Food Recipe: Borscht This week's recipe is from Berkshire-based duo The Butcher & The Baker. The Butcher is Jake, a nose-to-tail butcher/artist, who loves to cook and grew up in the woody hills of Western Massachusetts where his passion for local, fresh food was first instilled in By Editor
Style Garden: A Guide To Growing Herbs Indoors The following is a regular column that addresses basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back- and front-yard toiler, proffered by someone who knows best; one of the fertile master gardeners from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge. Since few things (other than snowmen) grow in the snow, Brian Cruey By Editor
Arts Review: "10 x 10" Festival at Barrington Stage By Dan Shaw You have probably spent a lot of time this snowbound winter in front of the television. Netflix, Showtime and PBS notwithstanding, you’ve probably realized that television is actually getting worse, not better — sitcoms with 90-second scenes, dramas that depend on violence instead of dialogue to By Editor
Food New Hudson Business Mixes Up A Better Brand Of Bitters By Jamie Larson Above the Hudson Wine Merchants, co-owner Marianne Courville stands behind a heavy farmhouse table topped with an assortment of bottles and jars, a serious mortar and pestle beside her, and a container of juniper berries and vinegar. She pours a splash of recently brewed pear, honey By Editor
Community The Rural We: David Whitman Fifteen years ago David Whitman and his partner, Peter Stiglin, were planning a move to the Adirondacks when they chanced upon our region. Inspired by the beauty of the area, they opened Pergola in 2005 and the shop quickly became a touchstone of the burgeoning New Preston community. Here, David By Editor
Real Estate Plenty of Work Space Work from home much? This color-filled Clinton Corners farmhouse features a two-story walkout studio large enough for whatever your work entails. The three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom home has a living room with a large stone fireplace, kitchen with hardwood floors and a sunny, spacious enclosed By Editor
Real Estate Two-Level Studio Two floors of studio space, unlimited possibilities. This eyebrow Colonial in Sharon was built in 1790 and has two fireplaces (one in the living room and another in the master bedroom), an intimate dining room, two additional bedrooms and four bathrooms total. The unique artist's studio features a By Editor
Real Estate For The Artist New Lebanon is home to a charming country farmhouse with a large studio fit for an artist: after all, there are more than six acres of picturesque country landscape for inspiration. This two-bedroom, two-bathroom home has hardwood floors, a wood-burning stove and an all-purpose room that By Editor
Real Estate More Than A Studio This studio in Tyringham offers the opportunity for an artist (or even a group) to purchase a work space. The barn-like building has enough room for work in any medium, and includes a bedroom and bathroom, making it suitable for projects that go on well into the night. The By Editor
Real Estate At Home At The Office A snowy work commute will be no worries; this Lakeville home offers a large office space just up a flight of stairs. This shingle-style home is filled with custom-design work and gracious living space. There are three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms, large kitchen, living room By Editor
Real Estate Studio With A View This historic center hall Colonial was built in 1774 as the Josiah Arnold homestead, one of the original 40 families that settled the town of West Stockbridge. It has large rooms with high ceilings, gleaming wood floors and five fireplaces, commonplace for a Colonial, but also a large studio built By Editor
Community Regional Rambles: Short And Easy Winter Hikes By Jamie Larson With the Berkshire Mountains and the Hudson River in our midst, we are fortunate to live in a region of incomparable beauty. A long, invigorating weekend hike through our forests, streams, hills and fields will leave one deeply awed by the humble grandeur of it all… (Insert By Editor
