Recreation

Starting Wednesday, Aug. 23, the sun is shifting into Virgo season, leaving behind Leo's bold impulse toward romance and creativity, and moving toward a time of self-examination. If that sentence sparks your interest, there's a hidden gem, with plenty of gems and crystals in stock, on North Main Street in Kent, Conn.

Strawberry and rhubarb season! Rhubarb is one of my favorite flavors to play with. Its natural earthy acidity makes it a great companion to sweet desserts and loves getting together with strawberries. In addition to cooking with local and seasonal produce, I also like to play with different types of flours and textures.

Over the weekend of June 24, two private Litchfield County, Conn., gardens were opened to view for the first time — former House & Garden editor David Feld’s Falls Village, Conn., garden was open to tour through a program by May Castleberry at Scoville Memorial Library in Salisbury, Conn., while the Sharon, Conn., property of legal scholar H

My name is Emma and I’m the pastry chef at Troutbeck in Amenia, N.Y. In 2013, I went to culinary school in Cambridge, Mass., and turned my passion into a career.

In 2016 an annual review from the Australian Institute of Marine Science read, “A decade ago, the general narrative was that coral reefs face an uncertain future under climate change.

Bard College in Annandale-On-Hudson, N.Y., and PEN America have launched an archive of Russian journalism published since 2000 when Vladimir Putin took office as Russia’s president.

My name is Emma and I'm the pastry chef at Troutbeck in Amenia, N.Y.  In 2013, I went to culinary school in Cambridge, Mass., and turned my passion into a career.  Since then, I have worked at The Fearrington House Inn, a Relais & Châteaux property in Pittsboro, N.C., BakeHouse and Carmella’s Kitchen in Charleston, S.C., and The Colony Hotel

A relatively new organization, the Garden Club in Cornwall, Conn., held its first meeting of the year at the historic home of Melissa Gamwell and Kevin Greenberg, attracting gardening enthusiasts to hear about indoor plants and what’s best to do for them to keep them green. The event was held on Sunday, Feb. 26.