.” When a ...
What glorious fall weather we’ve been having. The nights and mornings a bit chilly, as expected, but I just love the crisp air that fall brings. And, the bounty of delicious local produce. To savor this season, I have two family recipes that I’d like to share. One uses the fairly ...
LAKE PLACID — Three years ago, Mike Farrell left his job as director of Cornell University’s Uihlein Maple Forest, a 200-acre research and extension field station on Bear Cub Lane. Now he’s making big news working for the company he co-founded, The Forest Farmers. Based in Lyon ...
LAKE PLACID — Summer is the most exciting time to eat in Essex County, and more people are looking for locally produced food as the nation continues to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Not only can consumers find locally grown and produced food that’s in season, but they can find it ...