Rural Intelligence (Page 717)

Food

A New Pear Brandy from Harvest Spirits

Update: Harvest Spirits Pear Takes The BronzeIn April, Harvest Spirits Pear brandy was awarded a bronze medal by the American Distilling Institute at the sixth annual ADI Brandy conference and competition in Alameda, California. The pear brandy/eau de vie category was the most competitive, drawing dozens of entries. The

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Food

Dominic Palumbo: The Egghead Organic Farmer with a CSA & a Fan Club

Dominic Palumbo is an organic farmer in Sheffield, MA, whose acolytes admire his mind as much as they relish his meat, pork, eggs, chicken, and vegetables. "The honest, unpretentious way Dominic goes about the business of farming, his devotion to tradition, and his unimpeachable integrity make him the touchstone

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Style

Sandy Klempner Takes the Fifth with Style

For some people, an interesting shop can be like the bar in Cheers, a place worthy of regular visits, where comfort and stimulation in equal measure are guaranteed, and where at least somebody knows your name. Sandy Klempler Antiques and Interiors in Canaan, NY, just west of the Massachusetts border,

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Passages: Our Blogger Ties the Knot

It's not just Connecticut that's full of surprises. This just in from faithful correspondent Carey Maloney. Connecticut Welcomes You! If only you knew how long and how relentlessly we have made fun of Connecticut—the proverbial “state of mind”…Particularly Greenwich. … Precious and preppy. The Upper

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Community

Passages: Our Blogger Ties the Knot in Connecticut

It's not just Connecticut that's full of surprises. This just in from faithful correspondent Carey Maloney. Connecticut Welcomes You! If only you knew how long and how relentlessly we have made fun of Connecticut—the proverbial “state of mind”…Particularly Greenwich. … Precious and preppy. The Upper

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Food

AgriCulture: Behold, the Lamb of God

Peter Davies is a dealer in world textiles and kilim rugs, particularly those from Turkey, a destination he knows well and for which he also is a travel consultant. His partner, Mark Scherzer, has his own law firm, specializing in health law. For most of the past decade, the pair

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Community

The Next Big Thing: Slow Money

"Let's bring money down to earth," suggests Woody Tasch, author of Slow Money, Investing as if Food, Farms and Fertility Mattered. On Earth Day Eve, Friday, April 24, Tasch will share the podium at Time & Space Limited in Hudson with the legendary Paolo Di Croce,

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Food

AgriCulture Gets the Last Oink

On Friday, April 10, 2008, The New York Times ran an op-ed with the incendiary title, "Free Range Trichinosis," to which our AgriCulture co-columnist Mark Scherzer, a free-range pig farmer himself, shot back the following assurance of on-going vigilance at Turkana Farms, as well

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Style

Au Revoir Basic French

The economy is really only part of it. There is another, even more compelling reason, if truth be told. But if it makes you feel better to blame the economy, welcome aboard. Basic French, the store specializing in French products for "la vie quotidienne" (everyday life) is shuttering

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Food

AgriCulture: Consider the Egg

With both Passover and Easter upon us, it seems an opportune time to consider the egg. Pop anthropology tells us that the egg is a symbol of rebirth, hence its association with the festivals of Spring. Surely there's something to this, but if it's just about

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Food

Pavlova: A Dessert That Dances

Well, maybe not. But the pavlova—an airy meringue concoction invented either in New Zealand or Australia, sometime between 1926 and 1935, as a tribute to the ballerina Anna Pavlova who toured both countries several times during that period (believe it or not, the debate goes on)— is so light

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Community

A New Hudson B & B, The Croff House, Opens This Weekend

Exactly 137 years ago this Friday, on April 10, 1872, the ribbon was cut on the first private gated community in the United States. When, precisely, Willard Place in Hudson shed its gate is open to speculation but it is known that the street itself officially became city property sometime

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