Food About Town

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Collin McConville from http://applecountryspirits.com/ (Apple Country Spirits) came over to the studio to tell us about the new 5 year aged Applejack and taste test both the 2 year and 5 year versions along side some more experimental products he is working on. This is the first episode of 2018 and my resolution is to put out a new podcast every week this year. My goal is to release one every Tuesday morning for your listening pleasure. Hope everyone had a Happy New Year and I’m looking forward to another great year of podcasting! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. Collin and I went through how he ended up working for Apple Country Spirits and how working with fruit is a true traditional craft here in upstate New York. I was excited to learn about how Collin mo

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Dean Jones from the Genesee Brew House Pilot Program came over to the studio to talk about the big Keg Tree lighting event tonight and all about the community focused efforts he has gotten involved in.   This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. Dean was a gem of a guest and we also talked about his path to being a brewmaster, coffee nerdery, what kicked off his love affair with beer and what  role Genesee plays in our area. Keep an eye on the upcoming anniversary edition beers coming out in 2018 and on whatever new releases the Brew House Pilot Program comes out with. Plenty of creativity and history in store! If you enjoyed this episode please share this on social media or leave a review for the podcast on iTunes or Google Play. Thanks! The post http://www.fooda

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Carrie Morabito from https://www.facebook.com/2foodiesroc/ (2Foodies) came over to the studio to talk about the recently closed 2Foodies Wine & Spirits, the history behind how their blog and store came about and we touched on Thanksgiving wine pairings as well. This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. I had been following Carrie and Andrew since they started writing online around the same time I did in the early 2010’s. It was great to see them push it forward and try to run a combination liquor store and culinary destination in Greece. The store had a curated selection and unfortunately did not end up making it for a number of reasons that we touched on. We talked through how Carrie got into wine and eventually into the writing side of things. We also spent a fe

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Brandon Vulaj from http://phrankly.com (Phrankly) and Emily Hessney from http://www.iheartroc.com/ (I Heart ROC) came over to the studio to make our picks for the food and drink related categories in the https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/vote-now-best-of-rochester-2017-final-ballot/Content?oid=4265849\ (City Newspaper Best of Final Ballot). We had a great time going through all the categories and picking out our favorites. If you haven’t voted yet, please go to the final ballot on the https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/vote-now-best-of-rochester-2017-final-ballot/Content?oid=4265849\ (City Newspaper website) to vote Food About Town for best podcast. I appreciate everyone working to get the podcast on the ballot and let’s go win a second year in a row! Thanks! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty g

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Casey Bowker from ROConnoisseur came over to the studio to talk about his food show on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxMjrvmJHoQvTYPCMLPvGug (YouTube) (first episode below!) and some of the places he has been so far. Also if you haven’t voted yet, please go to the final ballot on the https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/vote-now-best-of-rochester-2017-final-ballot/Content?oid=4265849 (City Newspaper website) to vote Food About Town for best podcast. I appreciate everyone working to get the podcast on the ballot and let’s go win a second year in a row! Thanks! This episode is brought to you by http://phrank.ly (Phrank.ly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food.  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/food-about-town/id665682441 (Subscribe on iTunes) https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0&gclid=CNiikbO8ws0CFcdLNw

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Tracy Schuhmacher from the http://www.democratandchronicle.com/rocflavors/ (Democrat and Chronicle) came over to the studio to talk about the upcoming Rochester stop of the traveling http://foodandwine.democratandchronicle.com/ (Food and Wine Experience) on September 23. It was great to finally get Tracy over to chat and we had a great time recounting her time at the D&C, the Rochester food scene and Finger Lakes wines. Also if you haven’t voted yet, please go to the https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/vote-now-best-of-rochester-2017-primary-ballot/Content?oid=4033608 (City Newspaper website) to vote Food About Town for best podcast. It was a thrill to win last year and I would love to be back on the ballot again this year. Thanks! This episode is brought to you by http://phrank.ly (Phrank.ly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Jacob Rakovan, Rachel McKibbens and Luc Thiers from https://www.facebook.com/TheSpiritRoomRochester/ (The Spirit Room) came over to the studio to talk about their grand opening on October 1 and explained how they’ll be integrating poetry, cocktails and local history into the renovated space. Also if you haven’t voted yet, please go to the https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/vote-now-best-of-rochester-2017-primary-ballot/Content?oid=4033608 (City Newspaper website) to vote Food About Town for best podcast. It was a thrill to win last year and I would love to be back on the ballot again this year. Thanks! This episode is brought to you by http://phrank.ly (Phrank.ly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food.  Rachel and Jacob have been hosting a very popular poetry reading called https://www.facebook.com/PoetryPieNight/

