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.

Food

Talbott & Arding Embraces A Piece Of Hudson’s Past And Present

Photos by Annie Schlechter By Greg Cerio Customers of the new Hudson, NY food shop Talbott & Arding Cheese and Provisions might be so busy admiring the shop’s crisp interior details (white tile, dove-gray wainscoting) that they only glance at the pitted marble counter used to display house-made scones,

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Recipe: Cumin Roasted Carrots with Yogurt Sauce

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: Hot Wing Cauliflower

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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Recipe: Buttermilk Panna Cotta

Photos by Michel Arnaud Madeline Delosh, a Columbia County resident, owns Mado Patisserie in Chatham, NY. A graduate of the French Culinary Institute, she worked with Jean-Georges Vongerichten and was the pastry chef at La Grenouille Restaurant. “I like to reach out to those who love baking and pastries,"

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Food: The Swiss Raclette At Gedney Farm

By Lisa Green I am not a skier. But I can dine like one, and fortunately, the good folks at Gedney Farm in New Marlboro require no ski lift ticket to enjoy the “après ski" Sunday night Swiss raclette. The raclette refers to both the semi-hard cheese and the

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Recipe: Maple Vanilla Pudding

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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Recipe: Lamb and Coriander Stew

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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The Enchanted Cafe Conjures Up A Vegan Valentine's Dinner

By Jamie Larson We’re going vegan for Valentine’s Day at the Enchanted Café in Red Hook. The humble, spiritually minded café in the center of town has become well known for its inclusiveness as a venue for uncommon thought, but owner Joe Moscato is also happy to make

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Recipe: Perfect Roast Chicken

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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Monte's Local Kitchen and Tap Room

The family that brought you Monte’s in Brooklyn is back with Monte’s in Amenia

By Lisa Green

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Bruno's

A menu that's deceptively simple, hiding a lineup of expertly executed sandwiches, soups and sides

By Jamie Larson

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Recipe: Raspberry Sablée Heart

When Mado Patisserie opened on Chatham’s Main Street in 2008, it seemed all of Columbia County went mad for the French patisserie. Seven years later, it’s plus ca change and all that. Why would anything be different when it’s still master baker Madeline Delosh running the place?

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