Food AgriCulture: The Off-Label Uses of Basil AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week, Peter writes: One of the minor mysteries that nagged at me while living in Turkey years ago was the pots of dwarf bush basil I saw on the sills of the village By Editor
Food AgriCulture: Leading a Lamb to Assisted Living AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week, Mark writes: Since I wrote about the dilemma of what to do with an increasingly frail elderly ewe a few months ago, a number of people have asked me "What happened By Editor
Food West Street Grill, A Hardy Litchfield Perennial West Street Grill, A Hardy Litchfield Perennial By Lisa Green
Food AgriCulture: Turns Out the Philanderer Also Farms, In a Way In last Sunday's New York Times Magazine Andrew Goldman revisited Mark Sanford, former governor of South Carolina, whose political career and marriage went down in flames when it came to light that he was having an affair with an Argentinian "soul mate." Since Turkana Farms' By Editor
Food St. Andrew's Café, Greener and Sharper Than Ever By Kathryn Matthews For all appearances, St. Andrew's Café at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in Hyde Park is one of those restaurants where time-stood-still, with décor that features carpeted floors; a brown-and-ochre color scheme; floor-length floral curtains; and white-clothed tables. The student servers sport collared, long-sleeved By Editor
Food AgriCulture: Blue Ribbon Okra, Plus Recipes AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week, Peter writes: One of our best kept secrets is that our farm, Turkana Farms, won first prize, a beautiful blue ribbon with gold letters reading “First Premium,” for our okra entry at By Editor
Food AgriCulture: The Pleasure Principle AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week, Mark writes: On this extremely hot afternoon smack in the middle of a short (we hope) heat wave, I am very thankful not to be living in the Midwest, where the extremely By Editor
Food AgriCulture: The Great Release AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week, Peter writes: This is the week of the great release. Our 100 or so heritage turkey poults finally, after more than two months of confinement, have reached a size that they no By Editor
Food AgriCulture: Why We (Um)...Castrate AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week, Mark writes: If you want to know what empathy is, follow the expression on a young man's face as he assists at a piglet's castration. Last Sunday I By Editor
Food Celebrity Chef Lydia Shire Debuts at Tanglewood by Sally Helgesen Lydia Shire has been to the Boston restaurant scene what Alice Waters was to Northern California: a creative force, influencer-in-chief, modernizer, experimentalist, provocateur and muse. Now Shire brings her outrageously delicious cuisine to the Berkshires as guest chef at Tanglewood’s opening night Gala at on Friday, By Editor
Food In Rhinebeck, A Pop-Up Market That’s Here (Please) to Stay by Kathryn Matthews Aha moments often occur under duress. Last December Elizabeth Ryan was desperately trying to figure out how to keep her staff from Breezy Hill Orchard intact through the winter. It had been a challenging year. In fact, for several years all Hudson Valley growers had been having By Editor
