Some of New York’s best wines will be on display this Saturday at Casa Larga Vineyards for the tenth annual New York Ice Wine and Culinary Festival. A relatively rare product, ice wine is made from grapes that are left on the vine past the traditional harvesting season in autumn and are instead picked in …

Gardenscape is coming back to the Rochester area after a five-year hiatus. The theme, “The Flower City Blooms Again,” is sure to encourage longtime fans—along with new ones—to spend a day or two smelling the roses. Location issues are what originally brought on that hiatus, but Gardenscape will return to the Dome on East Henrietta Road. …

                      As we already know, sharing a meal brings people together. But your chances of having a fun and engaging dining experience are almost guaranteed to be better by adding fondue (a French term meaning “to melt.”) Imagine kids dropping their phones and reaching for …

“So, how did you two meet?” It’s a question asked by the hopeful listener, the chance to hear a splendid tale, one worthy of a plot device for a romantic comedy, if you are really lucky. It’s a question I love to ask. There are few things in life I enjoy more than when I …

Rochester is the home of George Eastman and Kodak and has a very active filmgoing community, but it hasn’t always been regarded as a place where one might launch their filmmaking career. For Director Albert Birney, however, that proved otherwise. From 2006 to 2011, Birney lived in Rochester. Three-and-a-half of those years spent making his first …

In the two-story building that used to hold Mex, Lanai serves up delicious tropical drinks and Asian-Hawaiian fusion dishes. Decorated with paintings of fish and coral reef, Lanai’s well-stocked wooden bar specializes in frozen drinks and classic cocktails like Mai Tais and daiquiris. The appetizer list features small plates such as Japanese pot stickers, steamed …