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Matt Petrillo from https://www.facebook.com/meatballtruckco/ (The Meatball Truck) and https://www.facebook.com/Antonettas-Restaurant-120833847929851/?fref=ts (Antonetta’s) came over to the studio to talk about the https://nysfair.ny.gov/competitions/food-truck-competition/ (Taste NY food truck competition) at https://nysfair.ny.gov/ (The Great New York State Fair) on September 2-3. It was nice to continue the relationship with the NYS Fair with our second annual podcast with the prior year’s winner and finally get the chance to talk with Matt. This episode is brought to you by http://phrank.ly (Phrank.ly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food.  I’ve been following Matt and The Meatball Truck since before they opened so it was great to sit down for an hour and talk. We talked through Matt’s family background in food a

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Adam Peterson from https://www.facebook.com/NormalSupper/ (Normal Supper & Cocktail) came over to the studio to talk about his boozy milkshake event https://www.facebook.com/events/1827339170915270/ (Not Your Father’s Milkshake Part 2) coming up this Sunday at http://www.noshroc.com/ (Nosh). We also talked through his time working in BBQ, freelance kitchen work around Rochester and what’s coming next. This episode is brought to you by http://phrank.ly (Phrank.ly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food.  It was great to get Adam over since I’ve been following his work from the early Fett Svin days when he was hauling his BBQ trailer around Rochester. He was making some dynamite brisket and I couldn’t get enough of it. I’m excited to see where https://www.facebook.com/NormalSupper/ (Normal Supper & Cockta

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I am bringing you the second part of my interview with Evan Dawson from WXXI. You most likely know him from the show http://wxxinews.org/programs/connections (Connections) that he hosts every day from 12-2pm which tackles food, politics, policy and everything in between. This second episode transitions over from wine into talking about Evan’s career and interviewing in general. This is a change of pace for the Food About Town podcast, but while I had him in the studio I wanted to learn more about how he runs Connections. There aren’t a lot of longer discussions with Evan out there and I am very proud to bring it to all of you. We hit a lot of serious topics and this is one of my favorite talks I’ve done. I’d appreciate it if you could share this out. This really scratched an itch in my head and I hope it does for you too. This episode is brought to you by http://phrank.ly (Phrank.ly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribut

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I am bringing you the first part of my interview with Evan Dawson from WXXI. You most likely know him from the show http://wxxinews.org/programs/connections (Connections) that he hosts every day from 12-2pm which covers topics ranging from local to global with voices from our community and beyond. This first episode covers Finger Lakes wine and Evan's book http://www.evandawsonwrites.com/book/ (Summer in a Glass). This episode is brought to you by http://phrank.ly (Phrank.ly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food.  We start off talking about writing the book, input from his father as an editor and stumble into a discussion about David Rakoff. The first few minutes of this episode struck me as a prime reason why taking the time to have extended conversations with people is worthwhile. That kind of fleshing out of a perso

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I took a brief break from my vacation in the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks to stop in to http://www.paradoxbrewery.com/ (Paradox Brewery) and visit with three of the gentlemen making their fantastic beer happen. This episode is brought to you by http://phrank.ly (Phrank.ly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and speciality goods more transparent and change the way people find their food.  Paradox Brewery is located in Schroon Lake, NY just a few minutes away from the actual Paradox Lake. I’ve been camping at Paradox since I was born so I was thrilled to see a new and expanding business open up in the area. The team at Paradox is already putting out a solid selection of cans of Pilsner, IPAs and bottles of more wild fermented offerings. We went through a couple of their beers on the podcast and also talked about their new Weather series of happy beers done in varying styles and hops. https://itunes.

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I took a trip out to http://www.southhillcider.com/ (South Hill Cider) just south of Ithaca to talk with owner, cidermaker, apple picker, musician and community orchardist Steve Selin. Steve was nice enough to invite us to visit his orchard and record the podcast in his beautiful wood shop located on site. This episode is brought to you by http://phrank.ly (Phrank.ly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and speciality goods more transparent and change the way people find their food.  Terroir is a term widely used in the wine industry and Steve is trying to showcase that philosophy with the ciders he makes. South Hill will be harvesting from their diverse orchard on site for the first time this year. This will showcase the heritage cider style apples and the land they are grown on.  The orchard was designed to be harvested when each apple is optimally ripe and will be turned into the South Hill’s first estate

This is a branded Food About Town podcast produced by Chris Lindstrom and recorded at the Food About Town Studio. This is the second episode of the https://blackbuttondistilling.com/ (Black Button Distilling) Podcast! Owner Jason Barrett came over to the Food About Town Studio to talk about the Manhattan, one of his inspirations on his journey to becoming a distiller. Jason made his https://www.blackbuttondistilling.com/bourbon/ (Four Grain Bourbon) purposefully to shine in the Manhattan, which is his favorite cocktail. His bourbon has gotten better and better over the years and I can’t wait to see how it evolves as more aged bourbons make up the recipe. We tried a couple different versions of the Bourbon Manhattan each featuring a different sweet vermouth. There are very few ingredients in a Manhattan and making sure that the sweet vermouth you use is stored properly and suits your preferred flavor profile is key. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/food-about-town/id665682441 (Subscribe on iTu

