Chautauqua. It’s a beautiful word, just to say it. Chautauqua. I like to remember the word Chautauqua is a mixture of cultures — native American, French, immigrants and settlers, a patois of centuries and peoples. When I think of it, I think of a county green and lush, some months ...

“If you ask me anything about Italian food, I can answer,” says Pablo Flores owner of La Cucina Della Nonna Pizzeria and Restaurant. The restaurant’s name translated from Italian is Grandma’s Kitchen. Flores named the Italian restaurant after the grandmother he lived with in ...

Tonight, my friend and her kiddos came over. My house was a wreck, there were fish crackers on the floor and my dishes weren’t done. But, yet we still managed to have a meal and catch up on what’s been going on. It wasn’t fancy, and Good Housekeeping magazine wouldn’t want a picture ...

“I loved my career.” Barbara Vanderwark’s summation of her life in nursing was short and sweet, but the memories it created meant more than words could express. A resident of Jamestown, Vanderwark graduated from what was known at the time as the Jamestown School or Practical ...

On any given Sunday, my sister and I are likely to take a ride on the backroads of Chautauqua County. We are driven by the love of place and history. Recently, I was recalling a trip to French Creek with my father when I was a child, maybe four or five. We had stopped at a spot along the ...

“I’m an art school drop-out, but I always knew I was going to do art, just not edible art,” says Andrea Latona, owner and pastry chef at Full Moon Rising Bakery. She goes on to tell about how she used to spend three months prior to her children’s birthdays talking about the ...