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AgriCulture: Father Time Rules the Roost

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week, Mark writes: "The clock is ticking," my father said recently with respect to an impending major birthday. As if I didn't know. His comment should have clued me

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Hudson's First Annual Ramp Festival

The ramp, that incorrigible first forage-able of the season, will be celebrated in all its odiferous glory on Saturday, April 30 at Hudson's First Annual Ramp Fest. “The ramp is a harbinger of spring," says the event's organizer, Jeff Gimmel, of Swoon Kitchenbar in Hudson.

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A Royal Opportunity for Harney Tea

The Harney family is living proof that you can create and grow a global business from our neck of the woods. The Salisbury-based clan who run their tea empire from headquarters in Millerton have developed some royal connections, blending special teas for Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity that looks

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AgriCulture: The Birth of a White Calf - Holy Cow!

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week, Peter writes: On Tuesday morning while making the morning chore rounds with our farm helper, Darlene, I commented to her as we stepped into the sheep barn on the constant mooing of

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AgriCulture: Sure Signs of Spring on the Farm

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week, Mark writes: Luckily, the hours of daylight are getting more abundant, because the season of "not enough hours in the day" has exploded upon us. Along with the crocus, aconite,

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Apple Pie Bakery Café

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Apple Pie Bakery Café

"In a class by itself"

By Lisa Green

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Hancock Shaker Village: All This And Ice Cream Too?

They may have had odd views about how to keep the human race going (essentially: leave that messy task to earthbound wretches), but apart from that, the Shakers were an exemplary lot, and not just because of their famously prescient taste and high standards of craftsmanship. They provided safe haven

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AgriCulture: A Japanese Farm & Garden Legacy in Florida

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week, Mark writes: Like so many of my graying peers, I have part time parent care duties these days. Fortunately, my father has a girlfriend and two children besides me to take on

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A Deli in Disguise: The Great Barrington Bagel Co.

Who knew? If the Great Barrington Bagel Co. had hard salamis hanging from the ceiling over the counter, it would be immediately apparent that it's more than a bakery selling sandwiches and flavored cream cheeses. But it wasn't until I saw a sign posted for the

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Flatiron

Contemporary steakhouse gives surf and turf a creative twist

By Lisa Green

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AgriCulture: Putting Our Animals to Work

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week, Peter writes: As Mark and I have learned more and more about what livestock require to flourish and (awful though it may sound) taste good, we have become increasingly aware that it

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Restaurants: High Steaks at Flatiron

By Kathryn Matthews When Flatiron Restaurant in Red Hook opened in August 2008, it was an instant hit, filling a void for red meat lovers in this part of northern Dutchess County. The good news: after two-and-a-half years, this contemporary steakhouse has aged well. Craig Stafford and Jessica Stingo, the

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