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast,  GM https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrocki/ (Chris Grocki) and Wine Director https://www.instagram.com/drewtschappat/ (Drew Tschappat) from the soon to open http://www.farmerscreekside.com/ (Farmer’s Creekside Tavern and Inn) in LeRoy came over to the studio to talk wine, the upcoming opening of Farmer’s and we also did a taste test of a few of Drew’s picks. This episode is brought to you by http://phrank.ly (Phrank.ly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and speciality goods more transparent and change the way people find their food.  The taste test covered a 1990 Riesling from Germany, a more contemporary wine from the country of  Georgia and a sparkling wine (no not champagne) from the Loire region of France. I had a good time doing tasting notes and my wife joined in with her interesting takes. Drew fit in talk about Riesling at every turn and we got into both Chris’ and Drew’s pat

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, https://twitter.com/WillCleveland13 (Will Cleveland) from the http://www.democratandchronicle.com/staff/10042604/will-cleveland/ (D&C) came over to the studio to do our recap of this year’s http://rochesterrealbeer.com/ (Rochester Real Beer Week), our favorites from the awesome http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2017/06/02/2017-rochester-real-beer-expo-taplist/367203001/ (Expo event) and talk through the regional beer scene. Also check out his http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/lifestyle/rocflavors/2017/06/19/canandaigua-young-lion-brewing-comes-roaring-onto-scene/369210001/ (new article about the opening of the new mega craft brewery in Canandaigua, Young Lion). This episode is brought to you by http://phrank.ly (Phrank.ly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and speciality goods more transparent and change the way people find their food.  Very happy to have Will stop by to chat and ma

https://i1.wp.com/www.foodabouttown.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/SavorBanner.jpg () On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I discussed the upcoming https://give.rochesterregional.org/events/calendar/63/savor (Savor!) event with Calista Amering, Executive Director of Rochester Regional Health Foundations. This year’s event featuring Dominique Crenn from San Francisco is sold out but stay tuned for next year’s event so you don’t miss out again. In my Previews and Reviews, segments I discussed my experience at the https://www.gcv.org/experiences/hosmers-inn-dinners/ (Genesee Country Village and Museum Hosmer Dinner), the https://larkinsquare.com/food-truck-tuesdays-2017/ (Larkin Square Tuesday Food Truck) meet-up in Buffalo and a little info on https://thegoodfoodcollective.com/pages/headwater-food-hub (Headwater Food Hub) in Ontario. This episode is brought to you by http://phrank.ly (Phrank.ly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, f

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, people from the http://rochestergreekfestival.org/ (Rochester Greek Festival) came over to the studio to talk about the event going on June 1-4. This episode also include me previewing http://www.farmerscreekside.com/ (Farmer’s Creekside Tavern and Inn) in LeRoy, commenting on some Seneca Lake wineries and talking about http://www.bigditchbrewing.com/ (Big Ditch) brewing’s entry into Rochester. This episode is brought to you by http://phrank.ly (Phrank.ly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and speciality goods more transparent and change the way people find their food.  Definitely make a trip over to visit the Greek Festival this weekend to try out some of their food made by people who really care about making it the right way. Plenty of options for everyone and we talked through some of the main dishes, drinks and activities you can enjoy. Very excited to be trying some different things on the podca

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, regular podcast guest http://twitter.com/cpclemens (Chris Clemens) from http://exploringupstate.com/ (Exploring Upstate) came over to the studio to talk about how we completely and utterly disagree about how to enjoy food. OK, maybe we aren’t that far apart but we still have had so many offline conversations about it so we decided to make it official and record it on the podcast. This episode is brought to you by http://phrank.ly (Phrank.ly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and speciality goods more transparent and change the way people find their food.  Chris started out by flipping the tables on me and interviewing me about how things are going around my life in the food world which was a nice change of pace. We went through coffee, nostalgia and plenty of other diversions along the way. It is always great to have Chris over and we had way too much fun as usual. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/food

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I spent some quality time with Phil Munson from http://www.fisherhillfarm.com/ (Fisher Hill Farm) talking about his life working on the farm. If you haven’t signed up for a CSA yet, you can still do so by visiting Fisher Hill at either the http://www.cityofrochester.gov/publicmarket/ (Rochester Public Market), http://brightonfarmersmarket.org/ (Brighton Market), or the http://www.canandaiguafarmersmarket.com/p/home.html (Canandaigua Market). This episode is brought to you by http://phrank.ly (Phrank.ly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and speciality goods more transparent and change the way people find their food.  We talked for a while about the diversity of the farm, the kinds of foods that bring different crowds, and using all parts of the animal. I’m an unabashed fan of what Phil is doing over at Fisher Hill. I have been buying my chicken, eggs and produce from him for a few years now and I have