Rural Intelligence (Page 438)

Food

Knead To Know: Take A Class In Bread Making

Bread making is one of those activities that can feel intimidating. The yeast, the kneading, the waiting …it just seems easier to go out and buy bread at one of the many good bakeries and farms in the Rural Intelligence region. But there’s really nothing like making your own,

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Food

'Specials' Night Out: A Roundup Of Restaurant Deals

By Lisa Green Does anyone ever need a reason to dine out? Not really. But there are some very savvy restaurants in the Rural Intelligence region that are reeling us in simply by rustling up something just a little different on one night of the week. Some are meals at

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Style

The Value Of Annuals: Versatility In The Garden

The Rural Intelligence region is fortunate to have so many gardening experts close by. This week, we welcome Madaline Sparks to our gardening column. She is the principal in her own design, installation and maintenance business, Madaline Sparks Garden Design, with clients in Columbia and Berkshire counties. For 12 years

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Food

Recipe: Roasted Chicken With Herbs

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

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Parties

MASS MoCA Gives Sculptor Richard Nonas His Space

Amy Krzanik reports from North Adams. The motto that begins “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night…" most often is quoted when alluding to our intrepid U.S. Mail carriers. But the same could be said for art lovers this past Saturday, Feb. 13. Attendees of

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Community

10 Things To Love About Kinderhook

By Jamie Larson While the City of Hudson has rapidly re-ascended in stature over the past decade and a half, the town of Kinderhook, New York had been the center of life and less-fashionable culture in Columbia County for generations before that. The town’s rolling farms, forests

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Parties

Words And Wisdom From Columbia County's Own Deborah Roberts and Al Roker

Rachel Louchen reports from Chatham. It was quite appropriate to meet America’s most famous weatherman on the coldest night of the year. As the Polar Vortex knocked temperatures down to eight below, Al Roker and his wife, Deborah Roberts happily greeted residents and signed copies of their new book

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Real Estate

For The Literature Lover

A floor-to-ceiling library will put serious book lovers in literary heaven...and there's even a stairway to access the bookshelves. This 17-acre spread on Tobey Pond in Norfolk is actually two properties: a year-round house and a collection of summer cottages. The main home

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Real Estate

Adult Contemporary

A bibliophile will appreciate this Taghkanic contemporary that has an entire room dedicated to books. The living spaces feature walls of windows and many wood embellishments. Located on a hilltop with panoramic views, there is a great room, kitchen with high-end appliances, gathering room, large screened porch and a

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Real Estate

Open Book

Looking like it could have come out of a novel itself, this house has a library with built-in bookshelves and a fireplace. Originally a circa 1890s structure in Columbia County, it was moved to Stanfordville, perched on a private hilltop and reconstructed to resemble a European-style castle. The

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Real Estate

Room To Read

This Sheffield home library has wall-to-wall built-in bookshelves along with cabinet space. "The Barns" is an architect-designed home fashioned from three historic dairy barns on 17 acres. Now, the house features a great room with a cathedral-ceiling chimney, gourmet kitchen, expansive summer living

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Real Estate

Very Versailles

This Rhinebeck estate was made for readers: the library has walls of bookshelves, a chandelier, and a floor-to-ceiling window. Built in 1779, the property was once one of the barns of the Wildercliff Hudson River Estate and retains period details, displayed in the great room with 20-foot

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