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Area photographers share some of their favorite places to photograph couples

BACK TO THE FUTURE One couple travels back in time by living in a 1950s-styled house

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ANNUAL PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS A new category adds to the interesting dynamic of the 11th annual contest

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The turn-of-the-century photographs of Edna Williams brings the area’s history to life

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“One winter day I decided to hike to Taughannock Falls. I wasn't going to take any photos of the falls because there are so many.

When I got there, I saw someone had made the snowman and couldn't resist taking yet one more photo by the falls.” – Mary Grasek Cover: The Pileated Woodpecker is roughly the size of a crow, and is the largest woodpecker in the United States. It inhabits eastern North America, the Great Lakes and parts of Canada and the Pacific coast. Photo by Charles Vaughn

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VOLUNTEERS: giving back Moms manage the home front

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MUSEUMS AND Something fishy

HAPPENINGS: news and events 9

ATTRACTIONS: regional treasures

LIFESTYLE: the art of living – burger special

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Quest for the holy burger 80 years and counting – Orbakers

MADE IN THE FINGER LAKES: area products

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A Finger Lakes winery in winter – part four of a four-part series

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HOME IMPROVEMENT: living the dream

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FOOD: local cuisine

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FRUIT OF THE VINE: wine, spirits and brews A common thread – Silver Thread Vineyards

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PROUD COMMUNITY: cities & villages

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HUMAN INTEREST: stories about real people

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BOOK LOOK: reading reviews

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MY OWN WORDS: thoughts from the editor

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EVO OH! – F. Olivers’ extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar

The tonic of “wildness”

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Finger Lakes Feast – breakfast recipes

Horseheads

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Grab a blanket and a book this winter

OFF THE EASEL: creating art Buy handmade, buy local – holiday gift ideas from the region

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My Own Words A New Celebrating 200 Years The Town of Victor was incorporated on May 26, 1812 and the first Town Board meeting was on April 6, 1813.

Town of Victor Bicentennial Events

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JANUARY 16 • Video Premier – “Victor: Our History, Our Town, Our Memories” – Victor Town Hall, 7pm • Dedication of Bicentennial Quilt, (In Partnership with The Flanders Group and IDI Billing Solutions)

FEBRUARY 23 • Native American & Pioneer Heritage Festival at Ganondagan State Historic Site and Victor Municipal Park

MARCH 20 • Bicentennial Community Concert – Victor High School Auditorium, 7pm, (In Partnership with Five Star Bank)

SEPTEMBER 6 • Wine & Historic Art Walk – Victor Village, 5-9 pm

SEPTEMBER 7 • Prayer Service -Time and Location TBD • Historic Arts, Crafts & Food Festival – 9am-5pm • Grand Finale – Fireman’s Festival, Street Dance, Fireworks – 5-10pm, (All events are part of Hang Around Victor Day)

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his issue showcases one of the producing each and every issue. most popular features of the In keeping with that mission, magazine – the annual phowe’re making some changes to the tography contest. Readers tell design, starting with this issue. You us they enjoy looking at the incredible may notice that we’re using a different and creative photos of the area that we font for the body copy – I think it’s a love. As I noted within the contest little easier to read, and it’s a little pages, this year marks the first time more contemporary. New department we’ll be awarding first, second and third header designs give the magazine a place finishes for a more modern look. new category – “digThe articles conitally altered.” I know tinue to represent a some of you love to good cross-section play with software of the various interand manipulate your ests of our readers. photos. Some are For instance, in this truly works of art. issue you’ll read This doesn’t mean about shopping and that conventional “Middlesex hay bales” – digitally altered dining locally – color and black and Barbara Drake • East Bloomfield something that’s white photos aren’t just as beautiful. becoming more They all have their important to our place in this magareaders’ lifestyles zine. If the beauty of and tastes. And who the region is hasn’t seen a beautienhanced by a ful home on their photo, then I see that travels throughout as a good thing. the region and wonI’m invoking my dered how it looks editor’s choice for inside? We’ll start the contest this year. “Fourth of July at the Finger Lakes races” showcasing dream Even though these color • Cliff Borchet• Alden homes in our home two images didn’t improvement make it through final judging, I think department, as well as using that they have merit and are beautiful and space to educate future homebuilders. interesting shots in their own right.

We’ll continue to highlight Finger Everyone who entered the contest Lakes communities and bring you stobrought beauty to the world. Please ries of the area’s history. And of continue to take those great photos. course, beautiful photography will Who knows, maybe next year your always be a mainstay. photo will grace the magazine’s pages.

I’m very excited to begin the next Eleven years ago, Life in the Finger chapter of publishing excellence.

Lakes magazine was launched. Its mission was to provide a high-quality publication filled with unique features relating to the lifestyle, history and culture of the Finger Lakes Region. It was to feature interesting and creative graphics, illustrations and photography. mark@lifeinthefingerlakes.com That has been the overarching goal for

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I enjoyed your article on moths in the summer 2012 edition. I was so pleased to finally identify the large, beautiful moth that visited our home not too long ago!

It was nice to give a name to the “face.”

reader feedback

Letters

Beware: Poisonous Mushrooms A photo of mushrooms was published in the Fall 2012 issue on page 67. The mushrooms were misidentified as Golden Chanterelle. The photo actually shows Jack-O-Lantern (Omphalotus olearius) mushrooms, which are poisonous and can make a person seriously sick for several days. We apologize for this mistake. There are many websites to find more information about edible and poisonous mushrooms.

Here are a few to check out: americanmushrooms.com or namyco.org.

Jacki McCausland Leicester, New York Polyphemus Moth

I enjoyed the story about the bomber crash on Italy Hill in the fall 2012 issue. I remember going up there to see it with my friends a long time ago!

The photo on page 67 in the fall 2012 issue depicts mushrooms that are Jack-O-Lanterns (Omphalotus olearius), not Golden Chanterelle.

Shirley Foster, Anderson, South Carolina I loved the article about Hammondsport in the Fall 2012 issue. My husband and I spent a weekend there at the Hammondsport Motel and loved it! It was one of the best times we’ve ever had in the Finger Lakes. We loved the quaintness of downtown, the shops, restaurants and the wineries.

The people are so friendly. It definitely gets my vote as “America’s Coolest Small Town.”

This is what Golden Chanterelle mushrooms look like. (Cantharellus cibarius) Photo credit wikipedia.org

Linda Clark Landsdale, Pennsylvania

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EDITORIAL & PRODUCTION EDITOR ..........................................................................Mark Stash mark@lifeinthefingerlakes.com SENIOR GRAPHIC ARTIST ......................Jennifer Srmack GRAPHIC ARTIST ..............................Lindsey Williamson ASSOCIATE EDITOR ..............................................Tina Manzer ASSISTANT EDITORS............................................J. Kevin Fahy ..................................................................................Alyssa LaFaro ..................................................................................Carol C. Stash

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news & events

DECEMBER 1-12…Sweet Creations Gingerbread House Display George Eastman House in Rochester invites young and old to enjoy a feast for the eyes and nose – a display of more than 60 cleverly designed gingerbread houses on view throughout the historic house. The exhibit features clever confections from professional bakers, families and community groups. In addition, the National Historic Landmark house is elaborately decorated for the holidays.

Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. www.eastmanhouse.org 1-16…Yuletide in the Country Journey back through time on the snow-covered streets of the Genesee Country Village and Museum in Mumford. Encounter characters from the past as they celebrate Christmas with festive holiday songs, lively music, seasonal refreshments and dance. You won’t want to miss the lighting of the candledecorated Christmas tree and this year’s gingerbread village. A full Yuletide buffet, featuring festive and hearty 19th-century fare, will be available.

Reservations are required for both the Yuletide tours and buffet.

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Finger Lakes Farmers Support Trees For Troops Trees For Troops, a partnership between the Christmas Spirit Foundation and the Fed Ex Corporation, collects and distributes Christmas Trees to soldiers and military families in the United States and at bases overseas. Fed Ex has delivered over 103,000 trees to those who serve in all branches of the military since 2005.

New York State Christmas tree farmers and especially those in the Finger Lakes area are key participants in this program. Over 800 trees from 100 tree farmers were donated and delivered in 2011 to Fort Drum. “These families are trying to live normal lives here in the US with a spouse serving our country in harm's way. They need our support and we do that by donating trees to help them celebrate Christmas.“ says Mary Ellen Darling, a tree farmer from Clifton Springs who coordinates New York State’s Trees for Troops program with her husband Richard.

In April 2011 Trees for Troops was chosen

by First Lady Michelle Obama and the vice president’s wife, Dr. Jill Biden, as one of 20 finalists in the Joining Forces Community Challenge.

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Happenings in Newark Valley. Santa will be at Village Green from 4 to 5 p.m., and the Depot at 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Come celebrate the holiday season with delicious food, seasonal music, horse and wagon rides, ice sculpting, kid’s activities and many other delightful pastimes, including the annual Gingerbread House Contest. Please go to the website for more information. www.nvhistory.org

Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Friday tours begin at 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday tours begin at 2 p.m. www.gcv.org/Home.aspx 7… Lights on the River Festival Owego will sparkle with new 2012 holiday lighting and great festivities. Christmas lights reflecting on the river, historic buildings lit with candles, children’s choirs, dancers, strolling musicians, a visit with Santa, food, Christmas specials and all the sights and sounds of Christmas. The festivities begin at 6 p.m. in downtown Owego with the lighting of the village capped off by an exciting riverside fireworks show at 8 p.m. The shops are filled to the brim with gift merchandise – come and have dinner with the family, enjoy shopping, plenty of warm free refreshments, cookies, prizes and goodies to get you in the mood for the holidays. Check out over 100 decorated Christmas trees and wreaths. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. www.lightsontheriver.com 7-9…It’s A Wonderful Life Celebration It’s a Wonderful Life Celebration 2012 will be at the Seneca Museum and The Seneca Falls Visitor Center. Held on December 7 through 9 this year.

It is the 66th Anniversary of the movie that was released in Christmas 1946. www.senecamuseum.com 8…Hangar Theatre CabarETC Series Presents Jeremy Webb and Nat Chandler: Back Home for the Holidays Get into the holiday spirit with a special show inspired by their Broadway experiences and warm holiday memories. Performances are at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. The Hangar Theatre is located at 801 Taughannock Blvd., Ithaca. hangartheatre.org 8…Holiday Magic Festival Music, entertainment and activities at the Village Green, the Rollie Noble Room and the Train Depot

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8-9,15-16, 22-23...Dickens Christmas in Skaneateles Visit the beautiful Village of Skaneateles noon to 4 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday. Noon kick-off on the porch of the Sherwood Inn. Strolling Dickens characters perform interactive street theater and Father Christmas greets children noon to 2 p.m. Free roasted chestnuts, free carriage rides, caroling at 2 p.m at the gazebo, live shows and music at the Skaneateles Library and holiday music on the street are all available for your enjoyment. www.skaneateles.com

Happenings 14…Tinsel ‘N Lights Festival A variety of holiday entertainment including Santa, horse and wagon rides, ice sculpting, live reindeer, free food, music and more. Fireworks at 7:15 p.m. Held at Muldoon Park, Waverly. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

16…Holiday Concert The Irondequoit Concert Band will perform wellknown holiday music that both the young and the old will enjoy. Includes a reading of ’Twas the Night Before Christmas. Refreshments following the concert. Eastridge High School auditorium. 3 p.m.

25...Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra: Remmereit and Kellogg 7:30 p.m. $25 general admission, $10 HWS students, children grades 12 and under free. Held at the Smith Opera House in Geneva. www.thesmith.org

15…Biggest Little Office Party Held at Glenora Wine Cellars. $50 per person plus tax and gratuity. Hot spiced cheer, hors d’oeuvres, dinner and dancing. 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. www.glenora.com

19-23...Gala Holiday Pops Concert The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Jeff Tyzik present a spectacular holiday concert, complete with a sing-along and the Festival High School Chorale. Held at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre in Rochester.

