Rocha-chatter

My husband and I are from Pennsylvania, so this week we will be driving down for Thanksgiving. The drive is always the same.. 390 to Route 15. Route 15 is the main road for anyone heading south through PA... and it has strange places along it... like Clyde Peelings Reptileland.

One spot that has always intrigued me is the Fry Brother's Turkey Ranch.


They serve all turkey all the time.


Turkey and Waffles, Turkey and Bisquits, Hot Turkey Sandwich. A whole lotta turkey.


Here's the thing... most people driving along Rt. 15 are on a road trip... making their way south through PA. And as delicious as it all is... tryptophan laden turkey is the last thing you want to be eating when you are driving for 6 hours. Yes, we were dumb enough to do it once, but we learned our lesson.

I hope everyone has a safe and Happy Thanksgiving (don't eat too much turkey before getting behind the wheel).

Labels: food, holiday, restaurant

Some of my favorite foods are in season right now.

Pumpkin soup at the Coal Tower Restaurant in Shoehn Place. Sounds weird but sooo good.

Snack Jack pumpkins can be found at some pumpkin patches. The seeds are delicous roasted because they have no hull!

Really, doesn't pumpkin anything taste good? These are from Richport Bakery.

Abbotts has their pumpkin and grape custards, but you have to hurry. They will be closing for the season soon. Corn Hill Creamery is offering sweet corn ice cream. Sounds odd... but quite yummy.

'Tis the season for caramel and candy apples. If you look hard you can even find grape candy apples!

Grape juice and grape pies are a fall favorite too.

Forget about gaining weight over the holidays... I think it starts as soon as summer is over.

Labels: bakery, fall, food, restaurant

Last week I realized that two of our local museums had similiar themes.

El Santo durante un rodaje en el puerto de Acapuco, 1969. Digital inkjet print.

The George Eastman House has an exhibit of Lucha Libre! Masked Mexican Wrestlers....

...and the Memorial Art Gallery had TRANSactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art.

This was too much of a coincidence for me so we had "Mexican Museum Exhibit Night" with our friends. We hit both exhibits and then when to Salenas (newly renovated) for dinner.

The Luche Libre exhibit is unlike anything I have seen at the GEH. The photographs reveal more to this sport and there are a few videos running too. While you are there you can also check out "Tease" the exhibit of burlesque dancer photographs. Ooo La La.

Transactions is a great exhibit too. I like it when there is a multi-artist exhibit, you see so much variety. Be sure to look for the big photograph of the Last Supper rendered in chocolate syrup. The artist licked it all up after the photo was taken.

I am wondering if the GEH and MAG exhibits are coinciding with Hispanic Heritage Month. Either way, it makes for a fun night out.

(I would have liked to see the human bodies on display at the Rochester Museum and Science Center but that didn't quite fit with the theme.)

Labels: museum, restaurant

Seven years ago I got up at 4 am on a cold December morning to stand in line at the opening day of Krispy Kreme. I collected my free t-shirt, ate a bunch of doughnuts, then went home and back to bed before going to work. That was how much I loved Krispy Kreme.

Last week, the Henrietta Krispy Kreme, the last remaining Krispy Kreme in Rochester, closed it's doors. I am crushed.

Where will I goafter a late night movie to satisfy a sugar craving? How will I explain to my mom I won't be bringing home a dozen when I come to visit?

Really if this was going to happen, I would have expected it during the big Atkin's diet rage. What went wrong that they couldn't stay open in Rochester? How come Buffalo got to keep a Krispy Kreme? How many times will I find myself driving to Buffalo to satisfy a Krispy Kreme craving?

My husband says it's because Rochestarians are picky about their doughnuts. They like cakey doughnuts. Just like they are particular about their ice cream... prefering frozen custard. Apparently that's why we only have one Ben & Jerry's in the area.

I don't know... it just seems like there is enough doughnut love to go around.

Labels: closing, doughnuts, food, restaurant