The winter is slow at Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery. We would love to be busy all the time – we miss seeing our high season customers and it would help us pay our bills a little more easily – but with longer nights, colder days, and shorter hours, it does make sense. For that … Read more
Last night, Dylan and I had the pleasure of attending “Drinking with Dinosaurs,” a special “Culture & Cocktails” event put on by the Springfield Museums. While sipping wine, we roamed the halls of the Science Museum – the perfect date night am I right? The highlight of this event was “Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New … Read more
Although it was no where near Polar Vortex status, New England endured a painful cold snap last week. Between tarps on the barn that block out wind, heated floors in the robot milkers, and body heat from 250, 1,400lb animals, the cows stay content in the cold. The ideal temperature for a dairy cow is … Read more
The Barstow’s are pretty English through and through. But on my Mom’s side I’ve got a little Polish, and I’ve got a pretty terrific grandmother too. This weekend, my Meme (yeah that’s not Polish, that nickname is all French!), taught me how to make golumpki, a traditional Polish dish. Golumpki are cabbage rolls filled with … Read more