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Open Season on Apples & Pears at Philip Orchards

"You always think this year's apples are the best ever," says Julia Philip of Claverack. "Or you always think last year's apples were better. Depends on your nature."  Julia knows nature.  Now 83, she has been running Philip Orchards year round since

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Recipe: Extending the Olive Branch

At a dinner party at our house the other night, a guest (who happens to know way more about great food than me, or you, or most anyone on the planet—trust me on this) handed me a lovely cardboard gift box, carefully packed with two slender, ribbon-wrapped, dark

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Last Chance Barbecue

With a chill in the air and a few fallen leaves already skittering on the road, I feel the urge to fire up our barbecue as often as possible before the frost comes.  I know more intrepid grillers and smokers get out in the cold with mittens and mufflers to

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King Corn: How It's Done at Howden Farm

At this time of year, everybody serves corn on the cob and everybody claims that their local farm stand has the hands-down best corn in the region. The people who go to Howden Farm in Sheffield are among the most vociferous, and so are the folks who buy their

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Recipe: Coleslaw…Yes, Coleslaw

It pains me to say it, but coleslaw is the ugly stepsister of summer fare.  Potato salads, cold or warm, always robust, carefully seasoned, seem to appear in all manner of fancy guises, but coleslaw is often ignored.  Fair enough—cabbage gets a bad rap, and coleslaw's commercial

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News/Recipe: Mad for Mado

In the last two weeks, everywhere I went in Columbia County—shopping in Chatham, the wonderful "Taste of Columbia County Bounty" event, friends' dinner party—I was accosted by foodies practically vibrating with news:  Mado Patisserie was open on Chatham's Main Street.  One devotee went

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Lucky for Lenox: A True Haven

Delicious food with a side of good will: Haven, as its name promises, is a stress-free zone. On her website, Shelly Williams, owner of one-month-old Haven Cafe and Bakery in Lenox, cautions wannabe employees, "Must love food. Be interested in continuing education related to food and

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Recipes: Grateful for Gratins

Every time I've pored over cookbooks this summer, looking for ways to use the bounty carted home from my farm share and the farmers' markets, I have found myself choosing some version of a gratin.  According to Julia Child and Jacques Pepin (who should know) the term

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Quinn’s Cause: Once Forbidden, Now #1 Superfruit

“I always knew I would live here,” Greg Quinn says of idyllic, 140-acre Walnut Grove Farm, which he and screenwriter-producer Carolyn Blackwood moved to from Manhattan eight years ago.  “I just didn’t know where ‘here’ was.” Or what “here” held in store.  At the time, Quinn, a

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The Red Lion's Courtyard

The pebbled courtyard nestled behind the venerable Red Lion Inn is a quiet oasis steps from the throngs of tourists on Main Street. With colorful impatiens planted everywhere, it has the pleasant air of an old-money country club that has opened its doors to the public. There's

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It's PYO Blueberry Season

We went blueberry picking the other day at Windy Hill Farm in Great Barrington. Picking them requires patience and perseverence, but doesn't everything worthwhile in life? In the back of our minds, we were thinking of the first stanza of Blueberries by the great New England poet Robert

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Grass-fed Beef (and Authentic Farmhouse Style) in Salisbury

Robin and Allen Cockerline, who raise grass-fed beef in Salisbury, CT, are not the type of farmers who'd call their house "stylish" or describe their hamburgers or hot dogs as "gourmet." But their good taste is quite evident at their quaint shop at

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