Micromony Musings

Planning your wedding catering can feel overwhelming. There are so many decisions to make, from the menu to service style to timing. Even the most organized couples often stumble into common pitfalls that can turn their dream wedding into a stressful experience for both them and their guests. The good news? Most catering mistakes are totally preventable when you know what to watch out for. Let's dive into the biggest wedding catering mistakes we see couples make and how you c

Winter in the Finger Lakes isn't about what's growing fresh in the garden: it's about what you put away when times were good. This is when all that summer canning, fall preserving, and root cellar stocking really pays off. While city folks are buying expensive out-of-season tomatoes shipped from who-knows-where, we're opening jars of our own sauce that tastes like August sunshine. The whole farm-to-table thing gets real different when there's snow on the ground and the thermo

Fall hits different here in the Finger Lakes. The air gets crisp, leaves start their show, and suddenly everyone's talking about apple picking and pumpkin everything. But for those of us who've been doing this farm-to-table thing long before it was trendy, fall means something deeper: it's harvest time, preservation season, and the start of our year-long food security planning. I've been walking these same orchards and pumpkin patches since I was knee-high to a grasshopper, a

A Summer's Bounty: Jerk Salmon | Grilled Porterhouse Steak | Tender Greens Salad with Cucumbers, Grape Tomatoes, Radish and Shaved Red Onion | Grilled Peach, Tomato, Sweet Corn and Serrano Pepper Salad | Watermelon, Feta and Fresh Mint Salad | Roasted Fingerling Potatoes Summer in the Finger Lakes isn't just a season: it's when our family's farm-to-table heritage truly comes alive. While everyone's talking about "farm-to-table" like it's some trendy new concept, we've been li