27...Cristofe Chabot Concert Cristofe Chabot will perform at Willard Memorial Chapel on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 2 p.m.

This performance will feature the acoustic guitar, vocal and synthesizer stylings of Cristofe Chabot.

This solo performance showcases Cristofe’s renditions of traditional, folk and classical style rock featuring both his original compositions as well as the timed honored covers. Tickets are $10.

Proceeds will benefit the Community Preservation Committee/Willard Memorial Chapel.

15-January 6…Lights on the Lake Celebrating 23 years, Lights on the Lake is a twomile long drive-through light extravaganza featuring life-size displays, themed sections and a memorable grand finale. Please note: lights will be closed to vehicles on December 31 for First Night CNY. Located in Onondaga Lake Park, Liverpool. 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. $12 Friday-Sunday per vehicle; $8 Monday-Thursday per vehicle. www.lightsonthelake.com

JANUARY 3...Trail Tales Listening to stories and exploring nature are two activities that most children enjoy. A naturalist will read stories to children ages 3 to 5, and lead them on a walk to experience what the season has to offer. Held at Beaver Lake Nature Center, Baldwinsville.

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18-20...Pasta & Wine Weekend Sample delicious pasta themed dishes paired with wine at over 30 participating wineries on Seneca Lake. Pick up your gift item at your chosen starting winery to start sampling. Regular tickets purchased in advance are $35 per person. www.senecalakewine.com

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Happenings FEBRUARY 6...The 2012 Art Smart Series – Paige in Full Paige in Full is a visual mix-tape that blends poetry, dance, visual arts and music to tell the tale of a multicultural girl growing up in Baltimore, Maryland.

The production explores how a young woman’s identity is shaped by her ethnicity and popular culture, telling a personal yet universal story through the lens of hip-hop. Held at the Smith Opera House in Geneva. boxoffice@thesmith.org 8-10...Chocolate & Wine Weekend Enjoy a self-guided tour around beautiful Seneca Lake. Pick up your gift item at your chosen starting winery then start sampling chocolates or foods prepared with chocolate, creatively paired with wine. Visit over 30 unique wineries during this 2-1/2 day event. Enjoy the weekend with a loved one. Regular tickets purchased in advance are $35 per person. www.senecalakewine.com

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10...Rochester Polar Plunge 2013 – Charlotte Beach It’s wild, crazy and fun! So grab your friends, neighbors and coworkers and form a team. Raise $60 to take the plunge and receive an official Polar Plunge sweatshirt. Are you too chicken to plunge? Jumping into a freezing lake isn’t for everyone, but the Polar Plunge is. If you register as “Too Chicken” you can still be a part of any Polar Plunge team or you can form a separate “Too Chicken to Plunge” Team. “Chickens” will For more news need to raise a minimum $60 to receive your plunge and events, visit sweatshirt and incentives.

LifeintheFinger Lakes.com. www.polarplungeny.org/CharlotteBeach 23...Native American Winter Games & Sports Learn about and participate in the Native American ways and traditions of celebrating winter. Try a snowshoe walk.

Challenge a friend to a snowsnake throw. Experience the thrill of watching Seneca dogsledding. Hear traditional storytelling in a bark longhouse. Observe firsthand a traditional art demonstration, or view an educational video. Children’s activities will take place inside the visitor center. Held at Ganondagan State Historic Site in Victor. www.ganondagan.org/WinterGames 9-10...Cayuga Lake Wine Trail 11th Annual Mardis Gras Chase away the winter blues by joining us at our Mardi Gras event along the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail. Experience the frivolity as you go from winery to winery receiving specialty Mardi Gras beads and a chance to pick the lucky coin for instant prizes. Plus, participate in a scavenger hunt for a sampler case of fine wines from the trail. At your starting winery, you’ll receive a wine glass. Wine and food pairings and recipe cards are featured at each winery, plus those incredible beads. www.cayugawinetrail.com 26…The Chieftains at the State Theatre of Ithaca Paddy Moloney and The Chieftains celebrate their 50th Anniversary in 2012 with performances around the world and two special tours of the United States, which include stops at Chicago Symphony Hall, Davies Symphony Hall and Carnegie Hall. As part of their special year, The Chieftains are creating a symphony show that is true to their extraordinary respect for Celtic traditional music, while at the same time captures the orchestral sweep of the beauty and sadness of The Emerald Isle. Six-time Grammy Award and one time Oscar winners, the Chieftains will bring the famous dancing Pilatzke Brothers and include your local pipe band in the finale. www.stateofithaca.com

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Volunteers

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Moms Manage theHome Front

by Hannah Kallet t’s easy for us to get caught up in the day-to-day of our busy lives and forget that we are a country at war. Those with loved ones in the military don’t forget, not even for a minute. While the soldiers stand stoic in Afghanistan, their mothers at home fight an emotional battle of their own.

Just ask Bonny Beck of Canandaigua, mother of a daughter and two sons – one was in the Navy, one in the Marines. When she first heard about the Blue Star Mothers in 2005, she joined immediately.

“Having children in harm’s way is very difficult, but meeting and talking with other mothers who are in the same situation is a precious thing,” says Bonny, current vice president of the Blue Star Mothers New York Chapter #1 (“New York Pride of Ontario County”), which meets on the second Saturday of the month at the Bloomfield American Legion. It’s one of more than 200 chapters of Blue Star Mothers scattered across the country.

This nationwide nonprofit organization of moms with children in the military was formed during World War II. Perhaps you’ve seen the banners embroidered with a blue star that they hang from their front doors.

Their objective is to serve and support our veterans, as well as our deployed troops and their families on the home front.

They do so by sending them boxes full of goods and supplies to make their days as normal as possible. Many of the things you and I take for granted – like socks – may be hard-to-come-by commodities for soldiers in the deserts in the Middle East.

For soldiers’ families, the mothers provide support and comfort, and for veterans, the Blue Star Mothers of America help them readjust.

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Year-Round Support Like other groups, the Blue Star Mothers of the Finger Lakes area generate a number of activities and events all year long. But unique to this group is the Blue Star Canteen located on the grounds of the Canandaigua VA Medical Center. The building, an old farmhouse leased to the group at no cost by the federal government, was renovated by volunteers and today provides “refreshments, relaxation and resources” to all active military personnel, veterans and their families.

It’s open each Monday and Friday from 4 to 7 p.m.

During the holidays, the group organizes the “Holidays for Heroes” Project. Darling’s Christmas Tree Farm in Clifton Springs donates live trees that are boxed up and mailed to troops overseas. In addition, the mothers collect donations and gifts for military families in need.

Watch for Blue Star Mothers’ special events, like its tree-lighting and star-hanging ceremony in Kershaw Park, and a Spaghetti Dinner in April. Visit www.blue starmothersny1.org to find more events, and to donate.

Its activities are supported solely by donations from individuals, small businesses and groups like the VFW, the American Legion, the Patriot Guard Riders and others. Cash donations are always welcome, but to contribute things to be sent to troops overseas, visit www.bluestarmothersny1.org/WishList/index.html.

LIGHTS OF LOVE: Those Who Serve are the Stars

The Blue Star Mothers have been decorating Canandaigua’s Christmas tree in the Kershaw Park gazebo for the past eight years. In addition to lights, the tree is adorned with colored stars representing soldiers – blue for those currently serving or who have served, silver for wounded, gold for deceased, and black stars for Prisoners of War and Missing in Action.

They are hung by local veterans and others in the community during a special Lights of Love service the Sunday after Thanksgiving. The tree remains on display for one month.

A star can be hung at no charge, says the website of the Blue Star Mothers. To have your soldier’s star displayed, print and complete the form on the group’s website. Or write to them with the name of your soldier and the branch of service he or she is (or was) in. Mail it along with a non-returnable picture for the center of the star, and indicate what color it should be. “You may ask for your star back, or we will save it and re-hang it again the following year,” says the website. “Some of the stars are from families of soldiers who fought in the War of 1812 and the Civil War. It is very interesting and very moving.”

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hen it was announced last spring that the Finger Lakes Museum had been awarded $2.3 million in New York State economic development grants, a strange thing happened – private donations slowed.

“People were under the impression that the project was suddenly flush with cash,” says museum board president John Adamski.

In fact, contributions are needed now more than ever, he says. Here’s why: Each of the grants from three state agencies comes with a “matching funds” requirement. That means that the museum must raise $1.3 million in private donations in order to access the $2.3 million in state funding.

“Access to state funding is incremental, meaning that we’ll be able to receive nearly $2 for every $1 we raise, as we raise it,” explains Adamski.

Grant funds are being used to redevelop the Branchport Elementary School into a Finger Lakes research and education facility and community center.

You can donate to the Finger Lakes Museum with a credit card by visiting www.fingerlakesmuseum.org.

Look for the “Donation” button at the top right of the page, or mail a check to: The Finger Lakes Museum PO Box 96 Keuka Park, NY 14478

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he architects and exhibit designers of the Finger Lakes Museum have been charged by the board of trustees to create an aquarium. But not just any aquarium.

“Imagine a linear Finger Lakes aquarium experience that will feature babbling brooks, deep lakes, wetlands and a steep gorge and waterfall cascading out of the aquarium and into a touch-tank pool where kids can experience a world of watery creatures,” says board president John Adamski.

A vision for a 150,000-gallon freshwater aquarium to replicate a cross-section of a typical Finger Lake was included in the museum’s original proposal in 2008.

The aquarium would display living examples of fish and other native species of aquatic life, “as well as some of the nonnative and invasive species that have been inadvertently or intentionally introduced into these pristine waters by man.”

Thanks to an acrylic underwater tunnel, visitors could take a virtual walk along the aquarium bottom and experience what it would be like to be surrounded by fish.

Underwater geological features and bottom litter ranging from Native American objects lost for centuries to more recently discarded tires, bottles and snagged fishing tackle could be depicted. A sunken steamboat could represent a tragedy.

A ramped corridor around the aquarium’s perimeter, designed to replicate a Finger Lakes’ landscape, would allow visitors to view different levels of the exhibit from the outside.

Market research indicates that an aquarium like Adamski describes would be the most important component of the museum’s campus in Keuka Lake State Park. He says that compared to other museum exhibits, it would draw more visitors from greater distances.

“But what’s also important is that the aquarium would tell the evolving story of the need to conserve and preserve our clean, freshwater resources,” he adds. “It would inspire stewardship.”

The Finger Lakes Cultural and Natural History Courtesy Finger Lakes Museum Museum, an estimated $40 million project, is dedicated to the education, stewardship and enjoyment of the Finger Lakes Region. This May, design plans were unveiled for the first phase of the museum’s Discovery Campus in Branchport along Keuka Lake. In August, ground was broken. It is projected that the first part of the main campus building will be completed by spring or summer 2014.

Estimates are that the museum will generate between $12 million and $15 million annually for the region as the result of increased tourism.

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Holmes’ Plate 54 burger

Holmes’ Plate 54 in Corning Brendan Holmes and his wife Kim opened Holmes’ Plate 54 in 2007.

Located at 54 West Market Street in the Gaffer District of downtown Corning, the atmosphere is inviting with open air seating in front of the restaurant.

The large front windows slide open during warm weather, creating a great alfresco dining experience.

