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Recipe: Autumn Spiced Red Wine Poached Pear Tart

By Madeline Delosh Apples may be the queen of fall fruit, but let us not forget the season’s pears, which are equally welcome in sorbets, cakes and jams. One way to keep pears around longer is to poach them, which is just what Madeline Delosh does, combining the delicacy

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Recipe: Farrotto With Apples, Sausage And Walnuts

By Susan Simon We who are fortunate to live tucked away in this spectacular corner of the world are the recipients of an apple harvest to end all others. New York State (I know, apples grow in Massachusetts and Connecticut, too) is second only to Washington State in apple production.

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Alana Chernila Launches Cookbook #2: 'The Homemade Kitchen'

Alana Chernila at a recent cheesemaking class. By Lisa Green Regular readers of our recipes page might have noticed that our twice-a-month contributor, Alana Chernila, has been absent for a few weeks. Don’t worry — she’ll be back. She’s just really, really busy right now, and for the

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Recipe: Baked Mustard Chicken

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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Recipe: Butternut Squash Cannelloni

This week, we are happy to welcome Susan Simon to our Recipes page. Simon has written five cookbooks, co-authored a James Beard award-winning book and a shopping guide to Marrakech, and translated a culinary guide to Italy. She writes a weekly food column for the Hudson-Greene Media Group, which includes

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Recipe: Apple Crisp

Here’s good news for home cooks: The Hillsdale General Store has opened a kitchen store right across from the mother company in Hillsdale, NY. Along with the cookware and tools, the store, called Home Chef, is equipped with two beautiful teaching kitchens. (We will be writing more about that

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South Farms: Something Good Grows in Morris

By Jacque Lynn Schiller Lately, I must confess, Instagram has been providing a map of sorts with its intriguing photos of new places to visit. A couple of months ago, venerable Chef Joel Viehland (formerly of Community Table) posted a photo of an old Ford AA truck with a logo

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Guido's Granola Bars With Ginger Yogurt Dipping Sauce

And now for something completely different. For the past few weeks, we’ve been focusing on seasonal goodness with recipes that celebrate the veggies from our gardens and nearby farms. And if you'd like more of those kinds of recipes, we’ve got eight years worth of recipes

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Arethusa Al Tavolo: From A Dairy To Dining Extraordinaire

Colorado lamb tartare tenderloin By Jacque Lynn Schiller By now, you’ve no doubt heard the backstory of Arethusa al Tavolo, or at least of the fashionable names behind the restaurant’s inception. If not, a quick primer: Partners in business and life, George Malkemus and Anthony Yurgaitis of Manolo

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Recipe: Rustic Eggplant Parmesan

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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Gaskins Makes Germantown A Destination To Dine

Photo by Michael Kennedy By Jamie Larson It’s rare to see the successful intersection of modern, relevant fine dining and a family-friendly, neighborhood restaurant. But at the crossroads in the center of Germantown, New York, Gaskins is proof it can be done with a refreshingly casual sophistication. Gaskins is

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Recipe: Spicy Summer Squash Soup

Twice a month, Berkshire County native Alana Chernila, mother of two, and author of the cookbook, The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making (Clarkson Potter), contributes a thoughtful and heartfelt essay/recipe created exclusively for Rural Intelligence readers. Her first cookbook has achieved top-seller status,

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