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Food

Recipe: Smoky Black Bean Beet Burgers

Recipes from The Sylvia Center at Katchkie Farm are those used to to inspire young people and their families to eat well through hands-on learning experiences on the farm and in the kitchen. Madeleine Fischer, program coordinator at The Sylvia Center, offers recipes that they cook with the youth, teens

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Arts

2018 Season Preview: RI's Performing Arts Starter Guide

We've got the Summer of 2018's hottest tickets, all in one place, in our season preview.

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Food

First East Coast Sake Brewery To Open In Hyde Park, N.Y.

By Jamie Larson The announcement of any new large business coming to the region is always a big deal, but rarely are those announcements covered by multiple Japanese media outlets. At the Culinary Institute of America on April 10, everyone was eager to get a look at and a taste

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Parties

Hancock Shaker Village Celebrates Susan Merrill's Life And Art

Lisa Green reports from Pittsfield. For the past 12 years, spring at Hancock Shaker Village has signaled not only the Baby Animals on the Farm weeks, but also a new exhibit of farm animal paintings by the Berkshires’ beloved artist Susan Merrill. Although Merrill passed away last year, Hancock Shaker

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Real Estate

Hudson Goodfarm

The Goodfarm in Hudson hosts a restored 1840 Federal surrounded by 100 acres of fields, woods, trails, and paddocks. The antique main home has been modernized and has an open kitchen/dining room/family room, wood-burning fireplace, a main-level master suite and six bedrooms on the second floor. A carriage

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Real Estate

Hillside Manor

This 1820 Federal in Cornwall, known as Hillside Manor, showcases classic exterior architecture such as a pedimented gable, wide frieze, and corner pilasters. There are three separate structures apart from the main home including a three-bedroom cottage, large barn with loft, and an oversized potting shed. The five-bedroom Federal offers

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Real Estate

Federally Approved

This Hudson Federal evokes the charm of 1840 with six fireplaces, wide-board floors, and many original details. Plank doors, moldings, hardware, and a tin ceiling are combined with modern features including a new kitchen, new bathrooms, and updated mechanicals. Overlooking a gunite saline pool is a separate guesthouse with great

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Real Estate

19th-Century Charmer

This 1825 center hall Federal sits in Stockbridge on over three acres with a seasonal stream running at its border. The center hall entry is flanked by a large and inviting family room, a formal parlor, and a dining room. A country kitchen has been expanded to include vaulted ceiling

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Real Estate

Historic Farmstead

Basswood Farm is a 1790 Federal and guest cottage on nearly 100 acres in Pleasant Valley. The four-bedroom main home retains period features such as hand-hewn beams, refinished floors, early 19th-century rosettes on the doorjambs, and a Federal-style fireplace. New mechanicals and a remodeled kitchen bring the vintage home to

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Food

Recipe: Sticky Toffee Pudding, Which Isn't Pudding At All

By Lisa Fielding ofSecret Ingredients Once upon a time I was the producing partner of the actress Minnie Driver, our company was called Two Drivers. She is British, I am not, but we shared many British sensibilities including our love of British novelists and sticky toffee pudding. (It always comes

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Community

The Rural We: Jessica Stingo

Jessica Stingo and Craig Stafford, owners of the Flatiron American Restaurant and Bar in the center of Red Hook New York, are getting ready to celebrate their tenth year in business at the stalwart location. The husband and wife team — he the head chef and she the manager/wine expert

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Parties

Ghent Playhouse Toasts Annual Benefit With "The Gin Game"

Jamie Larson reports from Ghent. On Saturday, April 7, The Ghent Playhouse held its annual benefit to support and herald the theater’s impressive 43rd season. The event featured a staged reading of "The Gin Game" starring Monk and Cathy Schane-Lydon, who turned in riveting and nuanced performances

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