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AgriCulture: Land of the Lotus Eaters

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes. As much as I loved New Orleans when I lived there, it was, I am convinced (after living on Turkana Farms these past twelve years), one of the least agricultural

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Gallic Goings On: The Newly Reopened Café Adam and Chez Nous

I haven’t been to Paris this spring  and, what with husband Edgar always going off on business trips and my increasingly busy schedule as a freelance journalist and fundraiser, it doesn’t look as if we will be able to any time soon. All the more reason I'

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Global Gourmet: Four Markets Bring International Flair to North Street

When you need a loaf of bread, a jar of peanut butter, or a pint of Ben & Jerry’s, you pack the reusable totes and head to the local supermarket. But where do you go for a bit of gooseberry conserve, cassava couscous, stuffed cabbage rolls, or broad-bean noodles?

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A Quick Fix: Pasta with Lemon, Sardines, and Capers

Berkshire native Alana Chernila, local politician, 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

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AgriCulture: Boarish Behavior

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes. While spring is a time of new birth and a surging life force, sometimes it seems like farming during the season is at least as much about second takes, repairs,

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Foraging for Food: Ramp, Asparagus, and Ricotta Frittata

Berkshire native Alana Chernila, local politician, 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

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The Land of Oil and Honey

Who knew one could achieve a higher education in those basic yet exalted substances, honey and olive oil, in the spiffy heart of Rhinebeck? Housed in the old hardware store building, Bumble and Hive on East Market Street is a two-year-old general store of sorts, filled with more than 50

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Kitchen Nostalgia: Saffron and Pea Shoot Risotto

Berkshire native Alana Chernila, local politician, 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

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A Little Magic: Maple Custard

Berkshire native Alana Chernila, local politician, 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

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AgriCulture: Holy Cow!

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes. The momentous news on the farm this week is that Roxie the cow gave birth to a sweet, petite heifer calf on Friday morning. Nearly a week earlier I had

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Seders and Beyond: Klara's Cookies

Each year at Passover, seder tables around the world ask, “Why is this night different from all other nights?" This week, New Englanders lucky enough to have Klara Sotonova’s handcrafted macaroons on hand will be asking themselves another question: Why are Klara’s Gourmet Cookies different from all

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Via Route 9: A Passage to India

It’s an incongruous, eye-catching sight — a ranch house painted gold and orange along Route 9, just south of Rhinebeck. This exterior is the first of many warming surprises people will notice when they stop to encounter what lies inside the fragrant Cinnamon, Dutchess County’s new South Indian restaurant.

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