Food
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 21, 2011 - 12:26 pm
Photo: Dave Jacke, author of the indispensable two-volume textbook Edible Forest Gardens and local hero of the permaculture movement, in action. Courtesy of the Northeast Permaculture Convergence.
This Saturday marks the high point of the year for local... Read more
By Ellen Verni on Thursday, Jul. 21, 2011 - 11:35 am
Delaware County's own Ellen Verni has been writing "Home Cookin'," her column of Catskills recipes and rumination, for 24 years. Today's column is guest-written by Ellen's daughter, Juliet Verni. You can get more of both talented Vernis on Ellen's blog... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 19, 2011 - 9:20 am
Photo from Jolly's Facebook page.
In the Saugerties Times today: A peek inside Jolly's Good Grub, a British grocery and lunch shop on Route 212. It's run by a cast of characters that includes a former world-traveling antique dealer who once drove a bus... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 13, 2011 - 5:33 pm
Bill Butler plows a field in Lexington with a team of horses. Photo via the town of Lexington's website.
During the last week of June, the town of Lexington in Greene County broke ground on its brand-new community garden in a way that most back-to-the-... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Jul. 9, 2011 - 10:13 am
Roundup, a common herbicide, was sprayed this week along roads running next to the Pepacton Reservoir, which supplies much of New York City's vast supply of unfiltered drinking water.
Our columnist Ellen Verni sent us a photo of a notice posted on... Read more
By Matthew Perry on Friday, Jul. 1, 2011 - 10:46 am
Looking for 2013 fireworks? Check out our Catskills Fourth of July Guide here. -- Ed
Photo via Flickr user bayasaa.
So many fireworks, so little time, so many miles to travel. If you're seeking the rockets' red glare this weekend, you can find it in all... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 30, 2011 - 4:31 pm
Above: A member of RAM, a Haitian rock/vodou band that will play the West Kortright Centre this Saturday. Photo used with permission.
Last year it was bhangra. This year, it's Haitian mizik rasin music -- traditional vodou folk music mixed with rock 'n... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 29, 2011 - 9:06 am
Photo by Flickr user Danielle Tsi.
The fate of borscht, the purple beet-based soup, seems inextricably tied to the fate of the Catskills. Both the soup and the region had their glory days in the 1950s, when the term "Borscht Belt" sounded glamorous,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 27, 2011 - 9:26 am
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The Daily Show's Jon Stewart took a swipe at the New York... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 - 1:44 pm
Photo of a fawn crossing a road in Delaware County last week by Jeremy Carden. Used with permission.
Last week, New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation released a draft of its new Deer Management plan, a new set of hunting guidelines for... Read more
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