Food Red Lion Inn dinner at the Red Lion makes you feel like you've been on a journey to the heart of America By Lisa Green
Food AgriCulture: The Long and Winding Road to Turkana Farms Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes: More and more often, of late, we are approached by interested parties who want to know why and how we got into farming. Some of them seem more than interested; in fact, By Editor
Food Food Shopping: Delicious Holiday Gifts One size fits all. But that's just one of many good reasons to give edibles as gifts. Food gets shared, which is always festive. And the fact that it is ephemeral is a nothing but a plus—who among us has room for another tchotchke? Besides, a gift By Editor
Food AgriCulture: "Food Insecurity"? How About Just Plain "Hunger" Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes: You may think I'm suffering from a case of eater's remorse, but in fact even before the recent holiday, I was giving a lot of thought to how By Editor
Food AgriCulture: Ten Years Hence, There is Much to be Thankful For Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, New York. This week Peter writes: This will be our tenth Thanksgiving at Turkana Farms. And we can be thankful that the house has, at last, been fully restored, the final room being the eighteenth-century basement kitchen By Editor
Food Butternut Pie with Gingersnap Crust Amy Cotler, the author of The Locavore Way: Discovering the Pleasures of Eating Fresh, Locally Grown Food (Storey Publishing, $12.95) has an uncanny way of using fresh, local produce. Unable to find good cooking pumpkins and unwilling to use pumpkin from a can, she devised an alternative dessert pie By Editor
Food AgriCulture: The Superior Long Island Cheese Pumpkin Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, New York. This week Mark writes: Although it's Friday the 13th, things seem relatively stable here on the farm. The coyotes have returned, but the calf is sticking close by his mama and has not By Editor
Food Butternut Squash Risotto Two Ways Is there any vegetable more plentiful at this time of year than butternut squash? Do you ever wonder why it seems every restaurant in our region has butternut squash soup on the menu? I am always thinking of new ways to use squash, and a few nights ago I made By Editor
Food AgriCulture: One Man's Meat Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, New York. This week Peter writes: As the days grow shorter, and evening chores must be started earlier before darkness settles in, everything begins to take on a different aura at the farm. Not only are the By Editor
Food Spirits: At a Recent Tasting, A Local Cider Ruled! In England, the word "cider" (and, in France, "cidre") describes a carbonated beverage containing alcohol—as little as 3% in France, as much as 8.5% in England (wine is usually between 11% and 14%). On this side of the Atlantic, a fermented cider is referred By Editor
Food Berkshire Organics: Fresh Produce Plus, Delivered to Your Door Fresh-picked, organic vegetables year 'round, from as nearby as the weather will allow, delivered to your door once a week. No, this is not some pie-in-the-sky fantasy; this is Berkshire Organics, a business founded in May 2008 by Aleisha Gibbons, now 30. Gibbons, who grew up in Berkshire County By Editor
Food AgriCulture: Can The Family Farm Be Saved? Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, New York. This week Mark writes: After the bone chilling cold of a few weeks ago, we’ve rebounded and had some perfect autumn weather. Some of the fall crops, such as leeks, brussels sprouts and turnips, By Editor
