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Who Doesn't Love An Ice Cream Social?

SoCo Creamery, the handcrafted, micro-batch ice cream company started in 1989 by Danny Mazursky and his family, has frequently introduced seasonal flavors (you may have tasted fall’s Pumpkin Chocolate Chip or the holiday-inspired Gingerbread). But lately, the Great Barrington-based ice cream maker has been partnering with local taste purveyors

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Green Goats: The Coolest Vegetation Removal Business Ever

Munching on poison ivy. By Andrea Pyros  If you think about it, it’s extremely rare to have an idea that taps into the Hudson Valley’s local/eco-friendly/farm-based economy and also happens to be so ridiculously cute as to sound like the plot of the best kid’s

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Kent Presents: An Ideas Festival About What Comes Next

Speakers include Jeffrey Toobin, Henry Kissinger, Mia Farrow, Soledad O'Brien, Siddhartha Mukherjee and Paul Krugman. Photo of Krugman: Frank R. Conrad, The New York Times. By Jamie Larson It is impossible to overstate the caliber of speakers, the depth of knowledge or the collective value of experience planned

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Fish & Game Turns Tasting Into An A La Carte Option

By Jamie Larson When star chef Zak Pelaccio opened his Hudson restaurant Fish & Game in the spring of 2013, he took the “farm-to-table" ethos and aesthetic to its pinnacle with a seven-course, tasting-menu-only dining experience. It was all about taking one hundred percent local ingredients and presenting them

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Elixir: Eat, Heal, Repeat in Great Barrington

By Nichole Dupont “Make your food your medicine and your medicine your food." The concept is an ancient one, but the carrying out of the creed is still one of the greatest challenges in this country. So many bad choices to make. Obesity rates and disease rates indicate that

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Slideshow + Potluck = Slideluck, A Community Happening

Casey Kelbaugh at a recent Slideluck in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Photo by John Mazlish. By Lisa GreenSlideluck, a non-profit organization dedicated to building and strengthening community through food and art, has had a presence in cities throughout the world, but it’s making its first stop in the Berkshires next week,

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Food

Review: The Bistro Box Is A Roadside Classic

[Editor's note: We're bringing back one of the most visited stories of last year because The Bistro Box continues to draw rapturous fans. Go and enjoy.] By Nichole Dupont There are those places that are just cursed. You know the kind. Switches hands every 1 to

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Rural Intelligence Gets Smarter: Introducing The RI Mobile App

Not to toot our own horn, but we hear it time and time again: “I really rely on Rural Intelligence." Lest you think we simply rest on our laurels (and thank you for the most satisfying feedback, by the way), we take that comment seriously. It’s made us

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Hudson River Exchange: An Event Of Art And Community

By Jamie Larson Mixing expertly crafted style with meaningful community engagement, the third annual Hudson River Exchange Summer Market, to be held at the Hudson Riverfront Park on June 27 and 28, will once again showcase artisan makers and collectors in a “curated marketplace." The Hudson River Exchange (HRE)

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A Pittsfield Milestone: Hotel On North Opens

Lisa Green reports from Pittsfield. How long did it take to get to this point? The answer to that might be up for debate, but this much is known: A blend of Berkshire roots and cosmopolitan style, the fabulous boutique Hotel on North officially opened on Thursday, June 4 with

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Food

Lenox Innkeeper Collaborates On Cookbook For B&B Foodies

By Lisa Green “It was like giving birth to an elephant," says Ellen Gutman Chenaux about the process of collaborating and producing Eight Broads in the Kitchen, a cookbook inspired by the friendship and recipes of eight innkeepers from across the United States. Chenaux, who owns and runs the

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Gracie's and Savory: CIA Grads' Trucks Make Old New

By Jamie Larson One might assume that two food trucks, both run by Culinary Institute of America grads, would be experimenting with cultural fusion or molecular gastronomy. Interestingly, and luckily for us, the Gracie’s and Savory Delicatessen food trucks, both located (most weekends) in the open air food court

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