With 25 different versions of burgers to choose from, I decided to keep all the reviews consistent and go with the traditional hamburger – eight ounces of fresh ground beef grilled to perfection, topped with lettuce and tomato, and served ack in the ’70s, when I was just a kid, my parents would take my brothers and me to a small diner on the edge of town. The Hillcrest Soda Spa – decked out in original booths and stools from the 1950s – features fresh burgers, fries, milkshakes and root beer. Good root beer. The kind you’d spend $10 in gas for just to get a $1.50 draft.

Since those family trips, cheeseburgers have always been one of my favorite foods. Between summertime cookouts, camping with the scouts, birthday parties and holidays, when isn’t there a good time for a cheeseburger? I’m not sure if there is an answer to that question. Heck, I even had a cheeseburger while my wife was in labor with our second child – with her permission of course.

My passion for burgers has spurred my decision to go on a quest, a quest to find the best patties around. Here’s what I discovered on my journey.

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Beefy Guidelines Criteria The burger joint has to be a local, family-owned establishment. No big chain restaurants or fast food restaurants – only small, mom-and-pop restaurants or pubs – and the patties have to be fresh ground burger. No frozen burgers allowed.

Service Good service is an important part of any dining experience. What fun would it be to order and eat a delicious cheeseburger only to have it brought to the table by the Wicked Witch of the West? A fun and friendly wait staff is essential.

Atmosphere Dining out next to a highway of loud, rattling trucks blazing past every second or a room full of rowdy drunks may be fun for some, but this is not on my list of favorites. There is a time and place for everything, just not during a cheeseburger experience.

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Mom’s Savona Diner burger

with chips, a pickle spear and German-style coleslaw.

Even after I upgraded to fresh-cut fries for $1, the whole meal only cost $8.54. The burger was grilled to perfection – juicy and pink in the center. When the juice threatens to stain your shirt, then the burger is done perfectly, and that is exactly what you get here. Make sure to wear a bib!

Well-cooked and served with a freshly baked roll, crisp fries and cold beer – the restaurant offers the largest selection of craft and microbrew beer in the area – Holmes’ Plate 54 takes an ordinary burger and makes it delicious.

Open Monday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. For more information, please call 607-377-5500, e-mail holmesplate@gmail.com or visit www.holmesplate.com.

about 10 pounds of them a day – since 1996.

Take a spin on one of the many stools at the counter to watch her cook the burgers right in front of you, or choose a cozy spot in the back dining room. Whichever you choose, the food won’t disappoint.

For $3.95, burgers come dressed with tomato, lettuce, mayo, a pile of chips and a pickle spear. The old-fashioned taste of a burger cooked on a hot griddle is hard to beat. Again, I opted to add fresh cut fries for an additional $1.50. You can’t go wrong with this combo – your doctor may disagree, however.

The burgers here are so good, that I’m tempted to order a second just as I finish the last juicy bite of the one in my hands. My waistline was happy I didn’t.

Make it a point to stop in Savona and enjoy a flashback dining experience at Mom’s. And don’t forget to follow that burger up with some dessert – try their giant pies!

Open Sunday to Saturday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. For more information, please call 607-583-7830.

Mom’s Savona Diner in Savona Located at 82 Main St. in the small town of Savona, Mom’s Savona Diner has been serving great food since the early 1900s. Near Waneta, Lamoka and Keuka lakes, this is a popular stop for fishermen coming home from mornings spent on the water.

The ding of the bell rings upon entering, and the friendly staff is quick to say hello.

Customers dining give out a smile – everyone seems to know everyone at Mom’s. Owner Diane Friscoe touts her mother’s recipes and experience in the diner business as one of the keys to their happy customers. She has been cooking up delicious burgers –

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The Stone Cat Café in Hector Nestled along the picturesque hillside of Seneca Lake at 5315 Route 414 in Hector, the Stone Cat Café, owned

by Scott and Jessica Giles Singnori, is unlike any other dining experience around. They specialize in organic, locally grown produce and meats.

Everything about the Stone Cat is special – the décor, the wait staff, the view and the flavors all create a wonderful burger-chomping atmosphere.

My wife and I took the short drive from Corning to experience one of Stone Cats’ New York State Grass Fed Burgers. The weather was ideal, so we decided to perch on the patio overlooking Seneca Lake. In keeping with

The burger is topped with a selection of local ‘Flower Power’ mixed greens from Trumansburg, cheddar cheese made in Cuba, New York, and housemade roasted garlic mayo, all on a sesame seed bun.

The pickle spear is from Cortland Produce, and the hand-cut fries are from locally grown organic potatoes.

the uniqueness of all their menu items, the patties here are made from hormone-free and antibiotic-free locally raised beef. The burger is topped with a selection of local “Flower Power” mixed greens from Trumansburg, cheddar cheese made in Cuba, New York, house-made roasted garlic mayo, all on a sesame seed bun. The pickle spear is from Cortland Produce, and the hand-cut fries are from locally grown organic potatoes.

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80 Years and Counting photos and story by Rich Finzer iewed through the lens of history, 1932 was a bellwether year. Ford unveiled the V-8 engine to the motoring public, Elizabeth Taylor was born, the Yanks whipped the Cubs to win the Series and some guy named Roosevelt was elected president. But more importantly, Orbaker’s restaurant opened for business. And while the poor Cubs are still struggling to win another October Classic, I’m happy to report that Orbaker’s is still in business at the same location where it started – on Route 104, just east of Williamson.

Orbaker’s sells burgers, hot dogs, incredibly tasty fries and made-from-scratch milkshakes just like they have every day for the last 80 years. You see, back in 1932, decades before Ray Croc began his systematic assault on America’s taste buds, if you wanted a burger, you ordered one at the diner, the lunch counter of the Five & Dime or you found sustenance at a roadside eatery like Orbaker’s. Orbaker’s doesn’t sell fast food. They sell really good food, the kind our parents and grandparents ate while growing up. I can only imagine how many millions of burgers the place has turned out over the last eight decades.

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Orbaker’s serves a variety of classic burgers with all the

traditional toppings. Or, you can get a double, or if you’re really hungry, the “Glutton Burger.” If you can eat one of those beasts, you’ll be packed to the rafters. But no worries, you don’t go to Orbaker’s expecting to leave any other way.

The Glutton Burger features two beef patties, bacon, Swiss cheese, ham, lettuce, pickles, onion slices, tomatoes and hot sauce. I swear, the thing has to weigh a ton! But unlike Orbaker’s other burger selections, it’s served on a hard roll instead of a steamed bun. Preparation takes a bit more time, but it’s worth the wait. Orbaker’s cooks its 100-percent ground round burgers to order. They don’t cook them in advance. When your eats arrive, you can devour them at the counter or in the adjacent dining room.

Shake it up If you order a shake, your server prepares it right in front of you, with real milk, real ice cream, natural flavors and honest-to-goodness malt syrup. A milkshake from Orbaker’s is the genuine article, just like the classic Hamilton Beach mixer that churns all that good stuff together. Their milkshakes are thick, creamy and packed with flavor – real malt shop style milkshakes.

My favorite is the “all black” variety. It’s a sugar-laden amalgam of chocolate ice cream, chocolate syrup, chocolate

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Calorie count – about 200,000. But who cares? I tend to view the cuisine at Orbaker’s as bona fide health food, because whenever I finish my meal, I feel fantastic!

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Now let’s face the facts. As a foodstuff, French fries are not particularly nutritious – basically, they’re just deep-fried starch. But if you’re going to eat an order of fries anyway, why not snarf down some that are tawny brown, just a bit crunchy and cooked in classic frying oil? If you order fries, that’s exactly what you’re going to get, because Orbaker’s doesn’t care about trans-fat, or calories, or cholesterol or nuthin’! What they do care about is how delicious the food tastes. And judging by the number of cars you’ll find in the parking lot, so do their customers.

The fries are available in two distinct configurations: the traditional crinkle cut or the crisscross style. Both are delicious, especially when topped with a generous slathering of ketchup and some salt. I don’t know which kind I like best, so my wife and I usually get an order of both. Things used to get a bit testy when we got down to the last crisscross fry, sometimes we’d arm wrestle for it. We finally wised up in that department. Now, we just get a third order. It keeps peace in the family.

Red or white?

But where are my manners? You say you’re not a burger aficionado?

Well don’t despair, because Orbaker’s sells hot dogs, too. And not just any brand of hot dogs either. They sell Zweigle’s, which are made a few miles west in Rochester. For the record, Zweigle’s has been cranking out hot dogs since 1880, and they’ve earned the reputation for producing some of the nation’s finest, both red and white.

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If you’re making your initial visit, reading the menu board might be a bit confusing, especially if you’re not a Finger Lakes native. So here’s a hot dog primer for you. A “Texas� hot is a red hot dog, and a “porker� is a white one. I grew up in Rochester and still haven’t figured out why red hots are referred to as “Texas.� I’ve eaten hot dogs while visiting Texas, and believe me, they don’t taste anything like Zweigle’s. A white hot dog is actually a lightly spiced variety of bratwurst. I like both, and often treat myself to one of

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Getting There From Rochester: Route 104E. After you cross the intersection with Route 21, Orbaker’s will be 3 miles ahead on your left. Total driving distance: about 32 miles.

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From Syracuse or points east: Route 104W. As you near the Village of Williamson, Orbaker’s will be on the righthand side of the road. From the intersection of routes 370W and 104W, driving distance is approximately 25 miles.

New York State Thruway: Exit at Manchester/ Shortsville/Palmyra (Exit 43).

North on Route 21 to Williamson, then right onto Route 104E. Orbaker’s will be 3 miles ahead on your left. Total driving distance: about 23 miles.

each when I visit. I’m especially fond of the way they’re prepared. They’re served “butterfly� style, meaning that they’ve been split down the middle and grilled on the inside, too.

Any way you slice it, Orbaker’s is a feast for both the nose and the palate.

And here’s a thought: if it’s a sunny afternoon, dine alfresco in the shady picnic area. “Alfresco� means outside (I always thought it meant naked).

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A Finger Lakes Winery in Winter

excerpted from Seasons of a Finger Lakes Winery,

by John C. Hartsock, published in 2011 by Cornell University Press

Part four of a four-part series

hrough the swirl of snow you could just make out in the distance the rows of leafless grapevines stitching across the hillside.

Nearby, a snow devil twisted in a churning cloud amid whiteouts blanketing the neighboring farm field. Still farther, the dark outline of Cayuga Lake was a shadow lost in the snowstorm sweeping out of Canada.

Hardly a promising day for making wine, I thought.

Inside Long Point Winery the only evidence of the snowstorm was the distant muffled snap of the “Open” flag outside, beckoning futilely in the wind.

One thing was clear: Gary would have few customers for wine tastings today.

Gary Barletta was oblivious to the storm as he leaned over and the fluorescent light flashed across his balding head before he poked it between rows of oak barrels reflecting a tawny color in the light. He wrapped his hand around a large bung – a cork-like plug – in a bottom barrel, twisted, and withdrew it.

The owner of – and more important the winemaker at – Long Point put his nose up to the wine in the barrel and drew in deeply, slowly, his gray luminescent eyes intently focused.

“I like the way this is coming along,” he said.

He took a wine thief – a suction dropper – and inserted it into the bunghole, withdrawing a small quantity of Chardonnay. He filled first one wine glass and then another a quarter full, holding both by the stems between the fingers of his curled fist. The aging wine reflected a pale, transparent gold.

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He extended his hand to me and offered a glass.

It was harsh in the nose.

“It’s still young,” he said, reading my mind.

He paused as he continued to draw in the nose. “It could be more complex.” He paused again. “It needs more oak.” Staring into the distance, he thought about it. “But it’s coming along. I like it better than last year’s.”

And that surprised me given how much he had sung the praises of the previous year’s Chardonnay, as if it were a father’s cherished firstborn.

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could detect how this raw new wine would age slowly into something more illuminating.

