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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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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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