ADK Taste Guide

The Adirondacks don't ease into August.

They dive right in.

This weekend brings county fair traditions, porch concerts, lake monsters, community festivals, and dozens of reasons to get outside.

We've hand-picked more than 15 events worth exploring.

Which one is calling your name?

👇 Tell us below.

👉 Link in the first comment.

What is Adirondack cuisine?

It's a simple question—but the answer spans generations of camp cooks, Great Camps, logging camps, local farms, French influences, Indigenous traditions, and the meals that become lifelong memories.

In this new episode of ADK Talks, cookbook author, chef, and Certified Culinary Professional Susi Gott Séguret joins us to explore the stories behind her new cookbook, Adirondack Appetite: 150 Recipes for Cabin, Camp & Beyond.

Along the way, we talk about:
🥾 Camp cooking and comfort food
🍁 Maple syrup, mushrooms, and local ingredients
🏕️ Why food is one of the strongest connections we have to a place
📖 The surprising history behind Adirondack cuisine

Whether you love to cook—or your specialty is opening the cooler at camp—we think you'll enjoy this conversation.

🎧 Listen now. Link in the first comment.

The Adirondacks didn't get the memo to slow down.
This weekend you'll find StreetFest in Downtown Ticonderoga, the Schroon Lake Arts & Crafts Fair, Can-Am Rugby Tournament, and more than 20 hand-picked events happening across the Park.

Live music. Lakeside traditions. International competition. Small-town celebrations.

In other words: peak Adirondacks.

We've sorted through dozens of events and selected the ones we think are most worth your time this weekend.

If you could only choose one, where would you go?

🎶 StreetFest
🎨 Schroon Lake Arts & Crafts Fair
🏉 Can-Am Rugby
👇 Tell us below.

The Adirondacks look a little different when you're carrying a paintbrush.

Two artists can stand in the same spot and paint two completely different Adirondacks.

That's part of the magic behind the First Annual Glens Falls Plein Air Festival.

On the latest episode of ADK Talks, Katelyn Foley of The Hyde Collection joins us to discuss why artists have been drawn to these landscapes for generations—and why watching art being created can change the way we experience a place.

Because sometimes the most interesting thing isn't the finished painting. It's watching it happen.

Listen now: adktaste.co/080

Most Adirondack paddlers know the 90-Miler.

Far fewer know it's just the first 90 miles of a 740-mile water trail stretching from Old Forge to Maine.

This week on ADK Talks, Executive Director Karrie Thomas joins us to discuss the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, paddling, stewardship, hidden gems, and why "the people are what make it so special."

Listen now:
adktaste.co/079

Toto, I don’t think we’re in the ADK anymore. We couldn’t have timed this trip to Iceland any better.

What do giant Trolls, a treetop walkway, and one of America's top-ranked science museums have in common?

They're all part of one remarkable Adirondack success story.

On the latest episode of ADK Talks, we sit down with Nick Gunn of The Wild Center to celebrate its 20th anniversary and explore how a bold idea in Tupper Lake became one of the Adirondacks' most innovative destinations.

Along the way, we talk about:

🌲 The story behind Wild Walk

🧌 Thomas Dambo's giant trolls

❤️ The visitor stories that mean more than attendance records

…and why there are still "six million stories to tell" in the Adirondacks.

Listen now:
🔗 adktaste.co/078

We test drove the ADK Talks mobile studio at the Lake George Hike A Thon today. Not only was it a success, we had so much fun seeing old friends and making new. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to tell their unique stories.