Gary picked up a stainless steel stirring paddle, a right-angled handle with a small paddle at the end of it. He inserted it in the bunghole, and slowly, quietly began to row back and forth, back and forth.

The paddle stirred up the lees – the sediment – to impart flavor. The lees had settled in the barrel since Gary last stirred two weeks ago. He continued silently paddling the Chardonnay, pushing and pulling against the volume of wine resisting the paddle blade in the 60-gallon barrel. You could hear a cricket, a refugee from the storm, saw his fiddle, it was so quiet in the winery.

On a winter’s day that’s how you can often find Gary. Testing. Teasing.

Hoping.

o a non-wine drinker there might appear to be something slightly illicit in wanting to start your own winery. After all, it doesn’t contribute to the basic necessities of life such as clothing, shelter, the greater public weal. When you think about it, starting a winery appears to be downright self-indulgent. Which may explain why Gary’s wife, Rosemary, likes to say, sometimes with a hint of embarrassment, that the winery was Gary’s idea. “I’m doing it to humor him.�

But that’s not entirely true. Because while Rosie is the kind of person who doesn’t let on at first, she is as passionately committed to the winery as Gary.

For example, when I told her one day that the Robert Mondavi Winery in California had been sold to the largest wine company in the world, she said, “I wouldn’t sell. No matter what they offered me.�

Not that Constellation Brands, which bought Mondavi in 2004, would take note of a little mom-and-pop operation like the Barletta’s. But to Rosie it was the principle of the thing. They had worked too hard to get to the point where they are now: They had built a winery. Their winery.

Then there is the matter of palate.

Ask Gary. Because in many ways, Rosie’s palate is just as refined as Gary’s when it comes to tasting wine. She will tell him when she thinks the wine is not good. “And you know, she’s usually right,� he admits.

Once again, to her it’s the principle of the thing: “We are not going to sell bad wine.� At least not knowingly, because there are times when wine can take on a life of its own, times when it can turn unpalatable, even into a monster, defying the best efforts of the winemaker.

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This was the view from the Cayuga Lake State Park Chalet overlooking the beach. — Neil Sjoblom

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Photographers have a reputation for holding up the show. Hiking the glen can take all day, not to mention the risk of getting the gown dirty, or worse, slipping and tumbling into the gorge. The thought crossed my mind that this could wind as up one of those weddings that goes viral on YouTube. But the bride and groom assured me that they were avid mountain climbers and could handle it. I wasn't so sure about myself though! I had equipment to carry and a tight schedule to keep.

I mentioned my plight to my friend Dan Belliveau, one of our region's best ambassadors and most knowledgeable tour guides, and he assured me that it would be manageable. So right after the ceremony, the bride and groom and I piled into my little Audi and drove over to the glen. We parked at the main entrance, walked to the gate, climbed 60 steps, and ... “there’s your picture!" Dan’s advice was spot on. We got our pictures in a most spectacular setting in matter of minutes and returned to the reception with time to spare before the party started.

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“We need the tonic of wildness ... At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.”

Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods

he 4,000-square-foot post-andbeam home of the Prokupets family in Mendon captures nature both inside and out. Built on 100 rural acres, the home’s many-windowed walls, balconies and screened-in porches provide barely-there boundaries between creature comforts inside and the wild outdoors.

Dan and Beth Prokupets, avid environmentalists, started planning their house four years ago with Ty Allen, designer at New Energy Works Timberframers in Farmington.

“We had a high-level vision, and we all worked carefully to plan right down to the small details,” explains Beth. Dan, Beth and their three children moved into their completed home last year.

From the start, the goal was to use natural, local materials as much as possible, and to harvest them using eco-conscious and sustainable methods. Dan, a professional forester with Scotsville-based WoodWise Land Company and Genesee Valley Timber and Stone, meticulously selected wood and stone from his forest and quarry. Other raw materials, such as the white oak for the porch posts, came right from the Mendon property.

White pine was used for the frame, and the floors are hickory. The front door, beds, vanities, counters and more, were handcrafted by NEWwoodworks, of Shortsville, mostly of walnut and butternut. The mantle of the 12-foot fieldstone fireplace was made from the same walnut tree used for some of the counters.

The garage, along with a newly built recreational barn, is sided with reclaimed antique barn wood sourced by New Energy Works’ sister company Pioneer Millworks.

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“From the white pine timbers to the beehive light fixtures, each element of the home reflects inspiration from nature,” explains Ty Allen of New Energy Works Timberframers.

The home has texture and character in the design.

The mix of natural materials and the high efficiency mechanicals celebrates intense craftsmanship from the ground up.

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The barn features a second-floor basketball court, a balcony and a catwalk cigar room.

Throughout the home, an earthy palette of colors and the combination of wood and stone creates harmony with the natural surroundings. “The Sheldon Slate countertops in my kitchen are just beautiful,” says Beth.

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An open plan on the first floor keeps the kitchen, dining areas and great room connected, yet spatially defined, points out Ty Allen. Also on the first floor is a guest bedroom and bath, along with a pantry, wine room and mudroom. Each of the four bedrooms upstairs is accompanied by a full bath.

The home is heated and cooled

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Against its backdrop of greenery and forest, the house offers beautiful views inside and out. “My favorite place, when I have some quiet time, is our covered porch in the back of the house,” Beth told me this fall. “It’s a great place to sit and watch the birds.”

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One couple travels back in time by living in a 1950s-styled house or a North Cohocton (Steuben County) couple, finding their dream home meant the additional thrill of refurbishing it entirely with vintage 1950s artifacts.

Cynthia and Bob Oswald bought a traditional, one-story ranch built in the 1950s, and spent weekends scouring Rochester in pursuit of period furnishings. You see, when they sold their Victorian home in Greece, out went the contents that did not fit in with the mid-century decor. The Oswalds came almost empty-handed to Cohocton, with only their personal possessions and collections.

“We had to re-buy everything to live here,” chuckles Bob, a retired Kodak employee and professional photographer. He spent years in the antique business in Rochester, and was familiar with the process of acquiring items. All told, it took about five years to completely decorate the interior. Regardless, Cindi and Bob say that they had loads of fun in the process.

The Oswalds poured over old magazines like Better Homes and Gardens to connect the items that they picked up with the cultural and societal changes of the time period. “Walk inside our house, and we are living the story of the era,” says Cindi, PR director of Noyes Health and director of the Noyes Foundation, as well as the past president of the Livingston County Chamber of Commerce.

More to it than poodle skirts and Elvis Get ready to rock and roll down memory lane when you visit the Oswalds. Recessed fluorescent lighting, blond wood furniture and heavy, gaudy drapes are the hallmarks of an open floor plan interior of a 1950s ranch home. Asymmetrical rather than matched arrangements was a new concept. In the Oswald living room, for example, one side of the fireplace has a built-in bookshelf, and the other shows off the brick. World War II was over, and America was settling into a decade of growth and prosperity. Families began taking vacations in their wood-paneled station wagon, and their souvenir collections were displayed throughout the home.

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Cynthia and Bob Oswald in their 1950s ranch home in North Cohocton.

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back to the future were cheap to produce, durable and stain- and heat-resistant – as soon as they could afford better. Convenience became the hallmark with TV dinners, frozen orange juice and boxed pie crust,” explains Bob. The housewife took all the measures that she could afford to leave her apron behind in the kitchen, once considered the central room in the home. This characteristic is noticeable

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when you enter the Oswald’s compact galley kitchen, featuring a chrome corner booth.

Families began entertaining in a much more casual manner in the ’50s – they’d lounge in the spacious living room, or outdoors on the patio near the grill. Cocktail parties replaced sit-down meals in the dining room. The hostess served hors d’oeuvres on lazy Susan rotating trays accompanied by martinis.

Teenagers as an age group became recognized, and chips with hot dogs around the TV in the family room became the new norm.

A refrigerator displaced the icebox, and when the hostess brought out the jello mold, partygoers knew she owned a modern appliance. It was a matter of social prestige. A telephone in the kitchen alcove on the counter and a second phone in the bedroom hallway on a corner table was a further indicator that the family was upwardly mobile on the social ladder.

A drive down memory lane While approaching the Oswald’s blue house along a street where neighborhood houses are decorated for Christmas, there are no outside holiday lights. That tradition came later as the Baby Boomers grew up.

Inside, however, a paper-mache Christmas village scene is displayed on the coffee table along with old black and white photo greeting cards slotted onto a tree-shaped cardholder. The artificial silver Christmas tree revolves while playing “Silent Night.” The Oswalds explain that they change interior decorations for each season.

“People were fascinated with plastic,” remarks Cindi. Plastic became a staple because of Tupperware and ice cube trays – even the tiles in the bathroom were plastic. Lucite jewelry was desirable, and collected by women and their daughters.

According to Cindi, there was a new emphasis on household sanitation in the ’50s. Owners had baseboard heating installed for clean and efficient circulation. A dishwasher was not only a timesaving addition to the kitchen, but it advanced germ control, as well.

Picture June Cleaver from the TV series “Leave it to Beaver” vacuuming in her dress and high heels, and you will understand that the housewife’s ability to conquer cleanliness was eased with the latest appliances.

“My son and I found great pleasure in retrieving lamps with fiberglass shades from curbsides while watching the owners look at us with amazement from behind their living room curtains,”

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distributor in nearby Hornell. Chenille bedspreads in light tones and little lamps on the end tables complete the rooms simply. An eclectic selection of art from Oriental prints to American landscapes hangs on the walls.

The real 1950s When the Oswalds moved 13 years ago, one of the requirements was to find an old house that had never been

renovated. They wanted to live in the country, and had their hearts set on finding a Victorian home. They looked, but to no avail. Then, a turn of events happened that the Oswalds admit was remarkable.

Cindi glanced at the top listing on the piles of home possibilities on their real estate agent’s desk. “The house was listed as a ranch of the period, and I knew,” says Cindi, convinced that she had found her new home. Even more interesting was that its location was on the same street in North Cohocton where Cindi’s grandmother lived. “I had been fascinated by that house when I drove by it as a child,” she adds.

“Generations of my family have lived near here, including my mother.”

The original owner, Romeo Babbin, had an architect design the blue streamlined home on University Avenue in 1949-50 for his second wife, Kathryn. It stood out from the older two-story homes. This plan was a popular one in suburban areas, but completely new in a rural town. Older residents of the community have told Cindi and Bob that there was much curiosity about the new home at the time, and an invitation to a party there was cherished.

The ranch home had unique features for its day, such as radiant hot water heat and the first Anderson Thermal Pane sliding picture windows.

The original blueprints, which included detailed, penciled-in locations for furniture and flooring, were left behind by the original owner. The house is angled on the property in a way that allows the sun to be seen all day long from the picture window.

Achieving a retro sense of what life is all about is worthwhile for Cindi and Bob. In 1958 Rocky Nelson, son of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson – the epitome of the ‘50s – crooned “I’ve Got a Feeling,” in affirmation.

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The Eleventh Annual

Life in the Finger Lakes

Photography Contest

ince the beginning of this contest in 2002, I have noticed an overwhelming change from film to digital photography. There are many advantages to shooting digital, and among them is the fact that the photographer can take a greater number of shots without spending any more money getting them developed. I believe that more people now use cameras then ever before. They’re everywhere – from professional digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras to point-and-shoot cameras that can fit into a shirt pocket. The emergence of decent sensors, lenses and storage space on phones has really made the act of taking pictures accessible.

This year, prizes are being awarded to “digitally altered” photos along with color and black and white photos. Digitally altered implies that images have had excessive software techniques and filters applied to enhance them.

It’s understandable that photos are touched up a bit to match the true colors of the subject, or the brightness, contrast and exposure have been tweaked to match the original subject being photographed. These kinds of images still fall under the standard color and black and white categories.

