Plate to Plate

Eating locally in the Berkshires

One Local Summer

Early Summer Salad with Peas, Radishes, and Buttermilk Dressing

The tangy goat’s milk is the perfect accompaniment to sweet lettuces and peas, and the radishes have just the right bite to cut through the subtle creaminess.

One Local Summer – Week 10

Last week went undocumented due to various stresses and parents being in town. Sure, we binged on local foods — there’s no stopping us in that regard — but we drank so much wine, we barely managed to clean up after ourselves, not to mention capture each glorious meal in a breathtaking, sun-drenched photograph. So, [...]

One Local Summer – Week 8

Living out in small-town America with only your husband and dog as pals, you sometimes forget how great it is to have good friends around. Though I’m far from the world’s most sociable person — I probably require quite a bit more down time than average — I do in fact love to have friends [...]

One Local Summer – Week 7

Back when I was doing veggie duty at the cafe in Brooklyn, one of my favorite tasks was making the day’s soup. If I got into the cafe early enough, I’d have an hour or two to myself to chop the aromatics and get everything in the pot and simmering away nicely before people starting [...]

One Local Summer – Week 6

You should have seen the bag of tomatoes we foisted on the poor market fellow. It must have weighed at least six pounds. I hope it weighed at least six pounds, because it was expensive. Heirloom tomatoes: so delicious, so pricey.
So when I got home yesterday afternoon, and examined our market purchases, it seemed the [...]