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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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AgriCulture: Mommie, Dearest

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes. As you heard from Mark last week, we are all abuzz here about animal behavior. and seem to be on the qui vive, as The New York Times recently featured

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Kickin' Ginger Cookies

Berkshire native Alana Chernila, local politician, mother of two, and author of the new 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

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In Sheffield, Big Elm Brewing Branches Out

Christine and Bill Heaton For hundreds of years, Sheffield’s festivals and town meetings were held at an elm tree so large that 300 people could fit beneath its boughs. Now there’s a new gathering spot where the tree once thrived. Big Elm Brewing, which opened in October on

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Spice Girl

Your Spice of Life

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This Ain't Your Grandma's Oatmeal

Berkshire native Alana Chernila, local politician, mother of two, and author of the new 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

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AgriCulture: Hormonal Rush

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes. As we continuously tell you, we are in lambing season. It started in earnest at the beginning of December and still hasn't stopped. The two dozen births we&

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Heat Wave

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes. I think we are all, either from direct experience or reading about it, aware that the year 2012 has gone down in U.S. weather history as being the hottest

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Currant Scones: Get 'em While They're Hot!

Berkshire native Alana Chernila, local politician, mother of two, and author of the new 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

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AgriCulture: Going Rogue

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes. This is the season when we all make resolutions for improvement in the new year. While I consider myself a person of reason, not trapped in age old superstitions, I

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January Salad With a Side of Inspiration

Berkshire native Alana Chernila, local politician, mother of two, and author of the new 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

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AgriCulture: Ducks and Geese and Farmers Better Scurry

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes. It was the morning of our departure for a four-day getaway to New Orleans, Mark’s generous treat in celebration of my birthday. When one gets to a certain aggregation

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Savoring the Season: The Daily Pâté

Months ago I was sitting with my friend Audrey Sussman on her porch. We were drinking iced tea and enjoying the sun, probably having a meeting of some sort on recipes. But then she changed the subject, as if inspired, and she asked, “Do you want to make pâté?” She

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