[To mix a] Mountain Ash Cocktail... also called the Adirondack Cocktail... [you'll need] rye, water, sugar and macerated mountain ash bark. (Food & Think) Smithsonian blogger (and Adirondack Life Associate Editor) Lisa Bramen posted an under-the-bark glimpse at a Bisby Lodge … [Read more...] about Adirondack Cocktail
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Lake Placid Spirits
Are you a vodka aficionado? Did you know that world-class vodka is being distilled right here in the Adirondacks? Lake Placid Spirits is currently producing P3 Placid Vodka, 46 Peaks Vodka and Alpenglow, and a fourth, Blu Line Gin, will be available soon. Become a localvore by … [Read more...] about Lake Placid Spirits
Whallonsburg Grange Teaches Tomatoes
The Whallonsburg Grange community kitchen is now offering various cooking and food preservation classes! Join the next upcoming class: Totally Tomatoes! Enjoy this hands-on cooking workshop with Kevin McCarthy. Learn some new cuisine tricks and what to do with your garden … [Read more...] about Whallonsburg Grange Teaches Tomatoes
Whallonsburg Grange: Preserving and Baking with Small Fruits
The Whallonsburg Grange is now offering cooking and food preservation classes in its community kitchen! Coming up first is a class dealing with small fruits--berries! Delicious. Picking berries is always a fun and tasty outing. Though you have to be careful not to eat more … [Read more...] about Whallonsburg Grange: Preserving and Baking with Small Fruits
High Peaks Happy Hour: Old Dock House
Another of our Essex on Lake Champlain businesses has attracted some press this summer! The Old Dock House Restaurant is one of many stops Kim and Pam Ladd have made on their journey through the Adirondacks as they work on their book Happy Hour in the High Peaks. "Together … [Read more...] about High Peaks Happy Hour: Old Dock House