Food

Discover the best food, farms, and dining in the Hudson Valley, Berkshires, and Litchfield Hills. Rural Intelligence shares local restaurant reviews, seasonal recipes, and stories celebrating regional flavor.

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Recipe: Portuguese Kale Soup

This week's recipe is from Berkshire-based duo The Butcher & The Baker. The Butcher is Jake, a nose-to-tail butcher/artist, who loves to cook and grew up in the woody hills of Western Massachusetts where his passion for local, fresh food was first instilled in him. The Baker

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Everybody's All-American: A Southern Spin on Chicken Potpie

By Paige Orloff I've loved potpie since I was a little girl and my mother used to serve me the frozen ones as special lunch treats. (The fact that she'd do odd dances to entertain me while I endured their epic heating time in those pre-microwave

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Recipe: Oven-Roasted Chestnuts With Spiced Melted Butter

By Lisa Green If you’re reading this the day it’s posted — which happens to fall on Thanksgiving — well, then, good for you. You’re probably not hosting the feast. Or maybe you’re taking a little breather from basting. Either way, you might happen to have some chestnuts

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Recipe: Garlic Head Soup

By Jacque Schiller This soup could also be called, “Since no one delivers around here, what could I throw into a pot and quickly enjoy from a bowl while I binge watch ___ on Netflix?" There always seems to be a bit of bread past its prime, a few garlic

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Holiday Food Shopping: Bag The Supermarket And Go Straight To The Source

By Katherine Abbott Orange and green gourds pile up at shop entrances, and the local food co-op has a flyer for free-range turkeys. The harvest season is winding down, but as Pittsfield opens a new winter farmers market and Berkshire Grown expands its holiday markets, it becomes clear that farm-grown

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Open House: PlaceInvaders Dinners Pop Up In Great Barrington

By Amy Krzanik If you’re anything like us, you love to see how other people live — how they decorate and use their space, what they collect. You also love being the first to experience a new restaurant — the more eclectic, the better. On Friday, Dec. 4 through Sunday, Dec.

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Recipe: Pomegranate Risotto With Bay Scallops Alla Veneziana

By Susan Simon Commercial bay scalloping season opened on Nov. 1 in just about all the areas in the northeast where the sweet, bivalve mollusk is fished. While the area that we call home isn’t on a coast, popular – and anxiously awaited – bay scallops are available for sale in

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Recipe: Crumble-Top Apple Pie

This week's recipe is from Berkshire-based duo The Butcher & The Baker. The Butcher is Jake, a nose-to-tail butcher/artist, who loves to cook and grew up in the woody hills of Western Massachusetts where his passion for local, fresh food was first instilled in him. The Baker

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Chefs Weigh In On A Tradition At The Tipping Point

By Andrea Pyros Should restaurants do away with tipping and switch to a service-included policy? News that famed New York restaurateur Danny Meyer plans to eliminate tipping in all 13 of his Union Square Hospitality Group restaurants has chefs, restaurant owners and diners all taking notice. Meyer’s “hospitality included&

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Wm. Farmer And Sons Raises A New Bar In Hudson

By Jamie Larson There’s a lot new in Hudson, New York these days (see this week's accompanying story). All over town, recently opened businesses are raising the bar in lodging, food, drink, design and style. One of them is bringing all those aspects together in a truly

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Recipe: Baked Radicchio On Bread

By Susan Simon This is the time of year when bitter leaves show up in farmstand bins and on market shelves. They become the exciting and palate-pleasing new base for the salads and side dishes that I favor. This segue from spring and summertime greens to the family of chicory

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Burgers & Frites Elevates Fast Casual In Lakeville

By Jacque Lynn Schiller Area Canadians rejoice: poutine has arrived in the Litchfield Hills. Or perhaps instead of the gravy train you prefer your spuds served alongside escargot sautéed in herb butter? So long as you like them double crisped and airy, you’ll find fries done right at Burgers

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