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Paige's Picks: Gifts for the Foodies on Your List

I suspect that non-cooks wonder what in the world to give those of us who are culinarily-obsessed. Cookbook? New gadget? Basket of delicacies? These are all good ideas—but how do you take them from "good" to "impossibly clever"?  For me, simpler is better,

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Let It Be Lasagna

It all started with the last tomato from my garden.  A few weeks before Thanksgiving, right before that spell of bitter cold, I was (belatedly) cleaning up the so-called potager behind my back porch.  This was my only stab at a garden this year, and though it mostly looked

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Thanksgiving, Part III: At the Governor's Mansion in Albany

Early last summer, picking up my weekly farm share from Hawthorne Valley Farm's CSA, I was amused to see an entry for "Governor's Mansion" on the pick-up list. I was naturally curious and eventually discovered that Noah Sheetz, the executive chef for the

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The Wine 'Snob' Next Door

David Kamp, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and author of The United States of Arugula, will be signing his latest book, The Wine Snob's Dictionary at Little Gates & Co in Millerton  on Saturday, November 29, from 2 to 5 PM. It's the fourth in

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Thanksgiving, Part II: Talking Turkey with the Professor of Wine

When you hear Michael Albin of Hudson Wine Merchants expound on wine, his alter egos—writer, musician, former English professor—are all in evidence.  His descriptions of his various offerings, their strengths and potential pitfalls, are impassioned and detailed, and his greatest delight seems to be in finding the perfect

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Old Inn on the Green

"Romantic Masterpiece Theatre ambiance"

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Southfield Store

Made-daily baked goods and gelato, takeaway lunch options, and weekly Oaxacan dinner menu

By Lisa Green

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Thanksgiving: Give Thanks for Top-Notch Take-Out

Anybody planning on serving raw celery next Thursday?  Didn't think so.  The ante has gone up since the simple times portrayed at left.  Today's Thanksgiving dinner is a much more ambitious enterprise, which is why it begs for at least partial takeout. Cooking a turkey is

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A Vodka That's Local to the Core

First, you grow the apples.  Then you turn them into cider.  Then you take a lot of cider—five gallons more or less—add yeast, put it into a shine-y copper contraption that looks like something out of Willie Wonka, let it ferment, and after a few days of

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Thanksgiving, Part I: The Beginnings

Part I is not when I discuss the Pilgrims, or the native Americans, or the various inaccuracies we've all been taught about the first Thanksgiving. It's not that I don't care about the origins of my favorite holiday;  rather, there's too much

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Dan’s Diary: A Three-Course French Dinner for $16.50?

In the northwest corner of Connecticut, many people say Pastorale is their favorite French bistro as much for the food as the convivial and comforting atmosphere. Nevertheless, I was dubious about the new Tuesday night prix-fixe "Mini" for $16.50—how could they pull it off and

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The Farmer's in the Kitchen and the Chef's in the Dell

For the sort of people (you know who you are) who secretly long to burst the barricades and invade the kitchens at restaurants, Columbia County Bounty is offering the next best thing: a tour of chefs' kitchens, complete with demonstrations.  On Wednesday, November 12 at noon, their Farm-to-

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