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.

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A PYO Plethora of Macs and Jacks

Fall is teaming with brilliant golds, reds, and oranges this year. And I'm not just talking about the foliage. The beautiful bounty of the season is busting at the seams of the Rural Intelligence region. Apples and pumpkins, the sentinels of autumn, are ripe and ready for the

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Recipe: Apple Bread Brings Perfection to a Messy Kitchen

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 at the Great Barrington Farmers’ Market. She shares her peak-of-the-season recipes with Rural Intelligence to help

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Forrest's Sidestreet Café

A classic canteen that preceded the trendy food trucks

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Food: Chili Cook-off Brings Secrets and Charity

Photo by James Czar Good chili is easy to make - some ground chuck, maybe pork, a can of beans, an Ancho chile or two – but it takes a special magic to make a transcendent chili. That perfect blend of heartiness and heat, two qualities cherished by “chili tribes” the

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Recipe: Coconut Roasted Buttercup Squash

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 at the Great Barrington Farmers’ Market. She shares her peak-of-the-season recipes with Rural Intelligence to help

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Pot Of Gold: Ancram Distillery Crafts Field-to-Glass Bourbon

With all the elegance and quality of a Napa Valley winery, Hillrock Estate Distillery in Ancram, NY opened for business on September 15, 2012. Owner Jeffrey Baker is determined to create top-notch bourbons that match the magnificence of his stunning, expansive farm and production facility, where whiskey lovers are invited

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AgriCulture: A Turkana Farms Take on Turkish Terrain

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes. We have escaped the farm and are on the loose on Turkey’s eastern Black Sea coast in what was once the Byzantine Empire of the Comneni. A strange place

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Let Them Eat Crepes: Starving Artist Café Feeds the Masses

Emmy Davis, part owner and crepe-maker extraordinaire When she was a teenager, Emmy Davis, a Lee native, went to Paris with her father. She loved the city, loved the cafés, but wasn't altogether sold on one of the country's staples: crepes. The 33-year-old mother of two

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In Millerton: Spain Comes to Main Street, Tapas Style

Owner Eleanor Nurzia and her family. Photos: Laurie Spens. Much like the little black dress, Spanish paella is a classic with endless variations. In Valencia, where the saffron-yellow rice dish originated, chefs insist that a proper paella must include chicken, rabbit, and beans. Caracoles terrestres—land snails—are optional. On

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Blueberry Hill Market & Café

"Everything looks beautiful and tastes even better"

By Lisa Green

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Recipe: Warm Lentil Salad With Corn and a Twist of Green

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 at the Great Barrington Farmers’ Market. She shares her peak-of-the-season recipes with Rural Intelligence to help

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AgriCulture: Tempus Fugit, But Don’t Rush It

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes. Under siege. Or so it seems. There are enough things that have to get accomplished on the farm this season, all simultaneously, that sometimes it seems your head could explode.

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