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So far Maxine has created 153 blog entries.

No Truffle at All

Ah, truffles: the Rolls Royce of the mushroom world.  Pigs and Dogs on the Hunt  A fungi that provide a symbiotic relationship with beech, birch, hornbeam, oak, pine, and poplar [...]

2024-02-01T12:39:22-05:00January 25, 2024|Bex Blog|

Behind the Scenes at Bex

Bex has been a Califon institution for over a decade, but even for a small-town eatery, many folks don’t understand that Bex is actually a multi-pronged enterprise aimed at serving [...]

2024-01-19T07:31:07-05:00January 19, 2024|Bex Blog|

New Year, New Approach

Saying “Happy New Year” lingers after the holidays have ended, but it’s a good reminder that time heals and wipes certain slates clean, offering an opportunity to pivot in your [...]

2024-01-12T08:16:53-05:00January 12, 2024|Bex Blog|

A Recipe Runs Through It

Now that the holidays have run their course, it’s a good time to reflect on the interactions and experiences you may’ve had, even if those were non-traditional or more solitary [...]

2024-01-12T08:06:37-05:00January 11, 2024|Bex Blog|

Why Be Social?

Humans are social creatures.  Even the most hermitlike among us need some social interaction, and the pandemic threw a monkeywrench into things.  As Alzheimer’s cases rise, social interaction is found [...]

2024-01-09T20:57:50-05:00January 9, 2024|Bex Blog|

Earth Tunings

Most everybody knows the famous opening sounds of the Beatles’ high water-mark 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band: an orchestra tunes up, with random voices, that eventually give [...]

2024-02-01T12:38:21-05:00January 9, 2024|Bex Blog|

Dinners Delivered, Redux

The rise of the pandemic was a rough time for Bex.  A major sea change happened in society regarding interaction and being out in public, and certain industries were, predictably, [...]

2024-01-04T20:22:28-05:00January 4, 2024|Bex Blog|

A Healthy Pace

“Auld Lang Syne” is an old traditional song that was orally shared until a Scot named Robert Burns sent it to a Scottish museum in the late 1700s. It gained [...]

2024-01-01T11:22:08-05:00December 30, 2023|Bex Blog|
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