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Food

Dining: The Bocuse Restaurant at the CIA

By Don Rosendale Ask of my most memorable meal, and I’ll tell you of a cream of sorrel soup at Restaurant Paul Bocuse, a 10-Euro taxi fare from the Lyon, France train station. Remembering that soup, every year I optimistically sow sorrel in the garden, but give up

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Arts

The Hollywood Horses of Amenia

By Sarah Ellen Rindsberg In Winter’s Tale, the current film based on Mark Helprin’s gripping novel, a white horse plays a prominent role. Until his recent move to the west coast, when this equine wonder was not appearing in all his equine splendor in one role or another,

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Community

A Place To Write In The Berkshires: Coffee, And Contagious Motivation

The Writers Room in Washington, D.C. By Lisa Green A few years ago, Charles Karelis and his son Alex were sitting in a Starbucks in Washington, D.C., observing the klatch of writers consuming more tables than coffee. What if, they thought, we turned the Starbucks model on its

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Food

Recipe: Pear Chocolate Almond Muffins

Twice a month, Berkshire native Alana Chernila, mother of two, and author of the cookbook, The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making (Clarkson Potter), contributes a thoughtful and heartfelt essay/recipe created exclusively for Rural Intelligence readers. Her first cookbook has achieved top-seller status,

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Parties

Millay's Steepletop Comes to Hudson

Jamie Larson reports from Hudson. The Edna St. Vincent Millay Society at Steepletop offered a rare and welcomed opportunity to see the famed poet’s intimate belongings, art and some never-before-seen photographs at the McDaris Fine Art gallery on Saturday, February 22. Many Millay admirers came out for

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Community

The Rural We: Sara Katzoff

Born in New York City, Sara Katzoff moved to Great Barrington with her family when she was very young, so she truly was “locally grown" in our region. Post-college she returned to New York, traveled across the country and Canada, and started to experience the fringe theater movement.

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Arts

A Portion of Thyself: Barbara Bonner Is Inspiring Generosity with Her First Book

By Nichole Dupont “Giving away an old coat you wouldn't be caught dead in isn’t exactly generous," says philanthropy consultant Barbara Bonner, glancing over the top of her red-framed glasses. “It doesn’t have meaning. True generosity is giving away something that has meaning to

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Wellness

New Marlborough's Mepal Manor Changes Identity Once Again

By Marilyn Bethany In 1906, Hildreth Kennedy Bloodgood, a banker and sportsman, built a 25-room, gabled-and-turreted stone mansion in New Marlborough, MA. Like other Berkshire “cottages" of that era, Mepal Manor was designed to lend old world gravitas to new world wealth. Here, Hildreth and his

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Real Estate

Revived To Perfection

This Greek Revival in Sheffield is absolutely impeccable inside, restored and renovated with loving care (by the broker-owner) to enhance the original details. Built in 1830, with an addition built 20 year laters, the four-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom home has a mudroom with built-in storage,

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Real Estate

Historic Details

Built in 1840, this Greek Revival in Norfolk has lots of space and period details. It has a total of 10 rooms, including a library, studio, kitchen, five bedrooms and two full and two-and-a-half bathrooms. Vintage floors run throughout the house, which features an open staircase and

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Real Estate

Classical In The City

A true  classic, built in 1840, sits in the rejuvenated river town of Hudson. The Greek Revival has 4,700 square feet filled with elegant spaces, high ceilings and original details that include a portico with columns and a large two-story bay window. The four-bedroom house has a

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Real Estate

Think Greek

The columns defining the front porch of this Spencertown property telegrpahs its Greek Revival influence. Built in 1830, the three-bedroom, three-bathroom home has a great room with vaulted ceilings, French doors overlooking the patio and exposed beams that frame the kitchen. The formal dining room has a mantled

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