Tamarind Heads to Host Cooking Demo and Tasting at Guido's Fresh Marketplace

03:23PM / Thursday, May 22, 2025Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass.— Tamarind Heads will conduct in-store cooking demonstrations and tastings of their BBQ sauces at Guido's Fresh Marketplace on Saturday, May 24.

Chef James Giberson will prepare samples featuring the sauces, which are made with tamarind and five other ingredients. Attendees can meet the chef, learn about the sauces, and sample the product.

The first demonstration will take place at Guido's Fresh Marketplace in Great Barrington, located at 760 South Main Street, from 10 AM to 1 PM. The second will be at the Guido's Fresh Marketplace in Pittsfield, located at 1020 South Street, from 2 PM to 4 PM.

Tamarind Heads BBQ Sauces were launched in June 2024 and are based on tamarind, a fruit with cultural significance in various regions globally. The sauces are vegan, gluten-free, and do not contain corn syrup, emulsifiers, or artificial preservatives.

The sauces received a 2024 sofi Gold Award for BBQ. More information is available at www.tamarindheads.com and on Instagram @tamarindheads.

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Wixsom Leads Force 12U Softball Team in Tourney Opener

iBerkshires.com Sports11:26PM / Friday, September 11, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Emma Wixsom struck out eight of the nine batters she faced in Friday’s opener of the Berkshire Fall Frenzy as the host Force 12-and-under travel softball team beat the Greylock Thunder, 14-0, in three innings.

Wixsom was credited with a perfect game in the contest, which was ended by the tournament’s run rule.

McKinley Bushika led the Force’s offense, going 3-for-3 with a pair of RBIs. Charlotte Kotski tripled, and Lilly Tuohy doubled in a nine-hit attack.

In its second game in the six-team tournament on Friday evening, the Force beat the East Greenbush, N.Y., Xpress Crushers, 5-3.

Peyton Demary went 3 and two-thirds innings in the circle before giving the ball to Wixsom. Demary struck out eight while allowing two earned runs.

Kotski was a difference maker at the plate, going 2-for-3 with an RBI in a six-hit attack for the Force.

Berkshire Saturday starts its day against the 413 Panthers out of Hampden at the Doyle Complex.

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