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    This Week’s Recipe: Fresh Strawberry Pie

    This Week’s Recipe: Fresh Strawberry Pie

    This has to be one of the best (and easiest) strawberry pie recipes ever and perfect for a Fourth of July picnic dessert.  The pie is filled with uncooked berries bound together with a thickened berry puree.  Only the crust is baked in this recipe so the strawberries taste as fresh as the day you picked (or bought) them.

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    Joan’s Favorite Restaurants — Just a click away

    Joan’s Favorite Restaurants — Just a click away

    This is by no means a complete listing of great places to eat  in our area but they are restaurants our trusted Hammertown “Foodies” can vouch for.   If you have suggestions of your own please tell us about it.  We’ll check them out and add them to the list.

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    Road Trip - Southbound

    Road Trip - Southbound

    One of the great things about living where we do is our accessibility to New York City by car or train.  Many of our customers make the northbound trip every weekend while others of us enjoy heading south to take advantage of all the city has to offer.

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    Farmers’ Markets & Farmstands in Our Area

    June 30, 2009 | Barn Notes, Food | No Comment
    Farmers’ Markets & Farmstands in Our Area

    One of the best things about summer in the Hudson Valley is the access we have fresh local and organic produce.  We’ll be keeping this article up on our site for the summer and will be adding to it as we find more sources of wonderful Hudson Valley bounty.  Please let us know if you have a favorite market or farmstand you frequent and we’ll add it to our list!

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    This Week’s Recipe: My Favorite Tabouleh

    June 24, 2009 | Barn Notes, Recipes | No Comment
    This Week’s Recipe: My Favorite Tabouleh

    This recipe comes from my archive of recipes from when I lived in the Garden State of New Jersey.   Tabouleh is a Middle-Eastern grain dish that is a refreshing addition to any picnic.

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