Castle Street Cafe
10 Castle Street, Great Barrington, Massachusetts 01230  413-528-5244
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July 2006
Celebrity Chefs and Empires
In the past generation there has been an enormous change in the status of chefs in popular culture.

October 2005
The Tour de Kitchen
The nation and indeed the whole world recently celebrated Lance Armstrong's record seventh consecutive victory in the Tour de France.

September 2004
Voting
Participation is such an essential element of democracy that it seems unfair or inadequate that major elections are held just every four years.

August 2004
Changing of the Guard
The closing this year in New York City of 3 the most established and famous classical French restaurants, along with the passing of one of the Berkshire's legendary French chefs, signal and end of an era.

July 2004
The Cost of Food
As the price of a gallon of gasoline has risen to over $2 per gallon for the first time across the country, the nation has been preoccupied lately with the cost of filling up with a tank of gas.

June 2004
Wedding Season
June is the beginning of the traditional wedding season in the Berkshires, as well as the rest of the country.

February 2004
Mad Cows and People
There's nothing like a case of Mad Cow disease to help focus everyone's attention on what and how they eat.

January 2004
Ode to Carbohydrates
At the dawn of a new century, many Americans are on guard against attack from what they regard as one of their most virulent enemies...

November 2003
Thanksgiving in Moderation
It seems like many people in this country spend the better part of a month just preparing for 1 meal-Thanksgiving Dinner...

August 2003
Farming Fish
The educated eating public has had a lot of information to contend with the over the past few years...

May 2003
Dinner For 400
The prospect of having a handful of guests over for dinner sends some people into a panic...

April 2003
Eating Together
The act of eating involves all sorts of decisions which involve a huge range of inter-related choices and factors...

March 2003
Feeding the Birds
As a professional chef, I have spent most of the past 20 odd years engaged in the work of feeding people...

February 2003
Making Choices
In the midst of an old fashioned New England winter like we haven't had in years, its may seem a little hard to think about planting a garden...