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Our Incredible Shrinking Pond and Other Alarming Signs

Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes: It's Too Damned Hot!  Cole Porter got that part right.  It's also too damned dry. I feel like a contrarian, but looking at the weather forecast and seeing

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The Making of The Millerton Farmer's Market

It takes more than a handful of sunburned farmers with bushel baskets of just-picked vegetables to make a compelling farmers' market. "It takes fruit, too!" says Jenny Hansell, who oversees the five-year-old Millerton Farmers' Market (Saturdays 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.). She is—and

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AgriCulture: Beware the Downey Mildew Basil Blight

Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes:  Just the other day I was looking on the bright side of the rather dry, hot spring we have been having here in Columbia County. At least, I thought, these weather conditions

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Seize-the-Day Strawberry Shortcake

After my our annual strawberry picking at Ioka Valley Farm, our favorite feast is strawberry shortcake — warm, dense biscuits topped with juicy ripe berries and fresh whipped local cream from High Lawn Farm.  I sometimes plan ahead, making biscuits before we pick, then storing them, uncooked, in the freezer on

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AgriCulture: No, We Are Not The Fabulous Beekman Boys

Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes: ...but our chickens are very tasty. It started around three weeks ago, when Ronda Goldfein, a lawyer friend in Philadelphia, hearing from me on a decidedly non-agricultural matter, responded by telling me

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Hudson Caterer Marianna Vadukul to Appear on Bobby Flay

"I met Nitin on his first day in New York," says Marianna Vadukul, of her husband, the photographer Nitin Vadukul.  At the time, Marianna, the daughter of a Venezuelan diplomat, had not long been in the States herself.  In due course, the couple married, and Marianna found herself

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AgriCulture: The Ancient Lore and Allure of the Fava

Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes: It’s spring, folks—time to Fava! Our favas have suddenly burst into full production, presenting us with one of the best crops of these quirky beans we have had yet. Some

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Guido's Chèvre Cheesecake

Jim Gop, the in-house chef at Guido's Fresh Marketplace, has come up with a dessert that takes full advantage of the season and local bounty. "Goat's cheese is never better than at this time of year," he says. "Soft, slightly chalky with a

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Mezze Bistro + Bar Makes Its Move in Williamstown

When Nancy Thomas opened Mezze fourteen years ago on Water Street, she was behind the stove. Her restaurant had 50 seats and served mostly mezze—small plates of exoctically spiced food inspired by her Moroccan mother. It quickly became the hangout for academics and the dot.com crowd (led by

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About That Vineyard…

Christopher Matthews, a wine and spirits writer and educator, divides his time between Manhattan and Red Hook, Dutchess County. He has been the wine and spirits columnist for New York Law Journal Magazine since 2004, and has written about food and drink for Epicurious.com  and the Culinary Institute of

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AgriCulture: Sex and the Barnyard

Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes: He was displaying already in early April, a brilliant, luminous arc of blue and green, virtually enfolding in his vibrating tail feathers the sole object of his desire—our dainty white pea

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Canapés for Locavores: Seasonal Bruschetta

Now that all sorts of goodies are popping out of the ground in rapid succession, it’s time to lather toasted baguettes with everything local. Go ahead and play with your food. I made these three tasty variations with what was on hand here — sweet radishes and young arugula from

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