Berkshire Tidbits: Farmers Markets Opening
Manger! Boire! Eat! Drink! Thursday dining, cooking demo, wine pairing series at Chez Nous Bistro, 150 Main St. in Lee, 413 243-6397, is ending its run until the end of October and it is going out with a bang!
This last evening, chef-owners Franck Tessier and Rachel Portnoy are taking their guests on a culinary journey to New Caledonia, a French outpost in the South Pacific.
Dinner will start with coconut-marinated fish as an appetizer followed by pork with caramel and spring rolls. Franck will demonstrate these courses and Rachel will make a Pavlova/crisp meringue cake filled with housemade lychee sorbet for dessert and will create the recipe sheets for diners to take home. And, as always, dinner will be paired with appropriate and uncommon wines.
The dinner/evening will cost $35 plus gratuity and tax. Call for reservations.
A number of farmers markets will be opening this weekend. And before.
West Stockbridge has a Thursday farmers market on the green on Harris Street behind Truc Orient Express restaurant, which begins this Thursday, May 19, and runs through and runs through Oct. 6 between 3 and 7 p.m.
The Lee Farmers Market will open on the town green in front of the white Congregational Church with the tall spire this Saturday, May 21, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Sept. 10.
The Millerton (N.Y.) Farmers Market, 6 Dutchess Ave., will open this Saturday, May 21, as well, and run through Oct. 29, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Millerton winter market will pick up immediately in November.
The Williamstown Farmers Market at the bottom of Spring Street begins this Saturday, May 21, and runs through Oct. 8 between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.
The Hancock Farmers Market, 3210 Hancock Road/Route 43, on Sunday, May 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Wednesdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Oct. 12. The Hancock market will offer vegetables, fruits, baked goods, maple syrup, crafts and more.
On Sunday, May 22, from 3 to 5, chef Julie Gale of At the Table Cooking School in Hillsdale, N. Y., will be giving her Springtime in Paris class as part of her "Cooking at the Chef's Shop" series, 31 Railroad St. in Great Barrington, 413-528-0135.
Julie and her students will be hands-on preparing and then eating an asparagus terrine, bouillabaisse/a traditional Provençal fish and shellfish stew and a strawberry bombe/molded, usually layered ice cream sphere.
Not a bad way to spend a stormy afternoon.
The cost is $60 per person for a single class, $150 for a series of three. Payment is required in advance with a 48-hour cancellation policy. The Chef's Shop offers students a 10-percent discount on purchases made on a class day. Call or email@TheChefsShop.com, to reserve a place.
There will be two more classes in Julie's series this season: June in Tuscany on Thursday, June 2 and Grilling Basics on Sunday, June 12.
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