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Food

The Passionate Farmer Behind Paley's Farm Market

Charlie Paley is a fourth generation farmer who knows that the locavore movement in our region depends—ironically— on out-of-towners. "I can tell when the train has arrived at the Wassaic station," he says cheerfully as he stand outside of Paley's Farm Market on

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Construct Inc. Builds a Better Community

Monday is traditionally chef's night off in most of the Berkshires, but many of the best cooks and most generous restaurateurs were serving delicious tastings last Monday to the throngs at the Mayfest fundraiser for Construct Inc., a not-for-profit organization that provides comprehensive housing, support and

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Trade Secrets: The Garden Season's Big Kickoff May 14 & 15

One of the reasons why Trade Secrets, the massive rare plant and garden antiques sale on May 14, is such an enchanting event is its setting: Lion Rock Farm, a 600 acre property on the Salisbury/Sharon, CT, border with breathtaking views of rolling hills and the Taconic range. Owner

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Community

Geo-caching, Where's Waldo for Techies

By Betsy Miller Unbeknownst to most of us, thousands of tiny treasures are hidden in the woods, and on the highways and by-ways of this area.  And not just here.  All over the world individuals are hiding containers as large as bread boxes and as small as ink pen

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Florence de Dampierre's New Book on Walls that Talk

If they were less witty and exuberant, it might be tempting to describe the books written by Florence de Dampierre (her 5th, Walls: The Best of Decorative Treatments, has just been published by Rizzoli) as reference works.  Thorough and intelligent, rich in history and anecdote, they are rarities—"coffee

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Arts

Carolyn Blackwood, the Accidental Artist

It's not her fault that she trips into careers.  She hadn't intended to become a lead singer for jazz bands, she just fell into it while in graduate school.  Same with the years she spent as a tv producer in France.  And now photography:  It'

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Community

The Wake Robin Inn: A Celebration Destination

If you're one of those people who've always dreamed of running a country inn, Michael Loftus & Shaffin Shariff  would like to talk to you. Ten years ago, the two men (who were then a couple) moved from Chicago to Lakeville, CT, to overhaul the woebegone

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Food

AgriCulture: Awaiting the Impending Storm

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week,  Peter writes: There is a strange silence, an ominous stillness. It is around eight o’clock Thursday morning but instead of a steady brightening the morning continues to darken, the sky taking

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Hudson Opera House Feasts Again!

The Hudson Opera House is both impossible and easy to overlook.  Impossible because its doors are always open, and something is always going on there.  Easy, because most of what happens there is not for the sort of people who showed up on Saturday, April 30 at HOH's

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The Dream Away Lodge: A Boho Berkshire Dream Come True

You could call the Dream Away Lodge a living landmark. Surrounded by October Mountain State Forest in Becket, MA, the former roadhouse is a time capsule of Berkshire bohemia, the place where Bob Dylan (photo below), Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie and Sam Shephard made a movie, Renaldo and Clara,  in

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BIFF's Sixth Season Announced at Haven

Cultural corespondent Bess J.M. Hochstein reports from Lenox: Cineastes and supporters gathered at Haven Cafe in Lenox on Thursday, April 28 to be among the first to hear the roster for the Sixth Annual Berkshire International Film Festival. Founder and executive director Kelley Vickery (left, with Berkshire Botanical Garden&

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Not Just Bread at Bread Alone Café & Restaurant

By Kathryn Matthews For over a decade, discerning carb lovers have been able to get their fix of artisan breads, from French sourdough (levain) and whole wheat sourdough (miche) to baguettes, challah and peasant bread—all made with organic flours—at Bread Alone Bakery in Rhinebeck village.  Pastries, too, like

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