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This sauteed fresh spinach with lots of garlic and a few pomegranate seeds was actually the more photogenic side dish to the Tunisian-style sweet couscous with raisins, apricots, and almonds behind it, according to photographer Shel Horowitz. D. Dina...
Jason Kahn started making fruitcakes when he was eight years old with his family and has now been making them for more than 50 years. While not a fruitcake, he made this Rose Apple Tart for Christmas dinner, a recipe from the NY Times. “Not so heavy...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON – Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources Commissioner Ashley Randle returned to her native western Massachusetts and paid a recent visit to Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School, touring the school’s horticultural...
Pia Wise, 13, of Amherst, made these cozy apple gingerbread pancakes to warm up the holidays. They were delicious with yogurt, maple syrup and a dash of cinnamon on top, according to Wise. How to enter: Snap a pic of something delicious-looking and...
By CHRIS LARABEE
SOUTH DEERFIELD — Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture’s Buy Local campaign will get a boost in the coming months on the heels of a Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources grant.CISA received the $84,737 grant on Nov. 27 and will...
Nina Kleinberg of Florence took this photo of eight homemade everything bagels, which she said are “fun to make and even more fun to eat!”How to enter: Snap a pic of something delicious-looking and send it with your name, town and a sentence or two to...
By JACOB NELSON
With considerable effort from organizers, a new winter farmers market is coming to Hadley this year. Located on the grounds of Wancyzk Nursery at 166 Russell St, it will run every Saturday from 10 to 2. The market will offer local farms and businesses...
Suzanne Kurtis of Florence said her niece and nephew, Amy and Marc, have been honing their charcuterie skills over the past couple of years and created this platter for her family’s Thanksgiving gathering this year. How to enter: Snap a pic of...
By CHRIS LARABEE
SUNDERLAND — Nestled in the former Dove’s Nest restaurant, a new deli is steadily gaining traction.Across from Cliffside Apartments and sharing a plaza with Frontier Pizza, resident Hilda Bailey has been whipping up all sorts of food at Banchan Korean...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
EASTHAMPTON — Restaurant chain Local Burger plans to open a fourth eatery next month when it takes over the former Riff’s Joint space in Easthampton. Local Burger, with locations in Northampton, Haydenville, and the New Hampshire town of Keene, serves...
By EMILEE KLEIN
HOLYOKE — The Holyoke Community Cupboard, United Way of Pioneer Valley’s newest food pantry with Holyoke Community College, seeks to tackle stigmas of emergency food supplies by offering refrigerated and frozen staples to anyone who needs to...
By DOMENIC POLI
Don’t worry, radio personality Christopher “Monte” Belmonte will still push a shopping cart 43 miles from Springfield to Greenfield to raise money to combat food insecurity. The journey will simply have a different name.This year marks the first March...
By JAMES PENTLAND
NORTHAMPTON — While extremist Republicans in Congress are trying to gut programs that provide food to those in need, Massachusetts could become the first state to end hunger, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern told a special state commission on agriculture...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — A stove and oven, along with a 36-inch grill and deep fryers, are just some of the equipment inside Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School’s new food truck, which launched on Wednesday, staffed by students in the school’s culinary...
By MADDIE FABIAN
NORTHAMPTON — With a sunny forecast and a schedule packed with agricultural events, music, motor sport activities, food and local art, the 206th Three County Fair is set to kick off Friday and run through Labor Day on Monday.First been held in 1818,...
By SOPHIE HAUCK
AMHERST — The University of Massachusetts Amherst has won bragging rights for having the best campus food in the country for the seventh consecutive time, the Princeton Review determined, based on feedback from college students across the country.The...
By CHRIS LISINSKI
BOSTON — A group of pork producers who want to block new livestock regulations in Massachusetts will get a chance to go before a judge, but not until after many of the new policies that were already targeted in a prior lawsuit take effect.U.S....
By MADDIE FABIAN
BOSTON — Food access and insecurity, farmland and economic development top the list of priorities for the current legislative session for the Food System Caucus, one of the largest caucuses in the Massachusetts Legislature that’s co-chaired by Sen....
By MERCY LINGLE
NORTHAMPTON — In the community garden at Hampshire Heights, there is a two-person bench, perfect for tenants to sit on and watch as bees pollinate their plants. The garden is modestly sized but hosts an ecosystem of flowers, vegetables, herbs,...
By MARY BYRNE
Dozens of superintendents, including a handful from Hampshire and Franklin counties, have signed a letter to lawmakers urging them to make permanent the universal meals program School Meals for All, rather than just extend it for another year.“Being a...
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