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Get Lit at The Lenox Bookstore

You expect an independent bookstore owner to have an independent spirit, and Matthew Tannenbaum is definitely sui generis. For the past 34 years, he has sold new (and some used) books his way at The Bookstore in Lenox (whose slogan is "Serving the Community Since Last Tuesday.") "

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Baked Peaches or Pears with Ginger Snaps and Chocolate

Local peaches and pears are in. Eat them out of hand until you can’t stand it. Today I stuffed them with ginger cookies, almonds and chocolate. They barely made it to the fridge, but they’re good warm or cold.—Amy Cotler, author of The Locavore Way, Discover and

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Surprise Red Pepper Soup

This intense soup combines the local harvest and eastern seasonings with a touch of butter to round them them all out. It’s terrific eaten immediately with crusty bread—I couldn’t help myself—but radically better the next day. Serve for lunch or as a first course, rather than

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AgriCulture: The Urbanity of Farm Life

Rural Intelligence bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes: Last year at this time I wrote of what seemed to be the “ho hum” nature of the 8th anniversary of an event that deeply affected our lives and,

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Amy Cotler's Zucchini Feta Fritters

These savory cakes are crisp on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside, and are superb accompanied with a salad of summer tomatoes and chopped Greek olives. It’s a snap to use lots of local goodies in this recipe, such as garden zucchini, farmers market onion, local yogurt

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AgriCulture: Mob Rule in the Barnyard

Rural Intelligence bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes: Is it the sweltering weather or is it the time of year that explains the cacophony of animal sounds engulfing the house these past few days? The relentless dah

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AgriCulture: Preserving the Harvest in Ketchup

Rural Intelligence bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes: Peter’s reminiscences of tomatoes last week seems to have flowed right into my stream of consciousness.  Like other Americans, when I think of tomatoes, it is natural for

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Five Top Chefs, Just Forty Guests, and One Remarkable Setting

To raise funds and heighten public awareness of their mission, the Bannerman Castle Trust is hosting a dinner on Pollepel Island in Fishkill on September 11.  Five prominent chefs—Noah Sheetz, of the Governor's Mansion in Albany; Laura Pensiero of GiGi Market and Trattoria, in Rhinebeck; Bob Turner,

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A BBQ Pitmaster Rustles Up Some World Class Chow

Taghkanic resident John Markus is an expert at BBQ.  What man isn't?, one might well ask.  But, as it happens, Markus is the real deal.  An Emmy-award winning TV writer (The Cosby Show, The Larry Sanders Show, among others) and the creator and executive producer of The Learning

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Food News: Locavore Hero Award Nominees Announced

Eleven nominees have been announced for the new Victoria A. Simons Locavore Award, a prize established by Ms. Simons just weeks before her death last March following a brief battle with cancer. "I contacted Vicki and asked, 'Is there some kind of local legacy you'd like

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AgriCulture: My Life in Tomatoes

Rural Intelligence bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes: As you may have already sensed, I am at an age when everything has a history. So when I think of tomatoes, my mind goes back to my first

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AgriCulture: What Do Livestock Think?

Rural Intelligence bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes: Last week Peter wrote about animal learning, and whether domestic animals like farm animals might actually learn by observing humans.  This week what's on my mind is

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