“The sky getting darker, and you still working to the last sunlight.” Daniel Salzer conjures a summer night in a barn after a long day, as though he is taking in the smells of warm wood and cows, diesel from the tractor and a sweetness from second-cut hay.
Read articleRuth Reichl finds soul in a homecooked meal
In Ruth Reichl’s family, cooking is generous, and it is healing. She holds onto its warmth in her memoir and cookbook, “My Kitchen Year,” recalling the hard time when without warning, Condé Nast closed Gourmet Magazine.
Read articleShaker museums turn together in the Berkshires and New York
In the New York State Museum’s warehouse-sized storage space in Rotterdam, N.Y., the museum keeps Shaker artifacts among its collections, and a double cheese press can rest near a crushed ambulance from 9/11. Lesley Herzberg, curator at Hancock Shaker Village, walked through that vast room with colleagues from local Shaker […]
Read articleFree-range pigs regenerate the land at Climbing Tree Farm
Half a dozen young pigs come trotting through the woods to see who has just stepped over the wire fence. They are sleek, fearless, coppery and black. They root against ankles and knees, pushing with firm noses, amiably curious.
Read articleHoliday wreathes keep winter green at Chatham Berry Farm
Chatham Berry Farm store in Chatham, N.Y., has opened its annual holiday market with natural ornaments and Douglas, balsam and Frasier fir trees from New York and Vermont, and beeswax candles from a local beekeeper.
Read articleOutdoor sculpture at Art OMI
On an August afternoon I wandered one afternoon through the Field Sculpture Park at ArtOMI — the OMI International Arts Center in Ghent, N.Y.
Read articleBen Gable Savories turns farm eggs into deft dishes
It may be the smoothest quiche I’ve ever had. The egg custard is soft and set, the ham cut small, flavorful and abundant, and the cheese warmly present. Ben Gable Savories in Chatham, N.Y., is living up to its name.
Read articleMade in Ghent on the farm
On a Thursday morning, Mimi Beaven stands over a restaurant stove, preparing to make paté. The Black Freedom Ranger chicken that provided the meat on her cutting board grew in the pasture outside her window. Mimi and her husband, Richard, have built a rare combination — a working farm with […]
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