Crowned with Summer Jul 01, 2025 09:00AM &#x25CF By Deb Young Back of the Mountain, July 2025 Read More » ...

"On the Waterfront" by Lilace Mellin Guignard spearheads our Summer Food Issue with six summer restaurants on the water.

We’ve previously highlighted some great waterfront restaurants in our pages, such as The Flying Taco on the Susquehanna (July 2022), Snug Harbor on Keuka Lake (June 2025), Finger Lakes House on the ...

One summer night, we were on the way to Mill Cove near Mansfield when my husband, who was driving, spotted this scene. He pulled off to the side of the road, and the deer were not concerned that we ...

So here I am on a summer day in my backyard, walking my horse past a pile of stones where there’s a big gap in an old rock wall (and where, by the way, I pass numerous times a day, as do my chickens, ...

It wasn’t part of Maame Badu’s plan to open a food business, but life has a funny way of turning around. “By God’s grace, it happened,” Maame says, reflecting on how her business—Good Grace African ...

Bob braved his way through another forkful of “garlic chicken” and shook his head. My heart sank. Drat. I had screwed up another meal. But when I replayed the episode in my head, I knew I had stuck to ...

A great wine and food pairing can create a memory. The mysterious alchemy not only makes for a happy palate, but also connects you to a place and time. I’ll never forget the solomillo con foie I had ...

AWAKE! is inspired by just that—a journey with an unknown outcome and the emotions evoked throughout it. Melissa says, “I wrote it according to several poems that I had treasured since I was a ...

"The Forest and the Trees" by Gayle Morrow. After a fire at Cummings Lumber, Scott had his millwork cut out for him. This issue also includes Doing Thyme in Steuben County, Filling Hearts and Jars in ...

The road north from Lycoming County into the Pine Creek Valley is a rippled, twisting ribbon that alternates between riding close to the water and up on the mountains that frame Pine Creek, the gorge ...

Trapping them, feeding them, getting them to a vet for spaying, neutering, and vaccines, making the tough decision to euthanize, constructing safe and warm outdoor living spaces for them, worrying ...