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By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — Looking for a diner-style breakfast at a cheap price? Chris Dodge and Jim Dion have you covered.The two brothers, who are both military veterans, have opened The 5&10 Breakfast Club in the Tibetan Plaza at 265 Greenfield Road, with the...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — Almost every morning, Robin Bialecki is up at 5 a.m. to make her rounds at grocery stores like Big Y and Stop & Shop, salvaging unsellable food items that can be distributed to those in need through the food pantry at the Easthampton...

A simple moment of beauty: Denise Heintze of Easthampton took a pause to admire her chioggia beets before cooking them. How to enter: Snap a pic of something delicious-looking and send it with your name, town and a sentence or two to...

By DOMENIC POLI

The United States is experiencing the deadliest bird flu outbreak in its history, labor costs continue to increase and the national average price of gas hovers around $3.40 per gallon.But what’s that got to do with the price of eggs? It turns out,...

By SAM DORAN

The Legislature’s Food System Caucus is getting ready to “fight like hell” for its priorities, co-chair Sen. Jo Comerford said Wednesday, and another caucus leader said money to combat hunger can be realized by the savings it will create elsewhere in...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — What better way to build community than to break bread? Or, in this case, bake it.The fourth, fifth and sixth grade classes at Sunderland Elementary School came together Wednesday morning for one of the school’s first assemblies since the...

By MOLLY PARR

I’ve been on a bit of a salad binge lately. This is not a New Year’s resolution, mind you – past pandemic resolutions have included eating more burritos (mildly successful), and eating things that really hit the spot (wonderfully successful). This...

Amy Diehl, communications specialist at ServiceNet, sent in this photo from ServiceNet’s Rooster Café of shiitake mushroom and barley soup, made with mushrooms grown locally at Prospect Meadow Farm. She noted, “Both the café and farm are part of...

By ROBIN GOLDSTEIN

With a new year of dining ahead, it’s time to boil down all of my last year’s recommendations into a cheat sheet that you can clip or print and stick on your fridge: the best of Best Bites. I’ve picked 40 amazing places to eat and drink in the area...

Often the best way to appreciate a vegetable’s beauty is by doing nothing to it. Peggy Sanders of Northampton sent in this simple photo and wrote, “When I first saw a romanesco, I was transfixed by the unique shape and chartreuse color. It’s an...

Amherst resident Deborah Gorlin sent in this photo of the vegetarian and vegan tamales her family makes every year for the holidays. She said that her son takes the lead in cooking them, and that “while they are labor-intensive ... they are...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Federal funding to the tune of $413,000 will help Grow Food Northampton, the nonprofit that focuses on sustainable farming and food justice, build a barn, add new farms and offer more community garden plots at its 121-acre parcel in...

By ROBIN GOLDSTEIN

In Amritsar, India, on the banks of a shimmering pond called AmritSarovar (Pool of the Nectar of Immortality), sits the Sri Harmandir Sahib. It is the Adobe of God, known colloquially as the “Golden Temple,” and it is one of the most important sites...

By ROBIN GOLDSTEIN

The hamlet of Shelburne Falls, cradled in the gently rolling foothills of the Berkshires, is a rustic spill of 1800s mill buildings and even older wooden barns along an elbow bend of the Deerfield River. It’s my favorite easy day trip or overnight...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — A shuttered Main Street restaurant that beckoned national attention has reopened its doors under a new name.Three former employees of Coco and The Cellar Bar and two area restaurateurs have relaunched the 95 Main St. hot spot under the...

By BERA DUNAU

NORTHAMPTON — Last year India House won the lottery — for a liquor license, a coveted item for many downtown restaurants.“It was like, did it really happen?” said Alka Kanoujia, who owns the restaurant with her husband Omprakash Kanoujia.Now, the...

By BERA DUNAU

AMHERST — Antonio Marquez Diaz grew up in Guadalajara, Mexico, where he was a restaurant owner. Now Diaz is making a home for himself and his family in the Pioneer Valley, and is looking to change how people view his home country and its...

By AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN

A chopped salad, where every ingredient is cut into pieces of about the same size, offers the perfect mixture of flavors and textures in every bite. However, some vegetables get watery and soggy when you chop and dress them, and require extra...

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

CONCORD, N.H. — To highlight New Hampshire’s tax-free status and to thank out-of-state customers, the state liquor commission is offering them discounts at its liquor and wine outlet stores.The “No Taxation on Our Libations” sale is providing...

By BERA DUNAU

NORTHAMPTON — When he was around 10 years old, Andrew Brow went to Pizzeria Paradiso. As he was watching one of the cooks work, their eyes met and something special happened: The cook threw him a pizza dough.“I caught it, and I threw it back up to...