I commend readers for taking their camera in hand and photographing what interests them. And it’s not limited to landscape images. Any kind of subjects that are intriguing and say “this means something to me” are great to photograph. I look forward to seeing what you can do for next year.

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Grand Prize “Flowers thrive where ties die. This is the old dual-gauge railroad trestle over the Keuka Lake outlet near Penn Yan’s Birkett Mills.”

Llewellyn Lafford • Penn Yan

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First Place “Sunrise on Seneca Lake, view from Torrey” Daniel Schlegel • Webster

Second Place “Auroras over Hemlock Lake” Tom Pruzenski • Hemlock

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Second Place “Cornfield in Cohocton” Rick Mearns • Rochester

Third Place “Boats in morning fog” Dennis Money • Canandaigua

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First Place “Wildflowers blossom above Otisco Lake at sunrise” High Dynamic Range (HDR) image Mark Pellegrino • New York City

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Second Place “Stewart Park in Ithaca” Infrared camera used. Values of red and blue changed in channel mixer, manipulation of color balance and saturation Dwight Meyers • Groton

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honorable mention

“Maple keys in Pittsford” – color Mandy Applin Pittsford “Mendon sunflower field” – color Ed Welch • Churchville

“Hay trailers at Wagner Vineyards” – black & white Jeff Chodack • New Milford, Connecticut

“Midnight moonlight, Conesus Lake” – black & white Robert J. Bilsky Rochester

“Summer sunset” – digitally altered Bridget Aleo Rochester

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Food

The Buckwheat Stops Here

local cuisine

Finger Lakes

Feast

Local Food Recipes

excerpted from Finger Lakes Feast, by Kate Harvey and Karl Zinsmeister, with photos by Noah Zinsmeister, published in 2012 by McBooks Press

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Penn Yan is a handsome little Finger Lakes town that reigns as the buckwheat capital of America. Thanks to leaky farm trucks hauling in buckwheat seeds to be processed at the Birkett Mills right on Main Street (in continuous operation since 1797), the leafy green plant topped by sprays of white flowers now grows wild in ditches and pastures all across the area. One nice fringe benefit of the local buckwheat specialty: it is a superb source of nectar for honeybees, causing nearby hives to fill with a strong, dark sweetness.

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Buckwheat Crepes These authentic Breton-style crepes are delicate and yummy, and very easy to make. They can take on any personality, from savory to sweet, depending on what you fill them with.

1¼ cups buckwheat flour ¼ teaspoon salt 3 eggs

½ stick butter, melted 1 cup milk 1 cup water

Combine flour and salt in a large bowl. Whisk in eggs, melted butter, milk, and water. Batter will be very runny, much more so than pancake batter.

Heat an 8- or 10-inch nonstick skillet to medium-high. Apply a light coating of butter, and ladle or pour about a quarter cup of batter into hot pan. Pour in an expanding circular pattern, then tilt pan to spread batter even more, so crepe is as thin as possible.

Don’t worry, once browned they don’t tear easily. If pan is too hot or too cool and batter doesn’t start cooking immediately without burning, adjust heat accordingly.

After about a minute, use a non-stick spatula to loosen all around the rim of the crepe, then flip, using spatula and/or fingers.

It may take one or two sacrificial crepes, but you’ll get a rhythm. As the second side lightly browns (usually about another minute), slide crepe onto a plate.

Either serve immediately, rolled up around your favorite filling, or stack them, with waxed paper or plastic wrap between each, for heating and serving later.

Crepes can be filled with fresh fruits or preserves, cheese and ham, eggs and spinach, Nutella, honey and yogurt, ice cream, whatever you like. The Blackman fruit butters and Once Again nut butters (see following pages) make superb crepe fillings; you might want to top with a dollop of whipped cream.

Crepes that have cooled, or been frozen for later use, can be heated on a cookie sheet in a 375-degree oven, either before or after rolling them around their filling.

Makes about 12 crepes.

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This recipe is reminiscent of a banana bread or an apple bread, but the flavor is distinct and pleasing, and the texture is especially nice. The riper and more flavorful the pears, the better the loaf – so try to buy local fruit and wait for it to fully ripen before firing up your oven.

1 stick butter, softened 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups flour

Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and butter and flour a loaf pan.

With an electric beater, beat together the butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla until creamy. In a separate bowl, blend together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and nutmeg. Stir these dry ingredients into the butter mixture, then stir in buttermilk or yogurt, and finally the chopped pears.

Pour batter into pan and bake for 1 hour. Cool. Try serving with cold cream cheese.

Makes 1 medium-size loaf.

Adapted from a recipe by Blackman Homestead Farm in Lockport, New York

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to the Americas by European settlers.

Its short ten-week growing season, fondness for infertile soil, and preference for cool temperatures made it valuable to northern pioneers living on land newly scratched out of primeval forest.

Finger Lakes Feast is available at many bookstores, gift shops and wineries in the Finger Lakes Region. It is also sold by online booksellers. It can be ordered by phone from the Independent Publishers Group (800-888-4741) or at the McBooks Press website (www.mcbooks.com).

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Renaissance Woman

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Airplanes were one of Edna Williams’ loves. Whether at an airport or barnstorming, she was always ready to run after them for a shot or two.

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Haven help bring the area’s history to life.

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Young cousins George Green, Mary Williams and Harley Williams among the rowboats at Sterling Creek.

Edna Williams had a dry sense of humor. Here she is on the right holding the rifle, while her sister-in-law, Clara Stone Williams, holds the stringer of fish, perhaps pike.

A young trapper and his dog sit beside his spring collection of skinned rabbits and muskrats on stretchers. Fur pelts were an important business back then. Notice the long oars to the left of his skins and the double barrel shotgun near his long-legged boots.

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A horse and buggy drives west on Route 104 up Wilde Hill. While one lane was probably shoveled, it was sometimes dynamited. How did you back up a horse and wagon?

ne of the four children of William and Ida Williams, Edna graduated from high school and went on to Oswego to become a teacher, following in the footsteps of her aunt, Eva Green. Edna taught for a year before giving it up. While most women of her era were marrying and settling down, Edna had other plans.

She worked for a number of years as a secretary at the Sterling Center Cheese Works, but Edna preferred being outside. By horse drawn buggy, bicycle and later by car, she traipsed through the countryside taking pictures with her big box cameras, switching to smaller ones later. One of her earliest cameras, a Grundlack Corona VII 4- by 5-inch, is on display at the Sterling Museum.

As her reputation as a photographer grew, people in the community would call on her to take photos of them with their prized possessions – a fine workhorse perhaps, or a prize-winning milking cow. A new-fangled automobile.

Her pictures captured farmers working their fields, children at play and the sailing vessels delivering and picking up from the Fair Haven Railroad lines.

Coal shipping, fruit-farm shipping, and

Photographing children surrounded by nature was a passion of Edna’s, especially if the subject was her illegitimate son, George Green, who was adopted and raised as her nephew. The three plant-gathering cousins are Ruben and Harley Williams and George.

June MacArthur is Edna’s granddaughter.

Growing up, she knew her grandmother and later inherited many of Edna’s original photographs. She extends special thanks to her husband Phil MacArthur for his many hours spent converting the glass and celluloid negatives into the digital images reproduced here.

ice block refrigeration may be things of the past, but thanks to Edna Williams’ photography, we can enjoy having a look at them today. Her photos are loaded with historic perspective and human interest, thanks to her strong

Fair Haven Beach State Park was created May 14, 1927. It became a very well attended park.

The sepia tone photo shows the cars parked right up to the channel that ran from the Sterling Creek out into the lake.

sense of composition. She seldom grouped people together for a posed photo, instead preferring to catch children at play and adults relaxing, often in the natural beauty of the countryside.

Many of her photos of the Fair Haven Beach State Park and the boating activity around the channel, bay and Lake Ontario were made into postcards.

Some were even sent off to Germany to be painted. Proceeds from the sale of those cards helped supplement her income. Edna occasionally won photo contests run by the Syracuse newspapers, the prize being $10 for each photo used in the Sunday editions.

Unfortunately, her family had little regard for the photos she took. Her nephew George Green (revealed to be her son after her death) remembers that he and his cousins used her glass negatives many times for target practice.

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Ladies and men relax in rowboats in Sterling Creek. I can’t imagine they were fishing in those white shirts and dressy hats.

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Fruit of the Vine

What’s in a name? wine, spirits and brews

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From one hand to another, a passion for winemaking keeps Silver Thread Vineyards in business

by Jason Feulner

lthough numerous wineries are located in the Finger Lakes region, most of them are relatively new – at least by the standards of the international wine business. The Finger Lakes wine region expanded in several small waves throughout the 1980s and ’90s, with perhaps the largest period of growth after 2002. While some wellknown wineries, like Dr. Frank’s and Wiemer, have been around a long time, many other popular wineries have been in business for less than 20 years, and even among that group, most only hit full production in the last few years.

The history of wine in the Finger Lakes is indeed a long one, but pioneers such as Guy DeVaux, Charles Fournier and Dr. Frank experimented with vinifera grapes and winemaking in a much smaller environment, trying to jumpstart the craft when large commercial production ceased after Prohibition. The Finger Lakes wine scene, as we know it, has long roots but is still actively sprouting. Wineries under their first owner are only now giving way to family descendants

or buyers – a process that will further define the emerging region. The recent transfer of ownership at Silver Thread Vineyard, located on the eastern shore of Seneca Lake in Lodi, is a perfect example of the evolution of a Finger Lakes winery, from its founder to a new generation of owners eager to refine the business.

Different styles Richard Figiel planted his first vines in the early 1980s and founded the Silver Thread label in 1991. From the start, Figiel committed himself to organic practices and was wellknown for his instinctual approach to viticulture and winemaking. As a technically-trained winemaker, Paul Brock appreciates Figiel’s commitment to his views, but seeks to refine the methods formerly used at Sliver Thread. “We believe in sustainable practices,” says Paul, “but we cannot stay totally organic.”

When the Brocks took over Silver Thread, the vineyard struggled to yield 1-1/2 tons per acre – that’s just under half

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When they purchased Silver Thread, Shannon and Paul never considered changing the name of the winery. “In the 1990s, the winery received a lot of great press,” admits Shannon. “It’s always been dedicated to vinifera. And we heard from a lot of people that they liked the turtle,” referring to the Iroquois symbol that adorns the winery’s labels.

Instead of scrapping the name or label image, the Brocks simply enhanced the design and doubled down on Silver Thread’s long-term reputation.

They view their acquisition of Silver Thread as an opportunity to build upon past success.

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Paul applauds Figiel’s early emphasis on vinifera, or European-style wines. “He planted Riesling and Chardonnay vines that he grafted himself,” says Paul. “Not a lot of people were doing that in the 1980s.” The Silver Thread vineyard is made up of vinifera vines that are 30, 18 and 7 years old, which attracted Paul to the site. “We

want to make dry-style, vinifera-based wines,” he explains, “and this winery has been doing that since it was founded.”

Although Figiel found his stride in the 1990s, he did not grow the production levels significantly, and the facility lacks some important elements such as a press deck. Paul is investing in new equipment to bring the production level up from 1,500 cases to 3,000 cases within the next few years. While Paul stresses the need for the winery to “pay for itself,” he is adamant that the entire operation

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The Brocks Paul and Shannon Brock always dreamed of owning their own winery, but they knew enough about the wine business to realize how difficult ownership can be. Paul has a graduate degree in Enology and Viticulture from Cornell, and cut his teeth making wine at Ravines, Keuka Lake Vineyards and Whitehaven Wine Co. in New Zealand before becoming head winemaker at Lamoreaux Landing (he also currently serves as an instructor at Finger Lakes Community College in the Viticulture and Wine Technology program). Shannon served as a wine coordinator and educator at the New York Wine and Culinary Center.

