Recipes from Along the Mohawk, including Mohawk Valley favorites, Utica classics, old local recipes and regional food traditions.
If you remember Humphrey’s Restaurant on Whitesboro Street in West Utica, you may remember the mushroom stew. We recently came across an old newspaper clipping that not only mentions the restaurant and its mushroom stew — it gives us the recipe and tells us a little about where it came from. The clipping begins with a request from Coralyn Lawrence of New Hartford, who was … Continue reading Humphrey’s Long-Lost Mushroom Stew Recipe
Every once in a while we go looking for an old Mohawk Valley recipe and end up with a little mystery. This time it’s chocolate pusties. We came across a recipe online that’s attributed to Isabelle Guido and a St. Anthony’s cookbook. The recipe has apparently made its way around online over the years, but so far we haven’t been able to track down the … Continue reading An Old Utica Chocolate Pustie Recipe — And a Little Mystery
Utica Greens didn’t really start in a restaurant. For generations, Italian-American families around Utica were cooking escarole at home — often simply sautéed with garlic and olive oil. Escarole was a familiar sight in the backyard gardens of East Utica. Then came Chef Joe Morelle. In the late 1980s, Morelle took those old-fashioned greens and gave them his own spin at Chesterfield Restaurant. His Greens … Continue reading Greens Morelle: The Dish That Became Utica Greens + Recipe
Make the famous Hemstrought’s Half Moon Cookies at home. This recipe walks you through the cookies and their classic frosting. Continue reading Famous Hemstrought’s Half Moon Cookie Recipe
Get the recipe Continue reading Award-Winning Chicken Riggies Recipe
