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"Farmhouse Rules" Brings Local HV To National TV

By Jamie Larson Nancy Fuller has been a part of the Hudson Valley food community for, essentially, her entire life. From growing up on her family's farm in Columbia County to running the multi-million-dollar  Ginsberg’s Foods alongside her husband David Ginsberg, Fuller has also become one of

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Sua Buona: Andrea’s Pasta di Casa

By Don Rosendale It will be four years next week since Andrea Salvador dished up her first fettuccine meal. In Milan, they would call a store like hers an alimentari, an upscale deli where you can buy the highest quality pasta, marinara sauce, and dolce. In Amenia, it’s called

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Gilded Age Holiday Entertaining: From Soup to Nutmeg

By Francine Segan I love collecting postcards with Berkshire turn-of-the-century winter scenes like horse-drawn carriages dashing through glistening snow and candles glowing on Christmas trees. I also collect the interesting objects they used in daily life back then that are now, for better or worse, obsolete. Things like these, which

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Provence In Pine Plains: Stissing House

By Don Rosendale To see Michel Jean perched at a table in his Pine Plains restaurant, Stissing House, evokes thoughts of a French Impressionist self-portrait. Except that Jean is an artiste of a different sort, his brush a whisk at what many will say is the best French restaurant north

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Shu Mai On My Mind

Most of us are so used to frozen or defrosted shrimp that "seasonal shrimp" sounds as oxymoronic as jumbo shrimp. But they do exist. I recently found these Maine babies at the supermarket, where they should be available for another month or so. You can use them whole

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Hidden in Plain Sight: Jivey Places for a Drink and Snack in the Southern Berkshires

By Jamie Larson It’s always nice to be in on a secret, or two, or five. Southern Berkshire County is filled with amazing attractions, shopping, inns and restaurants, all classy places of deserved renown. But just around back, the region is hiding another of its virtues; some awesome classic

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Orange Soy Braised Pork Ribs

Berkshire native Alana Chernila, mother of two, and author of the cookbook, The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making (Clarkson Potter), dispenses change and cooking ideas to readers and friends. She shares her peak-of-the-season recipes with Rural Intelligence to help us make the most of

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How 'Green' Was My Valley Greenhouse: McEnroe Farm Keeps It Growing Au Naturel All Year Round

By Don Rosendale Talking to Ray McEnroe is a little bit like talking to a Burgundy vineyard owner about his latest vintage. The difference perhaps is that, while the French grape grower would enthuse about terroir--the difference a few hundred yards' distance can make in what is grown in

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Opera & Food: A Perfect Duo

By Francine Segan On Saturday, November 9, the Mahaiwe will show Puccini’s Tosca at 1 p.m. as part of its Met Live in HD series. Then, at 6 p.m., I will be giving a talk, "Opera Lover's Cookbook," based on my book of

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Love In A Truck: Philmont's Communal Curbside Café

By Jamie Larson You may recall that rare, contented feeling you get when noticing a group of people working towards an altruistic goal, indviduals who not only mean what they say but are actually capable and talented enough to succeed at it. True, this happens often enough in our region,

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Recipe: Halloween Leftovers?

By Francine Segan You are going to love this healthy dessert from Italy. Yes, dessert and healthy can be used in the same sentence! It’s a little like a deconstructed fruit cake--only scrumptious and strikingly pretty. In an air-tight container or Ziploc plastic bag, combine your favorite dried fruits,

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Scary Fall Stew

Berkshire native Alana Chernila, mother of two, and author of the cookbook, The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making (Clarkson Potter), dispenses change and cooking ideas to readers and friends. She shares her peak-of-the-season recipes with Rural Intelligence to help us make the most of

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