“We knew how much money was involved in starting a new winery,” recalls Shannon. “We wanted to be really competitive in a short amount of time, but it takes time to get a new winery started.”

When the Brocks saw an article in Rochester’s Democrat and Chronicle about Silver Thread Vineyard and its owner Richard Figiel contemplating retirement, they saw a chance to acquire a winery and vineyard with the potential to produce wines right away under a known label. “The size was attractive,” says Shannon. At seven acres of vines and about 1,000 cases annual production, Silver Thread under Figiel was a small boutique winery with the potential to grow.

Despite the Brocks’ immediate interest in the winery, it took nearly two years to sign the purchase agreement as Figiel considered several options before relinquishing his role. The Brocks took over the winery in early September 2011 with just a few weeks to organize the production facility for the coming harvest. “When we took over during harvest, I had to bottle the 2010 wine in the cellar just to make room for the 2011 wines,” explains Paul. During that hectic initial period, Paul spent many nights sleeping at the winery on an air mattress.

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Fruit of the Vine stays small. “I like winemaking, but if we get too big I cannot do all of the winemaking myself. I don’t want our quality to suffer.”

The wine and the future With a small lineup in the tasting room, the Brocks intend to keep the focus on just a handful of varietals, even as production levels increase. Sliver Thread currently offers several versions of Riesling (single-vineyard designations in addition to dry and semi-dry), Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer, a white vinifera blend, dry rosé (Cabernet Franc), Pinot Noir and a Bordeaux-style blend called Blackbird (Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot).

Knowing that the 2011 harvest was a hurried affair for the Brocks, I was impressed by the quality of wine produced by Paul in less than ideal circumstances. The 2011 Dry Riesling is

Silver Thread Vineyard Tidbits Founded: 1991 (vineyard 1982) Vineyard: 7 acres, including Riesling (2.2 acres), Chardonnay (1.2 acres), Gewürztraminer (1 acre), Pinot Noir (1.6 acres), Cabernet Franc (.5 acre), and Cabernet Sauvignon (.5 acre) Annual Production: 1,500 cases (2011) Winemaker: Paul Brock Owners: Paul and Shannon Brock Emphasis: Dry vinifera-based wine Whites: Riesling (single vineyard, semi-dry, dry), Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer, “Good Earth White” Reds: Dry Rosé, Pinot Noir, “Blackbird” Tasting Room 1401 Caywood Road Lodi, NY 14860 (607) 582-6116 Winter Hours: Call for Appointment See website for spring hours starting in April www.silverthreadwine.com especially good, possessing a mineral underpinning that lingers on the finish and frames the fruit nicely. Both Paul and Shannon are excited about the potential of the 2012 crop, the harvest of which they had more control of the circumstances and quality.

Overall, the Brocks feel grateful that they have an opportunity to approach their winemaking dream as part of a transition. “Richard Fiegel did a great job starting Silver Thread and setting it apart from other vineyards,” says Paul. “We look forward to continuing on that path, however, with a slightly different focus of sustainability and high quality that expresses what the Finger Lakes has to offer.”

Shannon notes the challenges inherent in taking over an operation, but remains optimistic that the best days for Silver Thread are ahead. “The past year has been challenging in many ways – physically, emotionally, financially – but we feel well-prepared to be winery owners and have been able to hit the ground running. It will probably take us a lifetime to get the winery where we want it to be … but we’re well on our way already.”

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by Sue Henninger hat Starbucks did for coffee, Penelope Pankow of F. Oliver’s is trying to do for extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) and balsamic vinegar.

“More and more of us have turned to olive oil for its positive health benefits, yet many people have never tasted ‘the real stuff,’” notes Pankow, a consummate foodie who discovered that tasting is believing.

An olive oil and balsamic vinegar shop, where customers can sample the goods before they buy them, was a good idea just waiting to happen. “The whole concept of oil and vinegar tasting has been growing in the United States over the past few years,” says Pankow, who opened her first store in 2010. But until she experienced it herself, in a shop in northern Michigan, she was skeptical. “When I tasted the great flavors and saw how the concept worked – in a shop that was more experiential than retail – I knew it was the way I wanted to go.”

The timing was right: her corporate employer was

downsizing. “A silver lining type of person,” Pankow went back to school. In 2006 she graduated with a master’s degree in hospitality management from Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration, and then followed her entrepreneurial spirit.

A perfect fit for the Finger Lakes After she selected her inventory – “the finest and freshest selection of high- quality olive oils and balsamic vinegars” – Pankow spent some time defining the message of her new venture. “I wanted it to feel like a general store, and be clean and orderly,” she says. “I wanted customer service to be at the level of other successful businesses like Starbucks.”

Offering unique, high-end products at an affordable price, and keeping the focus on fun, were additional priorities.

With her plans nailed down, Pankow asked the owners of the Michigan shop she admired if she could work there for a week to see firsthand what they did to make their business successful. Then she talked to merchants in her target

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Penelope Pankow, left, discusses with customer Amanda Mayo the finer points of the oil she’s purchasing in the Canandaigua store.

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Knowing from the start that she wanted to be part of the growing wine and culinary movement in the Finger Lakes, Pankow opened her first store there on Main Street, not far from The Finger Lakes Wine & Culinary Center.

Then, when she discovered her store had become a retail destination for Rochesterians, she opened an F. Oliver’s on the city’s Park Avenue. The most recent F. Olivers is at Ithaca Commons.

“Ithaca was a natural third selection because it’s a great food town where everyone cares about what they eat,” Pankow observes.

What you’ll find when you go The three boutiques are evocative of a general store, just as she planned, thanks to open wooden shelves displaying bottles of oils and vinegar, and rows of shiny “fustis” – stainless steel containers specifically designed to store and pour oils and vinegars.

“Most of ours are 15 liter, but some are 5 liter; all came from Italy,” Pankow writes on her blog. “The taps come separately and if they didn’t say ‘made in Italy’ on them I would have thought that they were engineered and fabricated in Germany … what a pleasure to have a store full of such

Penelope shows Ithaca resident Annie Eller an F. Oliver’s sampler pack of olive oils and vinegars. Eller was interested in buying one for friends after receiving one herself as a gift.

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F. Oliver’s single varietal EVOO and flavored oils are handcrafted in small batches. They’re imported from around the world by Veronica Foods, owned by Mike and Veronica Bradley, world renowned experts and advocates for ultra-premium oils. “Every six months they change their source of supply from the Northern to the Southern Hemisphere to provide us with the freshest oils available,” Pankow notes, adding that it’s literally hours from the time the olives are picked to the time they are pressed.

The single varietals are made from one type of olive. The flavored oils, including Sage and Wild-Harvest Mushroom, Fresh Bright Basil, Fresh Pressed Persian Lime and many more, are infused with natural ingredients.

For dedicated locavores, F. Oliver’s offers two oils created at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva. Roasted Butternut Squash Seed Oil is made from the seeds of squash Wegmans processes and packages, and Finger Lakes Grapeseed Oil is naturally produced from the seeds of grapes from local wineries.

F. Oliver’s aged and flavor-infused balsamic vinegars are imported by Veronica Foods as well, from the Modena region of Italy. The special reserve balsamic is aged for 18 years, and there are 12-year-old darks and lights barrel-aged in wood. F. Oliver’s flavor-infused balsamics include Farmstand Strawberry, Honeyed Ginger, Royal Pomegranate, Ripe Fig, Sweet Rich Cherry and more.

beautiful, well-engineered and wellmade containers and taps.”

When you enter F. Oliver’s, you are immediately greeted by an employee who tells you a little bit about the products and how a tasting works.

Customers can sample oils, vinegars or a combination of the two using small plastic tasting cups. “We don’t offer bread or crackers,” Pankow points out.

“They would cause you to miss the nuances of the flavors – you would not get the full benefit of the tasting.

We’ll tell you to just put a small amount on your tongue and savor it.”

Good employees at F. Oliver’s are as essential as the oil and vinegar.

While there’s no particular formula for choosing staff (Pankow values diversity) there are a few qualities she deems necessary – “Liking people and caring about working in a positive, respectful environment.” A strong work ethic is also important, she says, as is a willingness to do any task, no matter how laborious or menial.

Last, but perhaps most important, is a personal interest in food. The tips her employees share (“I just drizzle a little Heady Garlic on chunks of cooked potatoes and add some herbs for a delicious and simple potato salad”) help clinch sales. Customers love it.

They also love the extras. The website (www.folivers.com) offers “From our Kitchen to Yours” recipe suggestions, and the F. Oliver’s blog, penned by Pankow, covers all sorts of food-related topics.

And remember the “fun” part of her plans? That’s there, too. How about a private tasting party – at your house or in the store? “Bring your friends, beverages, and ‘naked’ foods to dip. We set everything up and do the rest,” Pankow explains. “Our parties are always a big hit!”

F. Oliver’s oils and vinegars come in attractively labeled 200-375 ml bottles. If you want to purchase smaller quantities, there’s a constantly changing sampler pack.

So go ahead. Indulge your inner epicurean with a sip of oil and a vinegar chaser.

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Horseheads

“In 1779 near this spot General John Sullivan mercifully disposed of his pack horses worn out by faithful service in the campaign against the Six Nations of the Iroquois. The first white settlers entering the valley in 1789 found the bleached skulls and named the place Horseheads.”

— Plate inscription on a boulder in Hanover Square Horseheads Historical Society sign inspired by the artwork of Eugene Zimmerman.

story and photos by James P. Hughes

wo simple sentences answer the question inevitably raised by newcomers who travel through the Chemung County village of Horseheads – how did this place get such a name? More than two centuries after Sullivan’s expedition, the only municipality in the country to memorialize the services of military pack horses takes pride in its unusual name.

Historic Hanover Square remains the heart and soul of Horseheads. It buzzes with a mix of vigorous businesses and an array of fine eateries. An empty storefront is a rarity. Main Street, Franklin Street and the Old Ithaca Road meet at the square, creating a five-cornered tumult of traffic. With no stoplight to control it there’s the ongoing drama of “who goes next?” For entertainment you can watch Hanover Square drivers take their chances while you relax and enjoy lunch at Louie’s.

Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the village, a lively industrial park has risen in an area called “Holding Point,” formerly one of the country’s largest military depots during the World War II era.

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Happy anniversary “We’re celebrating our 175th Anniversary from mid-2012 through mid-2013,” explains Mayor Don Zeigler. “In addition to our traditional Saturday Farmers Market and Thursday Evening Concerts in Teal Park, a variety of special events are sprinkled throughout the year – food, music, parades, art shows and family gatherings.”

A Horseheads Birthday Party took place in July, followed by a spirited Celery Festival in October (the village was once the leading celery producer in the region). Late November’s Holly Days Festival rings in the Christmas spirit, and during December’s Victorian Stroll & Horse and Carriage Rides, folks can experience historic architecture of days gone by.

“We’re a close-knit community – one with a sense of preserving the past, appreciating the present, and preparing for the future,” says Zeigler. “The 175th Anniversary and its activities will celebrate that legacy.”

Varied and rich, the history of Horseheads is on display throughout the village, particularly at the Historical Society and Museum lodged in the old Pennsylvania Railroad Depot.

Using the volunteer labor, services, and financial donations of dedicated locals, the refurbished building houses meeting rooms, office space and a gift shop.

Extensive exhibits highlight

The early 19th century plank home of George and Marnie Koliwasky on Eleanor Street in Horseheads. The Koliwaskys painstakingly restored the historic house and experience “living history” every day amidst its period furnishings and décor.

