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The 2025 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival is underway!

The season opens with a festive gala honoring Pillow Director of Preservation Norton Owen.

CONNECTIONS: Berkshires’ homespun settlement

Somehow out of the mix, in a short span of time, the seeds of a new country were planted and Arcadia — the New Eden — grew.

A Yankee in Letitia’s court

Beyond learning to avoid moonshine and duck ponds in Tallahassee, I did learn the joys of oysters from Apalachicola and fresh Gulf shrimp.

The Self-Taught Gardener: The procrastinating vegetable gardener

Beware, impatient gardeners. If you garden like Thomas Jefferson, you just might lose the farm! Here's better advice from our Self-Taught Gardener.

From tuna fish on rice to risotto

The wonderful thing about risotto is it’s like a blank canvas, providing a relatively neutral base allowing whatever ingredients are added to shine.

I Publius: Social distancing

People can get antsy and often angry when they are locked inside. They pick silly fights.

In the trenches: At home with my kids

Despite all the uncertainty swirling about that highlights all I can’t control, there is one thing I can control: the atmosphere inside my home.

West Stockbridge student to be featured contestant on Food Network’s ‘Chopped Junior’

Four contestants aged 9 to 12 who have demonstrated their knowledge of food and skill in the kitchen are given “mystery baskets” of ingredients they must include in dishes they create on the spot.

Ramps: Eagerly anticipated (and delicious) signs of spring

Native peoples celebrated the arrival of ramps with festivals. Some ramp festivals continue in Appalachia to this day. For early Americans, their eager ramp consumption relieved the sores and tiredness of months of vitamin C-depleted winter.

REVIEW: Janet Reich Elsbach’s ‘Extra Helping’ incredibly thoughtful with practical advice

In a world where many find it increasingly hard to connect, Elsbach sees food as a great connector, one capable of spanning even the greatest divides.

AUDIO REVIEW: Authors reading their own works

Sometimes you just want to hear an author read his or her own audiobook.

NATURE’S TURN: Soup, salad, side and sweet: Garden-Grown

It has been tedious sorting through garden vegetables that were either stuffed into the refrigerator or placed in a cold room when brought in from the precipitous advent of frigid temperatures and arctic winds three weeks ago.

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.

WHAT’S COOKIN’: In the kitchen with Mal Wasserman

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

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.”

COOK’S CORNER: Grilling the Thanksgiving turkey

Cook the bird on the grill. Once you do, you will never cook it in the oven again. The flavor will be awesome! Trust me!

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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