Eat. Drink. Live.
Joining us in the orchard for a visit with the Waggoners and the Ranchers are Kelli and Patrick! Welcome, kids.
After a trip to the Russel Wright Design Center, Sarah and Wilson and Greg and I went to Beacon for burgers. Poppy’s is a place that uses all-natural, local beef and ingredients and hand-cuts its fries. It’s really good stuff, […]
I came across this recipe in Bon Appetit and liked the do-ahead nature. Plus, it’s a great way to have a warm dish that uses fresh tomatoes. Sometimes you get tired of just slice-and-serve.
No photos were allowed, but I did take one before I knew that.
Sarah and the girls are in town for their annual summer trip! Mom can’t get enough of Jane: For our first course, we had the Cold Pink Soup.
Before seeing “American Idiot,” Greg and I went to Mary’s favorite pre-theater spot, Nizza. For pizza.
I love this recipe, which I found last year in “A Platter of Figs” by David Tanis. (Sour Cherry Farm archive post here.) What’s great about it is that you don’t have to roast the beets first, you just throw […]
Mary’s husband, Bill, went fishing off Montauk and caught a beautiful seabass. She shared a big hunk with us, and boy were were thrilled. Delicious.
We love to have a picnic in the park when the band is playing in the gazebo. Tonight, leftovers, rose and a beautiful sunset.
We’ve all got Mad Men fever, and Irene knew it. So she had us over for a viewing party, complete with such retro dishes as aspic and, well, whatever this contribution from Kris is called:
As my mother would say, I do love a cocktail. And not only that, I do love a caipirinha. It’s a Brazilian drink made with cachaca — a sugar cane liquor a little like rum, but not. For caiparinhas, you […]
I wrote a story for the paper about How to Throw a Mad Men Party, and I decided to take some of my own advice. Or rather, Irene did. She’s throwing the Mad Men party — I’m bringing the gazpacho. […]
Here’s our occasional update on the progress in the fields at Sour Cherry Farm. The early summer harvest is slowing down, and we’re getting more flowers and ornamentals as we wait for late summer tomatoes and fall crops like figs, […]
Is there anything better than a BLT made with juicy tomatoes, salty bacon, crisp lettuce, creamy mayo and toasty bread? I can’t think of anything. Except maybe some salt and vinegar potato chips alongside.
This is a pretty typical summer supper except for two things. 1. We used a few spice mixture called duqqa to flavor the garlic bread and it was a complete eye-opener. 2. We had a fabulous blueberry cobbler for dessert.
The first blueberry cobbler I did this summer was completely made from our own blueberries. Of course that one was the best; not even the farmers market berries taste as good as ones you grow yourself. But this recipe is […]
We were thrilled to be invited to one of Linda’s fabulous parties: this one in her garden. Here’s Greg, chatting before dinner:
We only had a small harvest of currants this year, so I didn’t bother with all the work of canning properly, I just made a quick refrigerator jam that we ate within a few weeks. First start, the currants:
After lunch and a matinee of the Broadway show “Promises, Promises” with Kristen Chenoweth, Mom and I met Boo for a drink at Ma Peche. Mom popped out after one drink, and left Boo and I to grab a quick […]
Mom and I had a girls’ day in the city: lunch and a show. For lunch, we went to Anthos, the fancy Greek restaurant in midtown. They have a crazy-good deal for lunch: $28 for a three-course prix fixe. Plus, […]
We spent a Sunday around the farm, working on the fields and having a simple supper of hot dogs, corn and a salad with our own lettuce and tomatoes:
We sampled a bunch of local wines and had a simple backyard supper with the neighbors, enjoying a little respite from the heat wave. Finally. The results, after the jump.
Kelli invited the girls over for sushi, and we enjoyed catching up on her back patio. Kelli and Mel:
I haven’t before reported on book club. but CynDee went so over the top with matching food to theme that I finally broke down. I simply couldn’t help taking photos. To go with “A Room with a View,” set in […]
We had the folks over for burgers on Sunday night. It was still so hot that we moved the table into the shade of the garage and put the umbrella out. We ate by the apple tree and the grapevine.
My friend and colleague Michele married the love of her life, Mark, in a beautiful and unique ceremony that took place in the Capitol Theater in Port Chester. We as the audience sat in the mezzanine to watch as the […]
We had a little bit of an anniversary celebration at our favey local restaurant, Cafe Barcel. I got the frisee salad with lardons, blue cheese and, yes, the poached egg. That’s right.
We picked up some clams at Stew Leonard’s, too, so it was use-it-or-lose it time. We used it. We made Linguine alla Vongole. Greg said it was the best version ever.
I don’t say this about too many restaurants, but I walked out the door of my meal at North last week plotting my immediate return. This is not a real review — the restaurant had only been open 6 days […]
The heat is still unbearable. We can’t cook. So we forage. Greg found tuna salad from Stew’s and made a toasted sandwich, and loaded up with iceberg wedge, leftover green beans and potato chips. My plate is chicken salad on […]
My husband, Greg, and I are co-founders of SCF, which chronicles what we eat, drink and grow as we raise our daughter on a tiny plot of land in the Lower Hudson Valley.