Constructed in 1910, Zim’s bandstand with its whimsical artwork and carvings is a village gem that continues to evoke memories of past eras. Zim and his father-in-law, Alvah Beard, designed the bandstand and supported its construction.

Horseheads’ proud past – the Sullivan Expedition, Chemung Canal days, its once-famous brickyard and, of course, Zim.

1980. Zim House was willed to the Horseheads Historical Society, which maintains it today. “The house appears much as it did when Zim was in residence,” says historian Leah Cramer. “Many of his 40,000 or so sketches, along with his correspondence, artifacts, desk and drawing board, remain in the home.”

The Queen Anne-style home with its fine carpentry, unique windows, balconies, and flowing rooms is on the National Register of Historic Places, and is open to the public.

Zim? Eugene Zimmerman (1862 – 1935) was perhaps the most prominent cartoonist and caricaturist of his generation. His humorous work, often satiric and biting, was featured in the popular magazines Puck and later Judge, and was followed closely by an admiring public.

A native of Switzerland, Zim married Mabel Beard of Horseheads in 1886, and settled in the village to seek “a more gentle life.” He periodically commuted to New York City to fulfill his professional commitments. For his family, Zim built a gabled home in town, and financed and designed a community bandstand in Teal Park. The whimsically decorated structure is still used for weekly band concerts during the summer.

The Zimmerman’s only daughter, Laura, lived in the original Pine Street home until her death in

Preserving the old and embracing the new In their own restored home on Horseheads’ Eleanor Street, George and Marnie Koliwasky experience times gone by in a very personal way. In the 1970s, the couple purchased a rundown house

Traffic passes through Hanover Square where five streets merge and “crossing is always an adventure,” according to Mayor Don Zeigler.

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constructed in 1834 from planks 18 inches wide by 2 inches thick. The Koliwaskys have toiled to create a warm and striking décor that showcases their personal talents and unique auction treasures. Antique cupboards and tables provide space for their personal collections of everything from clocks to toys to quilts, and Marnie’s preservation stenciling adds an historic touch throughout.

Today, the home propels one back in time, a sort of “living history” museum.

Route 17, with its heavy traffic, and congested and dangerous intersections, split Horseheads for many years.

To the north of the highway was the village center. To the south were other parts of the community, including the historic Greek Revival home and sprawling farm owned since the mid1850s by the Day family.

Recent construction of I-86 has changed that situation for the better. A “fly-over” highway bridge was the remedy. Its walled construction is enhanced by landscaping and a linear park at street level, maintained by community volunteers. To greet visitors passing under I-86, artist/sculptor Tom Gardner and artist Joanne Sonsire collaborated on a series of sculptures featuring three horses’ heads. Rich and distinctive, the sculptures are appropriate to the 175th anniversary celebration.

On May 18, 2013, a life-size bronze of a Military Pack Horse will be unveiled at the Horseheads Village Hall. “We’re very proud of this new legacy for our town and village,” says Mayor Zeigler.

“And if nothing else, the three horses on our anniversary logo and sculpted on the I-86 bridge prove one thing – we’re certainly not a one-horse town!”

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The Murray

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by Hannah Kallet

ebruary 13, 1862. Union soldiers were in their third day of fighting to capture Fort Donelson in Tennessee, opening a key gateway to the south.

Meanwhile, in Auburn, New York, 6-year-old Albert Murray was fighting a battle of his own.

His “caretaker” – not his mother who had died, or his father – was taking leave of him at the Cayuga Asylum for Destitute Children. The upside of this sad story is that Albert reunited with his three older siblings, Stanford, Hopkins and John, who had arrived at the orphanage the year before.

Albert is the great-grandfather of Jill Murray. His story is just part of what she’s discovered in her genealogy research.

Thanks to the Internet, where we can find all sorts of digitized documents, even ones created and collected before the advent of the computer, access to genealogical records has Reasons to do increased. So has the popuGenealogy larity of tracing a family Research tree. What’s more, historical Discover information continues to become available. In April, Educate for instance, The National Archives released records Preserve from the landmark 1940 U.S. census. In a partnerCelebrate ship with Archives.com, an online family tree resource owned and operated by Ancestry.com, The National Archives made census maps, descriptions and more available for free at www.archives.com.

Jill Murray, who lives near Washington, D.C., began tracing her genealogy in 2010. She started by transcribing an oral history of her family recorded 35 years earlier by her paternal grandmother. “Frances was my grandmother and a woman who took the time to create a personal historical record that I shared in my early posts,” writes Murray under her grandmother’s name Frances Elizabeth Schwab. Jill has been sharing the results of her research on

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When you search online for her blog Fantastic Electrisoil … My genealogy information, be wary, says Adventures in Genealogy (http://fanJill. There’s an immense amount of tastic-electrisoil.blogspot.com/), where inaccurate information out there, she provides insightful historic inforwhich Jill blames on the people who mation and useful research tips. want to fill in all the leaves of their Among the many websites availfamily trees, regardless of the validity able today to help people research of the information they are recording. their genealogy, Familysearch.com is one recommended by Jill, who also subscribes to Ancestry.com. If you’re serious about doing genealogical research yourself, you might want to consider purchasing research software; Jill uses Reunion for Mac. Armed with her grandmother’s stories – the transcriptions, along with notebooks on the family’s history, also prepared by Frances Elizabeth Cayuga Asylum Schwab – Jill set out to trace each line back to the Jill refers to these people as “name coloriginal immigrants who had come to lectors.” It’s difficult to change inforAmerica. She moved from anecdotal mation once it’s on the Internet, false information to fact using books, newsor not. Once it’s out there it spreads papers and other documents. She had quickly through the people who assumed her family was Irish, probably believe it to be factual. So, while Jill potato famine immigrants, but as her will use someone else’s tree for clues research progressed, her assumptions to her own, she never considers the changed. She discovered a maternal information actual proof. If it isn’t a branch that might lead back to the document or legitimate reference Mayflower. Her Murray line might actusource – beware. Real history can be ally be Colonial-era Scottish.

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When conducting your own genealogy research, it is impossible to not feel overwhelmed. When you begin to feel like you’re a bit over your head, it’s helpful to set objectives and recognize when it’s time to call off the search. Often, you may need to take a step back or consult someone else for help. There are genealogy researchers out there who can help. To hire a researcher you should have basic information or have a specific task in mind; otherwise, it can get expensive.

Once you reach a point where someone has a birth date of 1940 or earlier, you can search the census records. Jill was able to contact a researcher in Cayuga County through the Cayuga County Historian’s office. The historian’s office did some initial research for her, but eventually she needed to go beyond what was available through them. What they provided her with, however, was very critical in the early stages of her research and the discovery of Albert Murray.

Currently, Jill is researching Albert’s father, Erastus, and his mother, Christina. There is some indication that Erastus died somewhere around 1860 to 1861, but other clues indicate that he might have simply disappeared. Jill is looking for any help in finding out what exactly happened. Answers could help her solve the Murray mystery and help her find out where the Murray heritage originated. You can find additional information about her family on her blog http://fantasticelectrisoil.blogspot.com/.

Suggested Resources • Familysearch.org • Ancestry.com • Archives.gov • Cyndislist.com • learnwebskills.com/family/ vitalrecords1.htm • files.usgwarchives.net • rootsweb.ancestry.com For digitized books and newspapers • archive.org/details/texts • news.google.com/newspapers

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Lake Effect: Tales of Large Lakes, Arctic Winds, and Recurrent Snows Mark Monmonier Syracuse University Press www.SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu 2012 Hardcover is the season for lake-effect snow – the light, fluffy and relatively-easy-to-shovel snow that can seriously disrupt the daily routines of those who live in this region. With less water content than regular snow, lake-effect snow is deposited by narrow bands of clouds formed when cold, dry Arctic air passes over large, relatively warm inland lakes like the Great Lakes.

This region is one of the few places where lake effect is produced.

Mark Monmonier, a Syracuse University geography professor, delivers a thorough and comprehensive overview of the subject, with the occasional touch of humor. The author wrote this book for two audiences: “Great Lakes residents who want to understand the lake-effect phenomenon and its implications more fully, and nonresidents misinformed by a media stereotype of ceaselessly brutal winters.”

The book explores the basic physics of lake-effect snow and the slow cartographic recognition of lake-effect snow as a distinctive meteorological phenomenon. It examines the evolution of forecasting strategies along with societal effects and coping strategies. Monmonier investigates the collection and use of snowfall data, and questions the national obsession with extreme weather.

With ample, easy-toread maps and diagrams, this is the perfect book for true fans of meteorology and those folks who just want to learn more about this form of precipitation.

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Frans Wildenhain 1950-75: Creative and Commercial American Ceramics at Mid-Century Bruce A. Austin Printing Applications Laboratory Photography by A. Sue Weisler www.rit.edu/WILD 2012 Hardcover t the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in the fall of 2012, two galleries exhibited the work of Frans Wildenhain (1905-1980), an internationally recognized artist best known for ceramics. This 256-page catalog to accompany the exhibit features chapters on the artist and related topics.

Wildenhain was the last student to enter the Bauhaus Pottery in Germany in 1925. He came to RIT in 1950 as one of the founding professors of the School of American Craftsmen. RIT owns the largest Wildenhain collection in the world thanks to a donation by Robert Bradley Johnson – the book concludes with an interview with the donor. Bruce Austin, a professor in RIT’s College of Liberal Arts, organized the exhibition, and penned an insightful biography of the charismatic artist. He also wrote an essay on Shop One, a retail outlet initiated in the 1950s by Wildenhain and three colleagues to sell handcrafted objects in Rochester.

A scholarly chapter by Becky Simmons chronicles the School for American Craftsmen at RIT, which is today considered the nation’s leading crafts school. Studio Pottery after World War II is explored by contributor Jonathan Clancy.

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scenery are sure to make some drivers put aside their GPS.

Wildenhain’s sculptures, ranging from his earthenware pots to ceramic murals, this handsome book will appeal to devotees of the artist, ceramics, marketing of crafts at mid-20th century and their connection to RIT.

A Walk Along Penn Yan’s Main Street Susan U. Lange Yates Heritage Tours Project LLC yatesheritagetours@gmail.com 2012 Softcover

Through the Heartland on U.S. 20, Western New York, Volume III William and Mary Lewis Publish America 2011 Softcover & e-book he authors invite readers to “get off the interstates and drive through the heartland on U.S. 20.” They acknowledge some disadvantages to leaving the interstates, but make a compelling argument for traveling part of the older road’s 3,365-mile route, which spans from coast-to-coast, beginning in Boston, Massachusetts, and ending in Newport, Oregon.

Enjoying the countryside and saving money otherwise spent on tolls are two advantages awaiting those traveling this predominately two-lane highway.

This is the third book in the series of the Lewis’ historical travel guides.

The two previous books covered Massachusetts and Eastern New York.

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cities, towns, villages and hamlets beginning with Skaneateles (Onondaga County) and ending with Forsyth and Ripley (Chautauqua County). The authors offer a short micro-history of each community along the way.

This reviewer had the pleasure of meeting the authors who reside in Oregon where U.S. 20 ends. Their enthusiasm for the subject during a public presentation was infectious, and translates into their writing style as they dole out bite-size pieces of the rich history of the communities located along the highway. Their detailed descriptions of landmarks, businesses and the

The House of Many Windows John Robert Allen AuthorHouse www.authorhouse.com 2011 Softcover & e-book his historical novel focuses on the fictitious Wallace Paine who grew to prominence in the early 20th century.

Opening with his death in 1919, the reader is drawn back into this man’s world and his remarkable rise to power and wealth.

