Rural Intelligence (Page 375)

Real Estate

Kitchen Sprawl

This Goshen estate features an enormous custom kitchen. Set on more than 1,000 acres, the home's interior of 12,000-plus square feet has unique Palladian details and light-filled, richly-appointed living areas. The kitchen is central to its formal dining room, outdoor dining terrace, living room and dual-stairway

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Real Estate

Kitchen Convenience

Steeped in history, this home was built by the founder of Kinderhook Bank in 1930 and has a contemporary kitchen with every modern convenience. The restored house has a portico, gracious front hall, front parlor, music room, sun room, and formal dining room. The open concept chef's kitchen

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Real Estate

Second Empire Style

Built in 1875, the John O’Brien Residence in Rhinebeck was upgraded in 2015. The second empire Victorian retains its vintage moldings, wood floors, marble fireplaces and light fixtures. In the chef's kitchen, the island features blue marble counters from a local quarry, upscale appliances, farm sink, and

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Grand And Gourmet

This freshly renovated contemporary has top-of-the-line rooms, most notably the kitchen with honed granite butcher block, walnut countertops, and Aga appliances. In Ghent, the home has open space, lofty ceilings, natural light and sweeping views. There is a two-story fireplace in the great room, whitewashed oak floors, three master suites,

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Beau Vallee

Beau Vallee is an 1845 Greek Revival home that has been completely restored with a custom kitchen. The 5,000-square-foot house sits on 10.8 acres in Salisbury and offers a traditional flow starting from the formal entry with the original staircase flanked by formal living and dining rooms. The

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Food

Out To Lunch…In Tangier

By Nichole Dupont Nothing is as it seems. Particularly here in the Northeast, where a sunny day could mean bitter cold, and a winter rain could be warmer than a summer night. This unpredictable predictability followed me to the newly opened Tangier Café (formerly the old Fuel Café spot) on

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Parties

BAA's Annual RAP Party Draws A Creative Crowd

Amy Krzanik reports from Pittsfield. Pittsfield’s 10x10 Upstreet Arts Festival, held for 10 days each February, is an ingenious way to bring residents out of hibernation to attend or participate in readings, concerts, plays, dance performances, children’s activities and more all throughout the city’s downtown. One of

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Community

The Rural We: Lisa Lansing Simont

Lisa Lansing Simont is one of those people whose careers you look at and say “whoa.” Following graduation at Mount Holyoke, she was a reporter at the Berkshire Eagle, after which she moved to Washington, D.C. There she took a position at the Congressional Quarterly, then worked for Pierre

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Community

Sylvia Center Cooks Up A Family Class at Valley Variety

Program Director Jenn So with young cooks in training. By Jamie LarsonThe Sylvia Center at Katchkie Farm in Kinderhook is an excellent example of how our regionally specific “farm to table” philosophy runs deeper than commerce and consumption. The programing provided on site at the farm during the growing season,

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Food

Recipe: Vegetarian Tortilla Soup

One of our favorite events every summer is The Sylvia Center’s Farm-to-Table dinner, hosted by Great Performances in the fields of Katchkie Farm in Kinderhook, N.Y. The mission of The Sylvia Center is to inspire young people and their families to eat well through hands-on learning experiences on

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Arts

The RuraList: Bestselling Winter Reads Of The RI Region

We thought it would be interesting to canvas some of our region’s booksellers to see what books are among the most popular buys right now. Would a theme emerge? Sort of. Not surprisingly, books that are overtly political are selling well, as are nonfiction titles that help us live

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Community

It’s A Zoo At Millbrook School (And We Don’t Mean The Kids)

Red panda cub with Millbrook School student Zooies. Photos courtesy Millbrook School. By Merida Welles Coati and Kinkajou, Kea and Rhea. Foreign dishes? Exotic holiday spots? Hardly! These extraordinary creatures are just a few of the 180 exotic and indigenous animals housed at Trevor Zoo, Millbrook School’s six-acre animal

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