Food
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Preserving the Berkshire Harvest
James Beard Foundation March 2
By: - Feb 07th, 2012The evening begins at 7 p.m. with a reception in the Beard House’s charming Greenhouse Gallery as guests enjoy an assortment of hors d’oeuvres. A seated tasting menu begins around 8 p.m. The James Beard House is located at 167 West 12th Street. The price is $130 per person for James Beard Foundation members and $170 per person for the general public.
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Mission Bar and Tapas
A Hot Spot in Pittsfield
By: - Feb 04th, 2012The Mission Bar and Tapas in Pittsfield has become a popular destination for live music and light dining. It will participate in 10x10 on North Street from February 16 to 26. Recently the Pit Bulls stopped by for lunch.
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Legendary Florida Mountain Turnip
Unique Taste of the Berkshires
By: - Feb 01st, 2012The mountain hamlet of Florida on the Mohawk Trail in the Berkshires is known for its legendary turnips. They are enormous, sweet and formidable to prepare. Mostly served during holiday feasts. It proved to be a daunting and rewarding culinary adventure.
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Mezze in Williamstown Offers Staff Menu
Comfort Food at Affordable Prices
By: - Jan 23rd, 2012In the cold winter months, comfort food is what most diners crave at mealtime. The Staff Menu evolved from the popularity of Comfort Sunday at Mezze Bistro – a three-course prix fixe menu available on Sundays from November through May. Comfort Sunday has created a strong following with many regulars coming back week after week.
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Desperados in North Adams
Lunch with Los Amigos
By: - Jan 21st, 2012Hands down, Desperados is the best Mexican restaurant in North Adams. Since it opened a year or so ago it has been a popular destination with a combo of affordable, not very spicy food, in a tight space that makes for noisy evenings.
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Panchos Mexican Restaurant in Pittsfield
Numbingly Mediocre Tex Mex
By: - Jan 19th, 2012In the heart of Pittsfield driving or walking by Panchos Mexican Restaurant looks lively and enticing for those hungry for flavorful, affordable ethnic food. The cuisine however did not match the colorful decor.
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Tex Mex in Lenox
Too Far North of the Border
By: - Dec 04th, 2011This vast restaurant on the main drag between Pittsfield and Lenox changes hands and food themes every couple of years. Tex Mex attracts drive by tourists during high season but is on life support during the winter months. In order to survive restaurants must attract a local audience to sustain year round. Significantly, during our disappointing visit the cavernous space was virtually empty.
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La Fogata in Pittsfield
Miguel Gomez Serves the Taste of Colombia
By: - Nov 12th, 2011For those seeking authentic Colombian cuisine La Fogata in Pittsfield has become an essential destination. It is readily accessible on a main route into the downtown. It has been a favorite restaurant of Pancho's for several years. We compared notes of multiple visits to give an in depth report on the full range of an extensive menu. The chef and owner Miguel Gomez brings family food of the other to the starving Berkshires.
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Tastefully Quabbin - A Bouquet Of Flavors
QUEST Fundraiser
By: - Oct 06th, 2011Shortly after 7pm, Monday evening, armed with a ravenous appetite, I made my way into the main dining room at the Eagle Hill school in Hardwick where the QUEST sponsored, Tastefully Quabbin 2011 was under weigh. I began by sampling a few nibbles of several varieties of aged cheese offered up by the Robinson Farm. I could easily have lingered there.
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Bounti Fare BBQ
All You Can Eat in Adams
By: - Sep 30th, 2011Pancho took a pass on the BBQ buffet at Bounti Fare in Adams. He didn't miss much. If you are looking for a bargain and tons of food then check it out. But if you really deeply care about BBQ, well, that's another matter.
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QUEST Presents
Local Restaurants & Food Producers Fete
By: - Sep 29th, 2011Tastefully Quabbin returns for another round of fund raising on Mon, October 3, 7 to 9 PM at The Cultural Center of the Eagle Hill School in Hardwick.
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99 in Pittsfield
Not Exactly a Rib Joint
By: - Sep 28th, 2011For a chain the barbecue at 99 was surprisingly good. The full rack of St. Louis style rubs was cooked perfectly. But finished with a generic barbecue sauce. No matter how they are done the steak tips at 99 are always terrific.
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Flavours in Pittsfield
Malaysian Style Barbecue
By: - Aug 22nd, 2011Flavours, a basement restaurant at 75 North Street in Pittsfield is not what comes to mind when seeking out neighborhood rib joints. It is just an aspect of the diverse menu of the Malaysian born chef Sabrina Tan. Not just in the Berkshires, however, her Asian style barbecue is in a class by itself.
