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Blueberry Hill Café: Stealth Sophistication in Humble Pie

There are loudly-ballyhooed, celebrity-chef-driven restaurant openings, and then there are restaurants that slip quietly into town, barely making a ripple until customers notice that something special is going on. “This is the best burger I ever ate.”  Such was the reaction of one recent diner at Blueberry

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Eat Your View: Agriturismo Dinners at Gigi Market

“I was in love with this spot for so many years,” says restaurateur and cookbook author Laura Pensiero, referring to Greig Farm in Red Hook, and its bright red 19th-century barn. Since 2006, the barn has been home to Gigi Market – a gourmet shop and casual café that feels

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Gin Yummy! Screen Door Opens New Cocktail Horizons

In June, soon after we featured locally made Ice Glen Vodka from Berkshire Mountain Distillers in Hilary Deely’s Green Greyhound cocktail recipe, the New York Times published a tasting report of gins from small, young U.S. distilleries. Greylock Gin, from Berkshire Mountain Distillers, came out on top, rated

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Recipe: Tomato and Tomatillo Panzanella

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

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AgriCulture: Creatures of Habit

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes. I guess all of us are creatures of habit, some more than others. Mark is almost totally so. He would be content in the same place, doing the same exact

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AgriCulture: Small is Beautiful at Turkana Farms

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes. It has turned into a tough summer for growing, although by contrast to regions further south and west, which have been beset by searing heat and devastating drought, we would

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A Salad That's Like Summer in a Bowl, and Mark Your Calendar

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

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The Scoop In Hillsdale? Tattoo Parlor Turns Ice Cream Parlor

Many of you know Margaret Roach from her wildly popular blog, A Way to Garden, or her book about dropping out of the corporate world, And I Shall Have Some Peace There, or way back to her days as garden editor of Newsday or Martha Stewart Living. What you may

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Jewish Farmers Find A Field of Dreams in Falls Village

You might call Alex Mulens and Leo McLaughlin the goyish gentleman farmers. The couple (left), who both work as flight attendants for American Airlines and own the Mix on Main antiques shop in Sheffield, MA, have been living in the center of Falls Village, CT, for nearly a decade, turning

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AgriCulture: Celebrating Celeraic Way Ahead of Schedule

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes. On the rare occasions I have found celeriac (also known as celery root or knob celery) in food stores, the cashier – looking down at what is a very large, ugly,

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Recipe: Crème Fraiche Peach Cinnamon Ice Cream

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

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Garlic Scapes: A Beginner's Guide with Seven Recipes

Berkshire native Alana Chernila, 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

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