Ronnybrook Farm Dairy<\/a>\u00a0butter, located in Columbia County right here in the Hudson Valley.<\/p>\nNeed a chocolate fix? Skip the Hershey’s (and the Mast Brothers) and stick it to Big Chocolate by buying it from Fruition in the Catskills. When it comes to making the good stuff, as usual,\u00a0we know what we’re doing up here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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