
Imagine a bevy of fancy Berkshire restaurants serving up local farmed and foraged foods at a discount price. I swear it’s not too good to be true. This weekend, May 21 – 23, 2010, you can sample the delights of New England, artfully prepared and sold at great prices via the Farmed & Foraged event, a weekend where the Berkshires celebrates the flavors of Spring. Sponsored by Berkshire Grown, this weekend of festivities is not to be missed.

Maggie, is chief tasting officer and founder of Eat Boutique. She started the site in 2007 as a way to highlight and celebrate the best pure, local and comforting handmade foods, and now sells unique and delicious handmade food in monthly tasting subscriptions and seasonal gift boxes. Fostering vibrant real world communities around food, Maggie now hosts Eat Boutique’s Local Markets, where she spotlights cookbook authors and undiscovered food makers. Maggie is a community evangelist with more than 15 years of Web community building and outreach experience, connecting millions via sites like Lycos, Tripod and TripAdvisor. She’s written for Time Out New York, the former I.D. magazine and Hip Paris, and created retail experiences for the largest floral and event design company in New England. Maggie regularly visits Paris and travels far distances to find the next great chef, farmer, food maker or host. You can follow her worldwide - and homemade - gastronomic adventures on Twitter at @mizmaggieb or @eatboutique.