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By TINKY WEISBLAT

Jim Moseley of Petersham abounds with energy and enthusiasm.He runs a delivery company and writes religious books at a prodigious rate. He also loves food and cooking, and is the author of “The Mystery of Herbs and Spices: Intimate Biographies of the...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — Since the Clark family helped Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA) get on its feet decades ago, the experience has come full circle, with Clarkdale Fruit Farms receiving an award from the nonprofit on April 11.The...

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

Nalini Goordial’s life has taken her to many places and different kinds of work, yet one lifelong constant is a passion for food. Through Kitchen Wizardry, the Orange resident now offers resources for those wishing to make nutritious home cooking...

By TINKY WEISBLAT

Eggs are a staple of my diet. Their price has gone up, in part because of a nationwide egg shortage due to an outbreak of avian flu, and in part because the price of everything has gone up. Nevertheless, when one can find them, eggs still offer a...

By DOMENIC POLI

The 2023 season isn’t looking too peachy for New England farmers waiting to see if any of their buds survived mid-February’s subzero temperatures.It appears that month’s cold snap crippled the growth of the beloved stone fruit typically harvested from...

By TINKY WEISBLAT

Holiday cooking is often elaborate. But sometimes it can, and should, be simple.My friend Peter Beck recently won my heart (as he often does) by sharing a cake that is uncomplicated, relatively healthy and tastes like spring. If you want something a...

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — Through a new offering at the New Salem Public Library, the Greenfield-based Franklin County Community Meals Program hopes to provide residents with nourishment while destigmatizing food insecurity.Anyone is welcome to stop by the library...

By CHRIS LARABEE

BERNARDSTON — With the local Cub Scout troop’s sponsorship set to end in December, the Bernardston Kiwanis Club is raising money to support the group through a traditional chicken pot pie dinner.On Saturday, March 25, folks can stop by the United...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — The Greenfield School Department will soon have its own food truck, increasing the district’s ability to offer free, nutritious meals to children across the city.“I’m very excited about this project,” said Food Service Director Greta...

By TINKY WEISBLAT

March is maple month. I love walking down the road with my dog and peering into the containers along the way to see how much sap they have collected. The season has had its ups and downs this year, but as I write this, it has been a pretty good one...

By TINKY WEISBLAT

Barbara Ann Veal of Sunderland has nothing but happy memories of Saint Patrick’s Day. They come from two different times in her life.One of those times was her childhood. Her Swedish-American father loved to bake Irish soda bread. Despite his ethnic...

By BELLA LEVAVI

WASHINGTON — With new legislation, U.S. Rep. James McGovern (D-MA) hopes to permanently increase the federal reimbursement for school meals.“This is one piece of the puzzle, but it is an important piece,” McGovern said in a phone interview. His bill,...

By TINKY WEISBLAT

Film is no longer our dominant national art form. That is now television, streaming television in particular. Perhaps because I am approaching middle age (I have been approaching it for years and plan never actually to enter it), I still adore the...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Following a hiatus, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office is reconvening its spaghetti dinner to benefit Warm the Children.Food will be served at the Greenfield Elks Lodge, 3 Church St., from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday. A donation of $10 per...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SPRINGFIELD — After 30 years under the Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts’ umbrella, the food rescue nonprofit Rachel’s Table will become its own standalone organization this summer.The separation will give Rachel’s Table full fiscal,...

By CHRIS LISINSKI

The state House of Representatives on Wednesday unanimously approved injecting more than $280 million into emergency shelter, school meals and food aid programs on the verge of running out of capacity or money.And with the governor already making a...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Aldi, the discount supermarket chain based in Germany, is one step closer to setting up shop in Greenfield after the Conservation Commission approved special conditions for the project proposed for 208 Mohawk Trail.Commissioners this week...

By TINKY WEISBLAT

Bonnie Brown is bright in appearance and in personality. “I love what I do,” she told me last week as she tidied up her kitchen at Bonnie B’s Country Kitchen on Main Street in Greenfield.She has been in the food business for more than four decades....