Wine Gala at Berkshire Museum Delights with Tastings and Art
A Wine Tasting Gala at the Berkshire Museum on Friday Oct 25 features an after film wine talk on Wine Chateaux of Old Bordeaux, with a harvest theme in Ellen Crane Room. Garden Club members host, displaying 19th century ruby Waterford glass, silver knife boxes, oil paintings, and fruit still life by S. Roesen. Marjorie M. Kember performs French songs as Bordeaux wines are served by club members’ husbands. Tickets from Garden Club members or Mrs. Gibson or Mrs. Graves.
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Ruth Ley
Bordeaux
Frederick G. Crane
Berkshire Garden Club
Ellen Crane
Berkshire
Vermont
New York
Pennsylvania
S. Roesen
White House
Lawrence K. Miller
Boston
Robert L. Gibson
Walter L. Graves
Gourmet Horse and Jamin Taste Artichokes in Trotting Lore
The famed trotter Jamin, famed for his Parisian palate, embraced artichokes fed from California shipments. He ignored hay upon arrival in the United States and thrived on globe artichokes as a staple, saving hearts for special treats.
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Jamin
France
California
The Delicious Thistle Vinaigrette Artichoke Guide
Artichokes in season from California are prepared as vinaigrette or stuffed dishes. Learn trimming, cooking, and eating tips from tips of leaves to the heart, plus recipes for artichokes vinaigrette and chicken stuffed artichokes with steps and quantities.
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California
Globe
Jerusalem
Rake Walk at UVM ends blackface tradition here
A Vermont editor urges balance after the Interfraternity Council bans blackface from the Kake Walk at the University of Vermont. He praises the students for advancing equality, but cautions against sweeping bans that erase shared cultural memories and moments of gentle humor.
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North Bennington
University of Vermont
Interfraternity Council
Burlington
Eddie Cantor
al Tolson
Quick Cookies Make Cookies the Quick Way
A brief home recipe for making quick cookies using butter, confectioners sugar, vanilla, chopped candied cherries, shredded coconut, quick cooking oats, and optional mix ins. Mix until creamy, add oats, form balls, roll in chopped nutrients, and refrigerate leftovers.
Jamaicans Switching to U S Food
New York based interview with Dr Inn May Martin, Jamaican food standards chief, notes a shift toward American eating habits among urban Jamaicans while visitors increasingly order traditional dishes like rice and peas and codfish with ackee. She explains duties in food legislation, inspection, and public education.
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New York
UPI
Inn May Martin
Bombay
Martin
Dr. Martin
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Berkshire Museum
Velvet Theorem
Cream OF Artichoke
Lisieux
North St
Bardley
Elizabeth Dwyer
UVM
Harlem Globetrotters
Pat
Mike
Mahalla Jackson
Murphy
Order of Hibernians
U.S
Velvet
South St
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