Posts Written OnSeptember 05, 2011

By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Wine is most certainly food, but beyond our cheese coverage, we haven't done a great job introducing you to New York's seemingly endless food artisans. In fact, it's been almost non-existent. That's why today's dual announcement that Dave Seel and Rochelle Bilow are joining the NYCR staff to expand our food coverage is so exciting. Rochelle Bilow doesn't just consider cooking, eating and seeking out the best food around her job — she considers it her life. She prides herself on being “food-obsessed” and works to make good, honest food accessible and exciting to everyone.…

There isn’t much that Dave loves more than a good roadtrip, food and drink. Having driven cross country nine times, he’s a veteran food adventurer. He’s caught lobsters in Maine, lived in Leadville, CO, the highest-elevation town in the lower 48, eaten fresh venison in The Redwoods, and drank way too much wine and beer in the process. He once was a vegetarian, but fell prey to bacon and has a love affair with bison. While fly fishing in the Rockies, he came to realize that the way we treat our food is a reflection of our respect for the…

Cooking, eating and seeking out the best food around is more than Rochelle’s job - it’s her life. She prides herself on being “food-obsessed” and works to make good, honest food accessible and exciting to everyone. In addition to serving as the Finger Lakes Wine & Food Ambassador for Finger Lakes Wine Country and Finger Lakes Wine Alliance, Rochelle is a food columnist at the Syracuse Post-Standard. She attended culinary school at the French Culinary Institute and lived and cooked in Manhattan before coming home to Upstate New York. She also writes for her personal website at RochelleBilow.com, where she…