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Laurily Epstein

Laurily Epstein, an Iowa native, has lived in the Berkshires since 2001, and was a second-homer before then. Her Ph.D is in political science, which she taught at Rutgers before her stint at NBC news, where she worked on polling and election projections. A widow, she has two children and three grandchildren. She serves on the boards of Berkshire Grown, Berkshire Natural Resources Council, Green Berkshires, and Project Native.

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Farm and Table

Rawson Brook Farm to downsize: Get your chevre while you can

Like probably most other people, I am not happy when something I cherish ceases to exist. Rawson Brook Chevre will be with us for a while, but not forever.
Arts & Entertainment

BERKSHIRE ARTISTS: Ann Getsinger

Artist Ann Getsinger describes herself as a “realist with a surreal edge—a twist.” She will start a painting with an object that triggers something and then feel it begin to unfold.
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Spring is really here! Berkshire farmers markets are back

Farmers markets are fun for customers. But they also play an important role in the economy of a town, not to mention a major financial benefit to local farmers and food vendors. The New Marlborough Farmers Market opened last Saturday (May 6), while Great Barrington and Pittsfield inaugurate their farmers markets this Saturday, May 13.
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WHAT’S COOKIN’: In the kitchen with Maria Nation

Although a talented writer, she is not interested in writing a cookbook. But what she would like to write is a book on how to give dinner parties.
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WHAT’S COOKIN’: In the kitchen with Hank Ferlauto, making pasta

Ferlauto not only cooks at home, but is a volunteer chef at the Monday night dinners at Berkshire South Regional Community Center.
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WHAT’S COOKIN’: In the kitchen with Mal Wasserman

Her favorite Sunday activity is cooking. Given the weather, soups and stews are obvious choices.
News

NYPD Deputy Commissioner Tracie Keesee to address race relations at Berkshire Human Rights series

Berkshire Human Rights speaker Tracie Keesee has devoted her long career in policing to strengthening better ties between the police and minority communities.
Farm and Table

WHAT’S COOKIN’: In the kitchen with Andy Potter

His ability to navigate cross-country without a map may be akin to his ability to cook up a storm without any recipes.
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WHAT’S COOKIN’: In the kitchen with John Cheek

Cheek learned a great deal about French cooking during the many months he and his wife Lee lived in Paris.
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WHAT’S COOKIN’: In the kitchen with Oskar Hallig

While living in Germany in the early 2000s, Hallig became addicted to cooking shows, and gradually came to realize that entertaining was what he really liked.
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What’s Cookin’: In the kitchen with Julie Scott

“So much of Thanksgiving dinners is well cooked and sometimes too rich. I like having raw things on the plate, particularly when they provide good color.” -- Julie Scott
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WHAT’S COOKIN’: Amy Rudnick’s sesame noodles

Although she is a pro at planning and overseeing a party for several hundred people, at home she enjoys having dinner parties with no more than six to eight guests.
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WHAT’S COOKIN’: Sharon Gregory’s easy fish stew

“Cooking was part of our family life,” Gregory says of her parents, both “daring” cooks. “I was exposed to well-prepared food as I grew up.”
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WHAT’S COOKIN’: In the kitchen with James Warwick

“I couldn’t live on spring rolls from nearby delis, so I learned to cook.” -- Director and actor James Warwick
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WHAT’S COOKIN’: Alice Maggio, piemaker

After graduating from Wesleyan, she worked as a baker for Four & Twenty Blackbirds, the well-regarded bakery that had just opened on Third Avenue in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
Farm and Table

WHAT’S COOKIN’: Michael and Maureen Banner

Much of what they cook is done without consulting recipes because they like to experiment .
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