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JackJack’s Soul Food in Pittsfield
Searching for Elusive Barbecue
By: - Aug 04th, 2011Both together and separately the Pitt Bulls (Cisco and Pancho) have visited JackJack's Soul Food in Pittsfield. The one man operation of chef Terrell Ortiz has demonstrated flashes of brilliance and inspiration. But without extra help for prep a general lack of consistency. The full menu has not been available during our several visits. This is the second in an ongoing series surveying barbecue and soul food in the Berkshires.
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Mad Jacks BBQ in Pittsfield
Launching the Barbecue Project
By: - May 11th, 2011This is the launch of the Barbecue Project. The mandate is to seek out, taste, and report on ever restaurant and pit in the Berkshires. Of which there are now quite a few. We will focus on ribs and pulled pork as well as evaluate sides and the all important variety of sauces. We got off to a great start with Mad Jacks in Pittsfield. With a promise to return to JackJack's Soul Food, also in Pittsfield, when Terrell serves barbecue on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
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Williams College The Place for Taste
Food for Thought
By: - Oct 04th, 2010The combination of the 10th anniversary of the magazine Gastronomica founded by Williams Professor, Darra Goldstein, and an exhibition at the Williams College Museum of Art by Pepon Osorio inspired a day long symposium exploring all aspects of food and definitions of taste. This was the notion of you are what you eat explored to the max.
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2010 Saratoga Wine & Food and Fall Ferrari Festival
Higlighting Lidia Bastianich
By: - Sep 07th, 2010Celebrity chef, best-selling author and successful restaurateur Lidia Bastianich will highlight the 2010 Saratoga Wine & Food and Fall Ferrari Festival presented by the Italian Trade Commission, September 10 â€" 12. Bastianich joins world-class Italian auto designer Andrea Zagato and Presenting Sponsor, the Italian Trade Commission, in headlining the festival, a series of events over three days celebrating Italy’s excellence in wine, food and automobiles. Proceeds from the event will benefit Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s educational programs.
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What a Mezze
Williamstown Bistro Reopens June 7
By: - May 08th, 2010The popular Mezze in Williamstown is known for locally grown on its varied menu. The restaurant is relocating to a stunning location on Route 7 on the way out of town. Previously that site at 777 Cold Spring Road was home to Jae's an Asian fusion restaurant. Before that it was an upscale French restaurant. Let's hope this is a good move for a culinary landmark.
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Mindful Eating, Mindful Life
You Are What You Eat
By: - Apr 20th, 2010According to Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh and Harvard nutritionist Lilian Cheung, more than a billion people worldwide are overweight. This figure is so high that scientists are calling it an obesity epidemic. A new book reviewed by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat addresses this issue.
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Mezze Restaurant To Relocate
To 777 Cold Springs Road, Williamstown by June
By: - Mar 12th, 2010The popular, upscale restaurant, Mezze, is relocating from one Williamstown address to another. The new location at 777 Cold Spring Road was originally Le Jardin and more recently Jae's. The popular restaurant will remain open in its current location until the transition in early June.
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The Highland Restaurant in Pittsfield
Best in the Berkshires
By: - Feb 10th, 2010In an Eagle story two ladies who lunch voted the down home Highland Restaurant in Pittsfield as their favorite destination. At just $8.95 I followed their tip for the generous scallop sandwich. It was divine. A best in the Berkshires.
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Pittsfield: Flavours of Malaysia
Exotic Cuisine
By: - Dec 18th, 2009During the cold winter in the Berkshires the hot new restaurants to enjoy is Flavours of Malaysia tucked away in a basement on McKay Street just around the corner from the new Beacon Cinema in Pittsfield. On weekends reservations are recommended.
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Institute of Contemporary Art Talking Taste July 31
Sel de la Terre and L'Espalier proprietor Frank McClelland
By: - Jul 31st, 2009Final summer series Talking Taste presents Frank McClelland proprietor of Sel de la Terre and L'Espalier that combines French culinary traditions transformed by regional ingredients.
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Taking a Bite Out of a Nicholas Martin
Papa Charlie's Deli Sandwich Celebrates the New Artistic Director of the Williamstown Theatre Festival
By: - Jun 21st, 2008Actress Kate Burton dropped by to help the new artistic director of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Nicholas Martin, launch a sandwich in his honor at the famous Papa Charlie's Deli in Williamstown.
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Jae's Spice Coming to Pittsfield
Fine Dining Returns to Revitalized Downtown
By: - May 28th, 2008After two years and a $1.2 million loss the ambitious, upscale Spice Restaurant closed last March. But in a merger with Jae Chung it will soon reopen as Jae's Spice in time for the peak summer season. Let's hope that they find a winning combination that will sustain a year round business.
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