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Berkshire Grown

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Posted by: Marilyn Bethany
Posted on: Thursday, March 13, 2008

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The butcher, the baker, the fishmonger, the caterer, and farmers galore turned out in force on Wednesday evening for Berkshire Grown’s March Maple Dinner, held in the festive party room upstairs at Spice in Pittsfield.  Barrington Brewery and Pittsfield Brew Works kept everyone’s thirst slaked as hors d’oeuvres were passed.  Then at 7 sharp the crowd sat down to a feast, the collaborative effort of five fabulous chefs—Brian Alberg, of The Red Lion Inn, Christopher Brooks of Blantyre, Peter Platt of The Old Inn on the Green , Steve Sherman of Marketplace of the Berkshires, and host chef, Douglas Luf of Spice.


Rural Intelligence Parties and OpeningsRural Intelligence Parties and OpeningsChef Steve Sherman of The Marketplace and Ann Barry, dining room manager at The Red Lion Inn; violin maker Francis Morris and Berkshire Grown board member, Allison Crane.

Rural Intelligence Parties and OpeningsRural Intelligence Parties and OpeningsBill and Donna Chandler of Sugar Maple Merinos; Ronnybrook Farm’s Daniel Osofsky and Pine Plain’s Mountain Cow Cafe owner Charlie Norman.

Rural Intelligence Parties and OpeningsLily Michaels, Berkshire Grown board chair Julie Michaels, and Anne Fredericks

Rural Intelligence Parties and OpeningsRural Intelligence Parties and Openings Maiden Flower Farm’s David Long and Georgene Poliak with David Leavitt; Anne McLaughlin of Canyon Ranch and Brian Butterworth of The Red Lion Inn.

Rural Intelligence Parties and OpeningsRural Intelligence Parties and Openings Team Brew Works: Chef Russell Jaehnig, Bill Heaton and Christine Bump, their German-trained brewmaster; Indian Line Farm’s Hadley Milliken and carpenter Brian McElhiney. 

Rural Intelligence Parties and OpeningsRural Intelligence Parties and Openings William’s Inn’s Carl Faulkner with Susan Gold and Liz Kodela; William’s College Chemistry Professor Jay Thoman and Berkshire Grown board member Lee Venolia.

Rural Intelligence Parties and OpeningsBarrington Brewery owner Andrew Mankin, Darrow School English teacher and maple sugar maker, Nancy Dutton, Mike Seward and Jan Seward.