Food 7 Backroad Eats Worth Braking For There's nothing better than pulling into a restaurant off the beaten path and having a meal that's shockingly good and holding a local story. Here are just some of our faves. By Jamie Larson •
Food The Most Important New Piece of Farm Equipment Might be This Locally Grown App A Hudson Valley farmer and longtime agricultural advocate built a cooperatively owned app hopes to give small farms a fighting chance in the digital marketplace. By Jamie Larson •
Community Mexican Consulate on Wheels in Poughkeepsie The Consulate General of Mexico is bringing its mobile consular services to the Mid-Hudson Library System auditorium in Poughkeepsie on May 2, offering those with Mexican citizenship the chance to take care of official documents without making the trip to a consular office in New York City. By Jamie Larson •
Photos by Medea Giordano for Chronogram. Books "Surrender" by Jennifer Acker: Familiar Berkshire Settings, Feelings, Characters, and Goats One city-dwelling friend told Acker the novel worked as "a prophylactic for anyone thinking about country life." By Jamie Larson •
Food Chatham's Trinity Mouzon Wofford on Cooking as a Wellness Practice Chatham resident Trinity Mouzon Wofford discusses her new book “Eating at Home” and why cooking can be less chore, more ritual. By Brian K. Mahoney •
Wellness Some Expert Help Planting Your Edible Garden This Spring Raised beds, smart placement, and realistic expectations: Kristen Svorka of Sproutwell shares how to build an edible garden that actually produces—and fits your life. By Brian K. Mahoney •
Community Eclectic April: 10 Singular Spring Events ten ways to spend April experiencing something that can’t quite be streamed, duplicated, or simulated. By Jamie Larson •
Community No Kings Rallies Sweep Region This Weekend, Amid Rising Tensions A growing national protest movement returns March 28 with rallies across the Hudson Valley, pushing back against Trump-era authoritarianism at home and abroad. By Brian K. Mahoney •
Community Nasty Northeast Ticks Carry Multiple Disease-Causing Pathogens, New Study Shows Nearly 11 percent of ticks tested carried pathogens for BOTH Lyme disease and babesiosis. By Jamie Larson •
Food Chickpea Diplomacy: 7 Local Falafel Spots from 5 Different Cultures Israeli, Palestinian, Lebanese, Turkish, and Greek—however they mix it and fry it, falafel is a binder. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Chekhov’s Short Stories Take to Local Stages in “Chekhovek” This Month Director Melania Levitsky adapts nine short stories by Anton Chekhov into a five-actor theatrical collage that highlights the Russian writer’s humor, compassion, and absurdity of everyday life. By Brian K. Mahoney •
Food Better at Home: Colu Henry and the Art of Entertaining on Your Own Terms Living between Hudson and Nova Scotia, the cookbook author makes a case for simple, confident cooking—and hosting without the stress. By Brian K. Mahoney •
