Skip to content
BTW Berkshires Logo
  • About
    • The Writers
    • The Website
    • Newsletter
    • Contact
  • Stories
  • Arts
    • Visual Arts
    • Dance
    • Music
    • Theater
    • Film
    • Writing
  • Food
    • Food to go
    • Food Stories
    • Restaurants
    • Markets
    • Farms
  • Outdoors
    • Hikes
    • Gardens
    • Natural History
  • Berkshires
    • Winter holidays
    • Historic Places
    • People
    • Mohican
    • Towns
    • Local Shops
    • Seeding Stories
  • Members
    • My Bookmarks
    • Experiences for members
    • Stories for members
    • My Membership
  • Events
Homemade pumpkin pie glows a rich spiced amber.

Category:
Food Shops

Photos by Brownies for Dinner

The Berkshires are rich in artisanal food — local bakers and beekeepers, cideries and microbreweries, cheesemakers and orchards — even locally made chocolate, blended teas and roasted coffees …

From the top of Chestnut Street, the view opens across Williamstown to the far ridges.
Photo by Kate Abbott
newsletter

Legends walk when the snow flies — #berkshireweekend

January 31, 2023
Add Bookmark Remove Bookmark

Medusa came into a conversation at Wild Soul River. Walking out of the snow at dusk, I found a group of friends and neighbors talking about stories. …

Read article
Hot chocolate swirls at Dottie's Coffee Lounge.
Photo by Kate Abbott
newsletter

A hot drink to keep out the sleet — #berkshireweekend

January 23, 2023
Add Bookmark Remove Bookmark

Today I walked out of the cold drizzle into Dottie’s Coffee Lounge and thought it must be about the warmest place in Pittsfield.

Read article
Berkshire Mountain Bakery offers fresh sourdough bread near the bank of the Housatonic River.
Photo by Kate Abbott
Markets

Sourdough rises at Berkshire Mountain Bakery

January 18, 2023
Add Bookmark Remove Bookmark

Loaves of white bread are entering and leaving the oven on a long wooden paddle. Rounded boules cooling, rich with chunks of dark Belgian chocolate — and ciabatta, seven grain bread, potato and onion …

Read article
Heritage breed chickens come out for some sun on a winter day at Moon in the Pond Farm.
Photo by Kate Abbott
Farms

Rare local flavors converge at Moon in the Pond Farm

December 24, 2022
Add Bookmark Remove Bookmark

Dominic Palumbo raises Highland cattle, Jersey geese and Dorset sheep, as he grows vegetables and forages for local flavors.

Read article
Winterberry glows in the sun at Windy Hill Orchard in Great Barrington.
Photo by Kate Abbott
Winter holidays

Thankful for the mountains — #berkshireweekend

November 29, 2022
Add Bookmark Remove Bookmark

Windy Hill Orchard grows rows of winterberry bushes every year. You can walk into a sea of scarlet higher than your head, and they’re bright even on cold, cloudy afternoons.

Read article
A candle burns in the dark. Creative Commons courtesy photo
Photo by Luca Casartelli
Halloween

On Halloween candle makers light a flame in the dark

October 24, 2022
Add Bookmark Remove Bookmark

A small flame in a wide, dark night has magic in it. When the sun sets early and the wind blows down from Canada, we still light them. And in this season I’m wondering who the Berkshires still makes them.

Read article
Cortland apples ripen on the tree at Lakeview Orchards in Lanesborough.
Photo by Kate Abbott
Food stories

Sunny fall days comfort us with apples (#Berkshireweekend)

September 30, 2022
Add Bookmark Remove Bookmark

Some of us picked up bags of apples from Lakeview Orchard — Macouns, Honeycrisps, Cortlands — and some were setting up in a friend’s kitchen …

Read article
Lakeview Orchard stretches across the hillside looking out across the valley
Photo by Kate Abbott
Food stories

Lakeview Orchard beckons in apple time

September 29, 2022
Add Bookmark Remove Bookmark

On a sunny Saturday when the afternoon stretched clear ahead of me, I headed up to Lakeview Orchards when apple season was just coming in …

Read article
Golden rod blooms across the meadows at Thomas Palmer preserve.
Photo by Kate Abbott
Outdoors

Catching the golden hours of summer – #Berkshireweekend

August 25, 2022
Add Bookmark Remove Bookmark

Sweet corn and peaches … the flavors mean late summer. We have a good month more of warm weather, but we feel the year begin to turn when the golden rod shows in the meadows.

Read article
Tansy blooms golden at Hancock Shaker Village in August.
Photo by Kate Abbott
Visual Arts

International artists on Shaker land — Exploring central Berkshires

August 16, 2022
Add Bookmark Remove Bookmark

We're looking for three international summer artists at Hancock Shaker Village on a summer day and exploring the center of the Berkshires around them.

This content is for BTW Basic members only.
Login Join Now
Read article

Posts navigation

Older posts

Bookmarks require login

LOG IN

Bookmarks let someone who is logged in to the website save events from the calendar, to remember their favorites and create their own itineraries. You have to log in for the website to know who you are and remember your bookmarks. Login accounts are available to people who join BTW Berkshires.

Account does not have bookmarking

Your current account does not have bookmarking privileges. If you feel this is an oversight, please contact Kate Abbott.
Explore the Berkshires
From back roads to backstage
Kate Abbott
KateAbbott@btwberkshires.com
What's coming up
BTW will send out a weekly roundup of events in the region.

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

You will get an email to confirm your subscription — if you don't see it, please check your tabs and spam folder.

© 2023 By the Way Berkshires ™
Log In | Site Map