First-time author and former teacher, John Robert Allen, artfully connects the protagonist with dramatic events like the assassination of President William McKinley in Buffalo in 1901. Wallace, an ambitious person of modest upbringing, appears driven to succeed. While his business acumen is evident from an early age, his relationships and love interests are complicated. His

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mall towns in the Finger Lakes region lend themselves to walking. There may be less traffic, and the history of a community may be contained within an easily negotiated area. This walking tour goes well beyond the brochure often found at visitors’ centers. It is a fully illustrated, spiral bound book filled with detailed information about the village of Penn Yan. Historic buildings and their styles are described, as well as how they’ve changed over time. Has wood been replaced by brick? Does a building’s use today vary from its original purpose?

The 192-page book also contains a timeline of events “to keep track of what was happening when each building was constructed.” A brief introductory history of Penn Yan’s early years from the village’s beginning

passion for new technology, like Ford’s automobiles, puts him at odds with his father, a livery stable owner who resists the modern world his son embraces.

Wallace’s business career takes him to Rochester, Buffalo and Geneva in the Finger Lakes region.

In his efforts to become a millionaire, he is drawn into international dealings that are both illegal and treacherous.

The history buff will delight in the attention to period detail and the real-life personalities, such as George Eastman, who are woven into the plot. The “house of many windows” in the book’s title refers to the dream home built by Wallace in the style of Frank Lloyd Wright, the architect he so greatly admired. The home is actually based on the author’s Geneva home.

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The Elephant in the Room: Practical Advice When the Diagnosis is Cancer Bob Ritter iUniverse www.crcfl.net 2011 Softcover ancer is never easy to talk about, whether it is a personal diagnosis or that of a loved one.

Speaking to family, friends, a mere acquaintance or even health professionals can be daunting. After treatment, when the future can still be uncertain, conversations may remain awkward.

This book aims to improve communication and to avoid tiptoeing around the “elephant in the room.”

Bob Ritter writes from personal experience having been diagnosed with breast cancer, something that is uncommon in men. The book is a compilation of columns on living with cancer he wrote over the course of five years for the Ithaca Journal. It will raise funds for the Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes in Ithaca where he serves as its executive director. The organization provides support, information and a sense of community for those affected by cancer in Tompkins County.

C into the 1930s, a map of Main Street indicating where buildings appear, and illustrations featuring old postcards, as well as archival and newer photographs, make for a compact and attractive reference.

A Children’s Scavenger Hunt at the back of the book is aimed at children less than 12 years of age. Once completed, it can be exchanged for a free copy of Historic Penn Yan, A Coloring and Activity Book at Longs’ Cards and Books at 115 Main Street – where, at one time, stood an opera house!

Stonebridge Secret David Moore Create Space www.davidmooreauthor.com 2012 Softcover & e-book avid Moore’s debut novel traces the passage into adulthood of a boy who is dealing with both emotional pain and a larger moral dilemma. The year is 1962. The reader is quickly drawn into the youngster’s troubled world in the fictional Upstate New York village of Stonebridge. Alex Spencer, a 13-year-old altar boy, discovers by accident that Father Francis, his parish priest, is seducing a female parishioner. Alex, already

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This thoughtful, concisely written title examines themes such as survivor’s guilt, the after-treatment blahs and cancer as a chronic disease. Ritter tackles typical reactions and suggests alternatives. Encouragement from others to “stay positive” actually makes him cringe, writes Ritter. It may be better to acknowledge and share in the person’s sadness on down days when dealing with cancer. “Doing so makes an honest connection,” continues Ritter, now 16 years past the diagnosis that has shaped his life.

grieving the loss of his father, is shocked, and events are soon set in motion that will forever change his life.

Themes of loss, vengeance, faith, love and forgiveness are intertwined in a compelling story. Even after leaving Stonebridge, the ramifications of the secret he witnessed haunt the youthful protagonist who harbors resentment toward the priest he once admired. Well-educated – thanks to his wealthy grandparents – he is attracted to a career in the political world of the 1960s. But his success does not eradicate the vengeance he seeks for the cleric.

Interesting characters that are allied with Alex include a love interest from his hometown and a quirky boarding school roommate. The sinister Father Francis attains even greater power and has influence over the lives of others, including Alex’s friends. To resolve this quandary, the author skillfully twists the plot toward a dramatic outcome.

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Every bite is, honestly, delicious. The Stone Cat also has a great selection of local craft beer on tap, so don’t forget to order a frosty brew.

It is quickly obvious from the moment you walk in the door at the Stone Cat that everyone really cares about you, and hope to make your meal a pleasant experience. The staff is friendly, the food is wonderful and the view is fantastic. Do yourself a favor and plan an afternoon drive to the Stone Cat Café. Taste a couple local wines along the way. You won’t be disappointed.

Open April to December. Lunch Wednesday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dinner Wednesday to Sunday from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday Jazz Brunch is from 12:30 to 3 p.m. For more information, please call 607-546-5000 or visit www.stonecat cafe.com.

Traveling through the Finger Lakes provides seemingly limitless breathtaking views and fantastic dining experiences. There are so many places to eat at, shop and visit. Deciding on these three places was fairly simple once I tasted the burgers, and I’m sure there are many more equally enjoyable burger joints around.

Whether you enjoy the hustle and bustle of downtown Corning, the historic feeling of the classic diner experience, or the cool fresh breeze along Seneca Lake, get your hands around a juicy cheeseburger and enjoy the ride.

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Acquire some hang-ups Watercolorist Cheryl Chalmers produces an “Art of the Finger Lakes” calendar of her paintings. The calendar, her original artwork, giclée prints, lined journals and more are available at her Trumansburg gallery by appointment, at Ithacamade’s seasonal Holiday Spirit store and at www.facebook.com/CherylChalmersArt. Chalmers is also an accomplished illustrator. She created the cover for the re-release of A Magical Christmas by New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham. The house Chalmers depicts on the cover is “almost a character in the book,” says Graham, who comments by e-mail.

“I think the artwork is beautiful, and creates a perfect image – the real feel of a snowy Christmas with just that touch of magic.”

Other lake lovers on your list might enjoy receiving a lush Bill Mowson watercolor print of a regional outdoor scene, or any one of the 11 Finger Lakes.

The cover art for A Magic Mowson, an Ithaca-based fine Christmas is also included in Cheryl Chalmer’s 2013 Art of the artist, finds subtle differences in each lake and says, “If you look Finger Lakes calendar ($19.50). carefully, you will see that my color palette often varies accordingly.”

His signed prints are limited edition giclées pre-mounted on archival mats. They may be purchased at www.fingerlake footprints.com, or at Handwork in Ithaca.

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Off the Easel One of Sara Davenport’s traditional hand-painted ornaments ($12)

Outdoorsy and eco-friendly Here are some unique ideas for animal lovers, nature enthusiasts, and eco-conscious friends and family members on your shopping list.

Glass artist Bonnie Scott’s “Wear-A-Memory” jewelry line, including Pandora-style single beads, pendants and earrings, is made from recycled wine bottles. A wide selection of her work, priced starting at $10, can be found at her Glass TaraTiberio creates custom Studio & Gift Gallery in Odessa, or graphite pencil portraits online at www.joyful ($80 and up). adornments.com.

Auburn stained glass artist Tina Barry takes art outside. Her sturdy cement garden stepping stones with striking stained glass patterns are $35 and up. Barry’s many designs and other products, such as sun

catchers and birdbaths, can be viewed at www.stained glasscreations2.com.

Tara Tiberio, a fine artist in Honeoye Falls, specializes in highly detailed wildlife and custom pet portraits. Her use of colored and graphite pencils is “unique, as there are not many of us around who do this,” she says. Tiberio offers a range of prices for portraits and just recently began drawing homes, too. Tiberio’s website, www.taratiberiofineart.com, also features her original artwork on affordable functional items such as mugs and coasters.

A more conventional gift idea from Skaneateles artist Sara Davenport (www.thelegacystudio.com) is a glass ornament embellished by hand with paint pens. Davenport creates traditional and abstract styles that elevate this classic hostess or teacher gift to a work of art. One of her new lines is created entirely of American-made components, including the ornaments, paint, brushes and ribbon.

Colorful, vibrant, whimsical Canandaigua doll artist Nancy Wiley has published two classic children’s tales, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland ($35) and, most recently, Little Red Riding Hood. Photographs of her character art dolls posed against her vibrantly hand-painted backdrops are the books’ eye-catching illustrations.

The hardcover books and limited edition companion dolls can be purchased at her studio by appointment, at Talulah’s Fancy and Friends gift shop in Honeoye Falls or at www.nancywiley.com.

The fanciful, affordable and child-friendly animal prints and note cards by Ithaca artist Mary Reynolds are drawn in ink, then colored and digitally embellished. She’s also working on a series of drawings of recognizable Finger Lakes landmarks and settings. A special image, commissioned by The Memorial Art Gallery’s in-house Gallery Store in Rochester, correlates with the museum’s 2013 centennial year. Reynolds’ whimsical use of bright colors “is irresistible,” says Store Manager Colleen Griffin-Underhill.

In addition to the Gallery Store, Reynolds’ artwork can be found at 15 Steps in Ithaca, Aurora Arts and Design Center, or at www.facebook.com/ StickWithMary.

Crow Looks In by Mary Reynolds ($25 for 8-by-10, $35 for 11-by-14 matted prints. $3 for individual blank note card).

Nancy Wiley’s 3D art from her illustrated storybook Little Red Riding Hood ($19.99) is currently on exhibit at the National Museum of Play at The Strong in Rochester through January 5, 2013.

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Buy Handmade Buy Local

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t is relatively easy to find a broad spectrum of affordable art in the Finger Lakes – you just have to know where to look. A great resource is a website created by Homer Mitchell, president of the nonprofit Finger Lakes Artists & Crafters Network (www.fingerlakesartists.com). After attending art shows with his wife Kim, a potter, he saw firsthand how hard artists and crafters work to get their products in front of potential buyers.

“Developing the virtual network and its free listing-based website was my response to the general plight of our regional artists and crafters, and the marketing dilemmas they face,” says Mitchell. His 12-year-old directory not only lists 450 artist members representing 20 different mediums, but also retail shops,

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Over the years, he’s expanded the scope of the website by adding six other upstate regional networks: artists of the Adirondacks, Capital Region, Catskill-Hudson, Leatherstocking, Western New York and North Country.

“Buying handmade objects is a place to start when thinking economically, ecologically and sustainably,” says artist Kala

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Marion Cardwell-Ferrer’s Snowflake Sugar Cookies

Edible holiday art Yummy holiday treats can be the sweetest gift of all.

You can make them yourself with the help of Marion Cardwell-Ferrer of Sincredible Pastries, a “pastry artist” based in Lansing who has developed a national following. Cardwell-Ferrer holds classes (like the popular snowflake sugar cookie class on December 15) in her pink, retro-themed, 1,000-square-foot bakery/studio. Go to www.etsy.com/shop/marionsvintagebakery to register.

If you prefer to have your edible gifts prepared by a pro, you can simply order them from etsy. Her wide variety of freshly baked treats can be shipped to your faraway loved ones for the holidays. Don’t forget to choose your own scrumptious indulgence – a tasty reward for shopping local and handmade.

Stein, a member of the Finger Lakes Network. Named a Top Ten Emerging Artist in 2011 by Ceramics Monthly, Stein creates a popular 6- by 8-inch geographically accurate tile design of the Finger Lakes. She creates the tiles in small batches, hand pressed from earthenware with many layers of slips and glazes.

An information card comes with it, and includes the lake names, their meanings, how they were formed, and their depths and lengths.

Stein’s tiles can be viewed and purchased at www.finger lakestiles.com. Coach Street Clay in Canandaigua and Artizann’s in Naples also carry the tiles, along with her other work, including her elegant silhouette vases (starting at $70).

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