Food
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The Answer in a Steaming Bowl
Finding China in Its Food
By: - Sep 29th, 2025When my students ask what I ate, the answer is this: I ate warmth and energy on a bustling street corner. I ate harmony and balance from shared plates. I ate history in a piece of braised pork belly and mindfulness in a simple egg tart. And in my last meal, I ate a final, perfect memory. I ate China, and I returned full.
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Mezze in Williamstown
A Taste of Italy
By: - Mar 05th, 2024Mezze Bistro + Bar, in its third month of Breaking the Boot, is cooking from the South - Campania, Calabria, Molise, Basilicata, Puglia.
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Stormin Norman’s Barbecue
Just Off 1-95 in Kenly, N.C.
By: - Feb 12th, 2024During our epic road trip to and from Florida we sniffed out barbecue. By default, we enjoyed many Mexican restaurants. In a hamlet off 1-95 we enjoyed authentic North Carolina grub at Stormin Norman's Barbecue.
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Florida State Bird
Raindancer Steak House in West Palm Beach
By: - Feb 10th, 2024Since 1975 Raindancer Steak House in West Palm Beach has been serving the Florida clan of the rich and elegant. With a fabulous vintage jazz soundtrack we enjoyed exquisite fine dining. The more so as we arrived in time for the Early Bird special menu.
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Pigout in West Palm Beach
Park Avenue Barbecue and Grill
By: - Feb 08th, 2024A month of dining on the road has its ups and downs. Mostly when turning off for the night there is a range of chains. Now and then we got lucky with diners, drive-ins and dives.
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Feast of the Seven Fishes
Traditional Sicilian Christmas Eve
By: - Dec 25th, 2023Dining with my Sicilian Dad, at home or out and about, was always a culinary adventure. From him I learned to eat anything that didn't eat me first.
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Cuisine of the Gilded Age
Eating Well Is the Best Revenge
By: - Dec 04th, 2023Americans are fascinated by the filthy rich. Audiences lapped up five seasons of Downton Abbey. Now Julian Fellowes has moved the franchise from PBS to HBO. We follow the robber barons and their social climbing wives on the sumptuous but smarmy Gilded Age. This grand but shallow soap opera is lavish and entertaining. It is worth watching for costumes and spectacle. We are enthralled by a sit down dinner for 60 set in a Newport Cottage. We recommend Becky Libourel Diamond's cook book with recipes to emulate the fine dining seen in the series.
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Frankie’s in Lenox
Superb Osso Bucco
By: - May 30th, 2023Whenever it's on the menu I generally order osso bucco. I have enjoyed it from Palm Beach to Bologna. Even made it from time to time at home. The version at Frankie's in Lenox was among the best ever
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Bluebird & Co. To Tweet at Jiminy Peak
Mezze Opens New Resturant This Summer
By: - Apr 19th, 2023Mezze Hospitality Group will open Bluebird & Co., its forthcoming restaurant celebrating the outdoors, in Hancock, MA, near the base of Jiminy Peak. Bluebird & Co. is the group’s first new restaurant since selling allium, in Great Barrington, Mass., almost five years ago
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The Impossible Dream a Kosher Muffaletta
Celebrating Rosh Hashanah in New Orleans
By: - Sep 26th, 2022For people living in New Orleans or visitors to the city, an Italian specialty, the muffaletta – a sandwich composed of various processed meats, cheese and olive salad layered upon a huge round loaf of sesame seeded Italian bread – has been both a staple for locals and a much ballyhooed treat to be sampled by tourists. Here is a kosher version for Rosh Hashanah.
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Adams Landmark Reopens as Firehouse Café and Bistro
Legendary Berkshire Chef Xavier Jones
By: - Jul 09th, 2022Although still on its maiden voyage, already Firehouse stands out as a Best in the Berkshires destination. We wish them success for the sake of all of us who enjoy fine dining.
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Gorging in Gloucester
Bounty of the Sea
By: - May 23rd, 2022For our first road trip in three years we visited my sister Pip and ancestral home on Cape Ann. We worked on research for a new book Pip and Me Growing up in Gloucester. It was a week of fabulous seafood and time with friends.
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Peasant Stock
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Corned Beef and Cabbage
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Portuguese Kale Soup
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Chili and Baked Potato
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Authentic Hungarian Goulash
Try the Real Thing
By: - Feb 05th, 2022Radio and media guy John Hocheimer has spent serious time in Hungary and is an authority on its cuisine. He was not amused by my first attempt at Hungarian Goulash. He sent along his "authentic" version as well as a chicken and paprika dish.
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Hungarian Goulash
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Wellfleet Oysters on Sale in North Adams, MA
All About Oysters
By: - Jan 22nd, 2022It’s known from coast to coast that Wellfleet Oysters are one of the best! When we saw the sign for Wellfleet Oysters for $ 0.99/each at our nearest grocery store, Big Y, in North Adams – we had to buy a dozen.
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Invitation to a Cheese Tasting Lunch
Have a Cheese Tasting - Not Wine Tasting
By: - Jan 10th, 2022Hey, it was Fun! And a special lunch as well. We invite you to hold your own cheese tasting and we will post your results on Berkshire Fine Arts as well....C'mon!
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Lamb Shanks
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Turducken
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Spatchcocked Duck
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Mezze Fall Menu
Ramen to Go
By: - Oct 26th, 2021As the leaves began falling to the ground, Chef was inspired to create ramen: only available for takeout! Why do ramen? It's sustainable, comforting, and delicious.
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Comfort Food
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