Few restaurants in United States have enveloped the consciousness of food lovers quite like Ithaca’s Moosewood Restaurant. For nearly five decades, food lovers looking for plant-centric cooking have looked to the original Moosewood Cookbook and the Moosewood Collective’s subsequent fourteen cookbooks for vanguard natural foods cooking. It was farm-to-table before there was a phrase for …

As first reported by WXXI, Richard Reddington, an award-winning chef with Rochester ties, is opening a restaurant this April in the former 2 Vine space at 24 Winthrop Street. Redd, Reddington’s former Napa Valley restaurant, held a Michelin Star from 2008-2013. For those not entirely in tune with culinary lingo, this achievement makes Reddington a …

Lanai Restaurant 295 Alexander St. 262-3060 rochesterlanai.com   Your shared life began on such a good note. A pig roast wedding under a Maui sunset with three dozen of your closest family and friends affirmed that your marriage would be something special. And for a while, it was. For the next two years, your social …

Dear Stacey, I’ve been having some issues with a former close friend. Over the last decade, we’ve really drifted apart. Without getting into too much detail, I’ll just say that my friend’s life has been met with a lot of tragedy. Before many of these problems started, our friendship was already on the rocks. I …

Being a finalist in the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD; New York City) Burke Prize this fall was inspiring for Holland Houdek, a Rochester metalworker and professor with an unusual niche. She didn’t receive the prize, but her entry is in MAD’s Future of Craft, Part 2 exhibition and catalog. The prize, which goes …

Sitting in the dining room of Pomodoro, within the 1290 University Avenue plaza, restaurateur Sami Mina reminisces about the success of Blades. No, not his nearby brunch diner Blades, which specializes in classic items like French toast, omelets, and pancakes, as well as trendy, millennial-focused health food like acai bowls and avocado toast, but the …