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Dish 2013

City Features Staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:00 -0400

If there is a theme to this edition of Dish, it is "starting early." Each of the three features in our annual dining guide refers to that concept in one way or another. by City Features Staff If there is a theme to this edition of Dish, it is "starting early." Each of the three features in our annual dining guide refers to that concept in one way or another.…

Dish 2013: Eat great, even late

Jason Silverstein — Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:00 -0400

A guide to local restaurants that serve food past midnight by Jason Silverstein UPDATED 5/15/13 to correct addresses for The Distillery and Elmwood Inn. We've all been there.…

Dish 2013: Updating the kiddie menu

James Leach — Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:00 -0400

Move beyond chicken nuggets and PB&J by making child-friendly versions of grown-up food by James Leach A couple of weeks ago, my family got carry-out from one of our favorite Asian restaurants. We ordered Chinese-style chicken curry, fish stir-fried with garlic and scallions, a dish made with crushed tofu and mushrooms, and a plate of salt-and-pepper squid — a tangle of tiny deep-fried tentacles that looked very much like the climactic scene of a horror movie just before the hero tosses a bomb and runs away.…

Dish 2013: Walworth's Tōcōti Chocolate transforms bean into bar

Dayna Papaleo — Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:00 -0400

A single-origin story by Dayna Papaleo Dale and Ellen Montondo's home in Walworth, just northeast of Penfield, is a cute, cedar-sided number that sits amidst a gaggle of tall pines. The place would seem warm and inviting even without the unmistakable aroma of chocolate that hugs you as you cross the threshold.…

Annual Manual 2013

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:00:00 -0400

For this year's Annual Manual, we took inspiration from popular social networks and techy applications — Pinterest, Instagram, Spotify — and used them as a way to frame the various aspects of Rochester. The real living social In the age of social media, we're supposedly more connected than we've ever been.…

The young and the restless

Alexandra Carmichael — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:00:00 -0400

Get connected with area young professional groups by Alexandra Carmichael To some people, networking is a dirty word. It brings to mind a bunch of rich men in suits getting together to drink scotch and hire each others' nephews.…

On the streets where you live

Tim Louis Macaluso — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:00:00 -0400

Get to know six local communities by Tim Louis Macaluso and Jeremy Moule Monroe County is about as diverse a community as you can find: a mid-size city, rural areas with orchards and farm markets, suburbs with 20th-century tract houses and shopping malls, and quaint, Victorian villages. The Genesee River and the Erie Canal bisect the county, more or less vertically and diagonally, so geology and history are a constant presence, shaping everything from traffic patterns to architecture and public festivals.…

Pick up the pace

Jason Silverstein — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:00:00 -0400

Whether novice or expert, Rochester has a running club for you by Jason Silverstein Running seems like the simplest form of exercise: just get off the couch, put on your shoes, and get going. But around Rochester, things are not that simple.…

The people's buildings

Michael Lasser — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:00:00 -0400

A look at some of Rochester's best-known public architecture by Michael Lasser The best American public buildings are open and accessible. Even in a nation worried about security, we enter them largely without fear or even concern.…

How Pinteresting

Rebecca Rafferty — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:00:00 -0400

Local artists and art houses spread the word through Pinterest by Rebecca Rafferty Given the image-saturated nature of Pinterest in our image-literate culture, there's great potential for artists and art dealers to benefit from the use of this emerging social media platform. The site boasts roughly 25 million unique monthly visitors, many of whom help link-bearing images go viral by re-pinning them.…

The stuff of Rochester

Katherine Stathis — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:00:00 -0400

A look at local memorabilia, past and present by Katherine Stathis There is no shortage of affection for Rochester. Despite the heartbreaks this city has endured — lost landmarks, miscarried projects, fallen corporate keystones — hope is still the holdout.…

Maximum rotation, maximum joy

Frank De Blase — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:00:00 -0400

The top albums for local record stores by Frank De Blase It ain't fair, it ain't fair! I know that asking people to pick their five favorite records is limiting and frustrating.…

All creatures great and small

David Raymond — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:00:00 -0400

A look at Rochester's pet-related resources by David Raymond Rochester is probably no more pet-conscious than any other city, but we definitely have plenty of resources for any kind of furry friend you may have, or want to have. Once you've welcomed him or her to your home, Fido or Puff can live the life of Riley in the Flower City: healthy, well-fed, spiffed-up, socially connected, and beautifully behaved.…

Feed your calendar

Jason Silverstein — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:00:00 -0400

A Twitter-style look at upcoming special events by Jason Silverstein UPDATED 3/29/13 to correct the date for the Park Avenue Summer Arts Festiva. No matter if it's spring, summer, fall, or winter, there are so many events going on in Rochester on any given week that it's almost impossible to keep track of them all.…