Stormy weather prompts me to run around and gather cut flowers that might be pummeled in a heavy rainstorm. Peony and poppy flowers often shatter in heavy rain.
The full name of Smith’s restaurant is “John Andrews, a farmhouse restaurant.” Thus it is not surprising that each week Smith presents a special menu highlighting the bounty of a local farm. Recently the menu featured Susan Sellew’s Rawson Brook Farm goat cheese.
"The shtick here [at Rubi’s] is classics improved through quality of ingredients. Using really really good bread, really really good butter, really really good cheese, and really really good salt we’ve created an outstanding sandwich.”
--Matt Rubiner
Monterey -- Monterey is not just on the way from Great Barrington to Jacob’s Pillow. It’s a picturesque town with about 900 full-time residents whose...
