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Chatham's Back Alley Nano-Brewery

by Christopher Matthews We all know that size matters, and that bigger isn't always better. This is especially true with breweries and beer. A local case in point is Chatham Brewing, located in a back alley off Main Street in the Village of Chatham, NY. Don't

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AgriCulture: Farm Animals Are Not Pets

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week, Peter writes: We tend to give all the praise and attention to our ewes as they give birth to and mother their lambs, taking for granted the not inconsiderable efforts of our

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Mazzeo's

The enormous restaurant embraces you with a hearty Italian-American gemütlichkeit

By Lisa Green

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Restaurant at The Rhinecliff Finds Its Groove

By Kathryn Matthews As owners of the historic Rhinecliff Hotel, James and David Chapman—Englishmen and brothers—like to keep it fun. They spent five years and $5 million transforming the once dilapidated Queen Anne-style building into a nine-room boutique country hotel that re-opened three years ago.  But the rambunctious

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The Boathouse

Warm and rustic, infusing traditional New England style with fine dining elegance

By Lisa Green

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Bridges to Spring: Winter Farmers' Markets, a Blossoming Trend

In the wake of recent and ongoing snow storms, memories of leafy green local produce and last fall's bountiful harvest have all but faded for many of us.  But we don’t necessarily have to resign ourselves to shrink-wrapped meat and produce shipped from halfway around the world

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Self Sufficiency: Amputate Or Cut It Off An Inch At a Time?

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes: A few days after writing my Thanksgiving bulletin about our ongoing  attempts at self sufficiency, I  happened upon what was to me a shocking article entitled “Turkish Villagers Become Strangers

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Limited Addition: Tivoli Bread & Baking’s Bûche de Noël

By Kathryn Matthews “If it’s not in my heart, it’s not on my counter,” says Mike Gonnella, a.k.a. “Mikee,” the baker and owner of the perennially popular Tivoli Bread & Baking. This holiday, he shares l’esprit de Noël in his heart by making a limited

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AgriCulture: Food Politics

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes: You know you’re living in agitated times when the usual torrent of year-end charitable solicitations in your in-box is dwarfed by a tsunami of political entreaties, beseeching you to

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AgriCulture: Self Sufficent To a Point

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes: Thanksgiving is over and gone but not in my thoughts. I keep returning to this matter of self-sufficiency or, as it is reframed these days, the size of our footprint.

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AgriCulture: What's in a Gizzard? A Pretty Surprise

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes: Our Thanksgiving marathon begins early—very early—on Monday of that week.  We’ve found that the easiest, least traumatic time to get the birds onto the truck is while

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Food Shopping: Pies That Hit a High Note

By Kathryn Matthews How did Debra Every, a former opera singer and bond trader, sneak back onto center stage—and into the limelight? By baking pies.  Lots of them.  And winning fans.  Lots of them. At Me-Oh-My Pie Shop & Café in the village of Red Hook on a sunny

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