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Recipe: Veggie Mac 'n' Cheese

Recipes from The Sylvia Center at Katchkie Farm are those used to to inspire young people and their families to eat well through hands-on learning experiences on the farm and in the kitchen. Madeleine Fischer, program coordinator at The Sylvia Center, offers us recipes the teenagers are learning to

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Joel Viehland Resurfaces At Swyft In Kent, Conn.

Joel Viehland. Photo by Evan Sung. By CB Wismar For those of us who develop attachments to our local (usually renowned) chefs and make it a practice to keep up on their whereabouts, there’s good news. Joel Viehland, who conceived the award-winning Community Table in Washington, Conn. and

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Recipe: Basque Burnt Cheesecake

By Lisa Fielding ofSecret Ingredients Everybody’s got their favorite cheesecake and I would hazard a guess that there are few who don’t like it. Whether it’s the thick and heavy slabs of New York cheesecake or a creamier, lighter version with a pastry crust, it's

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Troutbeck

After a long hiatus, the elegant restaurant is back

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Recipe: Apple And Oatmeal Crisp

One of our favorite events every summer is The Sylvia Center’s Farm-to-Table dinner, hosted by Great Performances in the fields of Katchkie Farm in Kinderhook, N.Y. The mission of The Sylvia Center is to inspire young people and their families to eat well through hands-on

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Why Does Everyone Love The Berry Farm In Chatham?

By Jamie Larson It's worth writing this piece just to tell you that The Berry Farm in Chatham, New York, is a great place to shop whether you are local or from far afield. The market offers an expanding variety of fresh local produce and meats, seafood, premade

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Yum Yum Noodle and Annabelle's Open in Red Hook

By Jamie Larson When the two most visible and well-situated business locations in the center of Red Hook, New York went vacant at the same time last year, we, along with everyone else, waited with bated breath to see what would open in the prominent, window-lined buildings, catty-

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Recipe: Chickpea Cakes With Cucumber-Yogurt Sauce

One of our favorite events every summer is The Sylvia Center’s Farm-to-Table dinner, hosted by Great Performances in the fields of Katchkie Farm in Kinderhook, N.Y. The mission of The Sylvia Center is to inspire young people and their families to eat well through hands-on

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All That Java: Walk Right Up For A Cup That'll Make You Smile

All That Java, Rhinebeck. Photos provided. By Lisa Green This is a an unequivocally happy story. After all, it’s a story that owes its genesis to coffee, and if you’re a coffee drinker, you'll understand why it's a mood enhancer. But it’s also

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Recipe: Blueberry Pie

By Lisa Fielding of Secret Ingredients I’m often asked when I started cooking and I answer emphatically that the seminal moment occurred when I was six years old. I was visiting my favorite place on earth: my paternal grandparents’ ranch in Orange Cove, Calif. My grandparents were “ranchers” and

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Troutbeck, A Food And Lodging Legend, Is Reborn

Photos: Tanya Blum By CB Wismar If you are local to the Litchfield Hills, the Berkshires or the Hudson Valley, then venture to Troutbeck for the food. You should not be disappointed. If you are bent on exploring the area, then add to your sojourn a night at one of

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Recipe: Curried Winter Squash Soup

One of our favorite events every summer is The Sylvia Center’s Farm-to-Table dinner, hosted by Great Performances in the fields of Katchkie Farm in Kinderhook, N.Y. The mission of The Sylvia Center is to inspire young people and their families to eat well through hands-on

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