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Shu Mai On My Mind

Most of us are so used to frozen or defrosted shrimp that "seasonal shrimp" sounds as oxymoronic as jumbo shrimp.  But they do exist.   I recently found these Maine babies at the supermarket and at Rubiner’s in Great Barrington, where they should be available for another month

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AgriCulture: Remembering Daisy

Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes: Not all farm stories have happy endings. They may, at first, seem to, as was the case with Daisy, our poor young cow, whose harrowing birthing experience was recounted in a May

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Terrapin Red Bistro

"Astonishing variety and value"

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A Locavore Indulgence: Oysters on the Half Shell

It's best to plan ahead with oysters. Although you can always find them in the fish department at Guido's, I like to order them through {encode="cheesemonger@verizon.net" title="Rubiner's"}. If you sign up for the Great Barrington grocer&

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AgriCulture: The Inside Story on "Animal Welfare Approved"

A friend recently asked that we write something about “Animal Welfare Approved” (I’ll call it AWA), a certification that has begun to appear around the region. I had seen their  certificate at Hilltown Pork, the Canaan facility where most of our cattle, lambs and pigs are slaughtered.  Although I

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AgriCulture: The Mysterious Impulse to Garden

Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes: Recently we mailed off our very ambitious vegetable seed order to Fedco and expect to wait the usual two weeks or so for delivery. Unbelievably, it is almost time to begin planting

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AgriCulture: Which Chicken? The Fatty or the Funster?

Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes: I promised a couple of weeks ago to come back to the issue of chicken. I love the taste and texture of the plump Cornish cross chickens we raise, and attribute these

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Sweet Simplicity: Black & White Truffles

These are extraordinary in their ease and simplicity — fresh local cream mingles with the best chocolate you can find. I used Belgium Callebaut chocolate with cream from Highlawn Farm, where the vista is classic New England and Jersey cows bat their long lashes. I couldn’t find local butter (but

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The Market: A Grocery Store Takes Pittsfield Back to the Future

Jim Benson, the owner of The Market, finds it depressing when people have to do their grocery shopping at Rite Aid. Until last week, if you lived or worked in downtown Pittsfield and wanted to buy a half-gallon of milk, paper towels, and a box of cereal, Rite Aid was

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AgriCulture: The Road to Turkana, Part IV

Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY.  Given the tragedy that has recently befallen a local farmer (see Media Matters on the Home Page), Peter, who wrote this week's blog, was quick to point out that the following litany of complaints

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Roast Chicken Chinese Style

Amy Cotler, who will be signing copies of her book The Locavore Way at 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 23, at The Bookloft in Great Barrington, says: You’re going to like this juicy bird, which will perfume your kitchen with ginger and anise and arrive well-browned with hoisin

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AgriCulture: Efficiency Has Its Own Costs

Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes: When I left the farm Tuesday, our sow, Miranda, extremely pregnant, her udders swollen with milk, was barely stirring herself out of her farrowing hut, not showing her usual enthusiasm for her

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