(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert and chef/author Dan Barber will discuss “Beyond Farm to Table: The Future of Food,” at the Mahaiwe on Monday, August 18, 2014 at 7pm. The event is presented by Berkshire Grown. “We’re thrilled to bring two provocative leaders together to talk about food and the environment,”…
(SPENCERTOWN, N.Y.) – Author Ruth Reichl and chef Zak Pelaccio will discuss trends in locavorism and farm-to-table in “Beyond Local: Taking Local Food to a New Level,” as part of the Conversations with Neighbors series at Spencertown Academy Arts Center on Saturday, December 14, 2013, at 4p.m. A reception featuring tasty illustrations of the subject…
ChefX Stone Hill Table Dinner Features Chef Dan Smith from John Andrews Restaurant(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – The Clark will host a farm-to-table dinner on Friday, August 30 , 2013, set on the terrace of the Clark’s exceptional Stone Hill Center and featuring a meal prepared by chef-owner Dan Smith of John Andrews Farmhouse Restaurant. The convergence…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Eat the Farm, a farm greenhouse dinner bringing together the culinary talents of Helsinki Hudson executive chef Hugh Horner and the summer bounty of Holmquest Farms, will take place on Thursday, July 25, 2013, at 7pm, in the Holmquest Farms greenhouse at 516 Spook Rock Rd. Eat the Farm reverses the familiar,…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Bjorn Somlo, chef-owner of Nudel Restaurant in Lenox, has been nominated one of the top 100 chefs for The People’s Best New Chef award for FOOD & WINE magazine. This is Somlo’s second nomination for an award honoring up-and-coming innovators who have run their own kitchens for five years or fewer. Somlo…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Fresh Fest, a food- and farm-themed film festival, featuring four films documenting effort at creating and maintaining a sustainable food supply, takes place at Images Cinema on Saturday, March 9, and Sunday, March 10, 2013. The free screenings include Growing Hope Against Hunger on Saturday, March 9, at 10:30 a.m.; Edible City,…
(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – For the fourth year in a row, a group of innovative Berkshire chefs led by Brian J. Alberg, Executive Chef and Food & Beverage Director at The Red Lion Inn will travel to the James Beard Foundation in New York City to present a farm-to-table dinner featuring foods harvested in the Berkshire…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – In a new collaboration with Berkshire Co-op Market, Alana Chernila, author of The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making, will offer kitchen and cooking workshops. The Homemade Pantry Workshop Series will take place the first Thursday of each month at Berkshire South Regional Community Center from…
(GREAT BARRINGTON and WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – This year’s Holiday Farmers’ Markets sponsored by Berkshire Grown will be the largest Thanksgiving markets yet in the organization’s four-year-history of providing the opportunity for local farmers and food producers to market during an extended season in New England. This year’s markets, which includes food and handicrafts, will be…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Housatonic, Mass.-based author Gina Hyams and The Meat Market will host a chili contest to celebrate publication of Hyams’s new book/kit, Chili Cook-off in a Box: Everything You Need to Host a Chili Cook-off, on Sunday, October 7 2012, from 4 pm to 6pm at The Meat Market (389 Stockbridge Rd.).…
