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Tag: Guido’s

Life In the Berkshires

‘The Berkshires Farm Table Cookbook’ celebrates the (growing) season

This first weekend in July, when you’re missing the customary parades and fireworks, go ahead and get creative: Chat up your local farmer; check out the local farmers’ market; introduce your family to a new vegetable; and get cooking!

by Hannah Van Sickle
Posted on July 3, 2020
Farm and Table

The curious life of Rawson Brook Farm’s Susan Sellew

Today, Rawson Brook Farm can lay claim to being the oldest continuously operating commercial cheesemaking farm in Berkshire County.

by Bob Luhmann
Posted on June 21, 2020
Viewpoints

TV in the time of coronavirus

CoronaTime offers the opportunity to appreciate the best of the great work our actors and writers and directors and editors and all the vital members of the crew bring to life.

by Bob Fizzolio
Posted on April 25, 2020
Life In the Berkshires

No one goes hungry: Food pantry shifts into overdrive to feed growing need

Nobody’s selling apples on the corner for a nickel yet, but you can be sure the need has never been greater — not in anyone’s memory younger than 90.

by Andrew D. Blechman
Posted on April 23, 2020
Life In the Berkshires

April showers bring May flowers: Amongst downpour of bad news, kindness blossoms

Kindness has been as contagious as spring fever.

by Andrew D. Blechman
Posted on April 13, 2020
Business

In the market for food: An entrepreneur prospers through the pandemic

Widener had already started a delivery business, the Berkshire Valet, and last year launched its MealGopher unit, which delivered meals from area restaurants to boarding school students in Berkshire County and Litchfield County, Connecticut.

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on April 6, 2020
Life In the Berkshires

Heightened food insecurity spreads amid COVID-19 outbreak

A growing sea of similar stories that swell amid these trying times – when kids are out of school, parents are out of work, and the infrastructure of community that so many rely upon in order to survive feels tenuous at best.

by Hannah Van Sickle
Posted on March 18, 2020
Property of the Week

Distinguished Colonial

For the first time in 33 years, one of the area’s distinguished Colonial homes is on the market, offered by Sandra Preston of Sandra Preston Real Estate. This house makes a special statement.

by Edge Staff
Posted on February 21, 2020
Environment

Egremont Green News: Neighbors join plastic-reduction challenge

Instead of over-eating or over-drinking or over-spending, this healthy-living campaign targeted the over-abundance of plastic.

by Egremont Green Committee
Posted on November 22, 2019
Viewpoints

Alan Chartock: I Publius

Now we have a better understanding about what racing does to horses. It’s a bad idea.

by Alan Chartock
Posted on October 26, 2019
Letters

Horse racing will increase traffic congestion

In a letter to the editor, Collin Lovas writes, “Additionally, it’s likely going to be a nightmare for shoppers attempting to enter jammed up Route 7 when horse racing events occur.”

by Letter to the editor
Posted on September 20, 2019
Life In the Berkshires

All in the family: Celebrating 40 years of Guido’s

It’s no accident that Guido’s is considered the premiere purveyor of quality produce in Berkshire County. Locals to the Berkshires largely regard the store as a gem, as do visitors from near and far.

by Hannah Van Sickle
Posted on September 12, 2019
Environment

Egremont Green News: Egremont’s exemplary environmental achievements

By chipping away at our waste line and energy consumption, we hope our local efforts are joining a larger, worldwide movement.

by Egremont Green Committee
Posted on September 7, 2019
Viewpoints

It’s Not That Simple: Where should solar power installations be sited?

This column is a companion to the WSBS radio call-in show, “It’s Not That Simple.” Every other Friday at 9:05 we will discuss and dissect issues that the citizens of Great Barrington are talking about. Click here to listen to a podcast of last week’s show. *     *     * Have you ever

by Ed Abrahams and Pedro Pachano
Posted on June 24, 2019
Life In the Berkshires

‘Being Black in the Berkshires,’ a forum on the black experience

“The fear that black families have when their children leave the house is the same as it was in 1909 [when the NAACP was founded].”

— Dennis Powell, president of Berkshire County NAACP

by Phil Holland
Posted on February 12, 2019
News

Can’t find decent help? ‘Workforce issue’ likely the cause

There are a variety of theories as to why the seasonal labor market has been tightening over the years. Birth rates have been dropping for at least a generation, and more students are willing to forgo a paycheck in the summer while taking a volunteer position or internship to build their resumes for life after college.

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on June 1, 2018
News

People’s Pantry reopens in its original home, St. James Place

Saint James Place is providing the space to the People’s Pantry at no cost. The pantry is staffed by seven teams of volunteers — four church teams, two synagogue teams, and one community team — that take turns working every Thursday.

by Hannah Van Sickle
Posted on March 22, 2017
Farm and Table

Culinary Adventures: Laura Meister’s Farm Girl Farm

There are many paths to becoming a farmer but Meister’s struck me as delightfully unusual – she majored in Art History at the University of Pennsylvania, and went on for a Masters degree in the same field at Tufts.

by Laurily Epstein
Posted on May 20, 2015
Farm and Table

Food & Wine: Bánh Mì sandwich, fusion of east and west   

The juxtaposition of the umami rich Maggi Sauce with the unique taste of cilantro and the sweet and sour bite of the pickles in a cocoon of French bread slathered with mayonnaise makes for a wonderful fusion of east and west. This is the yin and the yang of sandwiches. Namaste.

by Tim Eustis
Posted on May 18, 2015
Farm and Table

Culinary Adventures: Great Barrington Bagel, more than just a good nosh

One frequently hears comments like “their chopped liver is as good as my grandmother’s” or “even my mother couldn’t make chicken soup that good.”

by Laurily Epstein
Posted on December 3, 2014
Farm and Table

Culinary Adventures: The Old Inn on the Green

The Old Inn exudes the qualities one expects of the quintessential New England inn, with its rustic atmosphere, candle-lit rooms, seamless service, and, most importantly, elegant food.

by Laurily Epstein
Posted on October 29, 2014
Farm and Table

Berkshire Grown Harvest Supper celebrates chefs and farmers

The Harvest Supper represents community and strengthens the bonds between chefs and farmers who have just finished a hard and rewarding season together.
— Daire Rooney, chef at Allium in Great Barrington

by Laurily Epstein
Posted on September 10, 2014
Environment

Rites of spring

Twenty years ago, in 1994, there were only 1,755 farmers’ markets in the U.S. By 2013 the number had jumped to 8,144, and this year promises even more.

by Laurily Epstein
Posted on May 8, 2014
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