Space for one last student in my locavore cooking class Held in my teaching kitchen in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

East-West Maine Shrimp Dumplings Shittake Mushroom and Butternut Stew on Piedmont Polenta Vegetable course TDB,depending on availability Mini Molten Chocolate Cakes with Local Eggs and Cream

$100 per person, [...]

First night of Chanukah, complete with latkes, at the home of our friends’ Roz & Peter.

As a culinary coach, I trained Tracy how to integrate healthy food into her family’s diet. But she taught me how to regain a sense of adventure about local foods through her imaginative gift giving.

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Know anyone who can’t afford a thanksgiving meal? The Food Food Movement is about good, clean and fair food for all. In the Berkshires, visit the fabulous Berkshire Food Journal for Judith Lerner’s terrific list of free and low-cost Thanksgiving meals. More about food security.

(My daughter, Emma, tasting.)

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Here are: Thanksgiving recipes. Enjoy your bird!

My mom, daughter and me.

A three generation Thanksgiving 3 years ago

Enjoy friends, family and the best of the harvest.

Turkey Rescue Roasted Turkey with Gravy About Local and Sustainably Raised Turkeys

Cranberries Double Cranberry-Orange Sauce

Root Vegetables Smashed Potatoes and Celery Root with Chive Butter [...]

A lazy gardener, I begin each spring like a schoolgirl with my pencils sharpened. My raised beds with their mulched companion plants hum with expectation, and they do yield patio salads and pot luck suppers. But, they’re never fully realized as I slack off weeding, watering and nursing the sick for the lure [...]

(OK, the picture shows the same veggies, but not the same recipe. But, I have a blooming cold couldn’t bear cooking. Forgive me!)

Harvest vegetables and tangy goat cheese roll into a glorious last-of-summer wrap.  Feel free to play with other seasonal vegetables and local cheeses, as long as you [...]

Local peaches or pears are in. Eat them out of hand until you can’t stand it, as the season is short. Today I stuffed them with ginger cookies, almonds and chocolate. They barely made it to the fridge, but they’re good warm or cold.

1 ounce ginger snap cookies (5 small, 4 large) [...]