Eat. Drink. Live.
The temperature hovering around 90 with almost 100 percent humidity. Well isn’t that a fine how-do-you-do-to summer? We still didn’t have the air conditioners in, but we did have a fan or two. We plugged one in to an extension […]
We got takeout barbecue for supper from Townline BBQ. You may remember Townline from such trips to Amagansett as 2009!
For our first summer supper in the orchard, we grilled skirt steak Korean-style, and served it with Boston lettuce and plenty of herbs for wrapping. Boo was the farm’s special guest. Yay! Backyard dining is upon us.
Pretty much right after breakfast, Bob got started smoking some chickens and pork ribs for a lovely Father’s Day barbecue. Here’s the chef at work! More photos of the food and the guests, after the jump.
When I tell you that these are the best baked beans you’ll ever have, you should believe me. They’re from an Alton Brown recipe, and I originally discovered it on the Serious Eats blog. (I wish my photo looked as […]
SCF fans, we’ve been on the road. We caught a 7 a.m. flight out of Newark. Read and slept on the plane. Sarah picked us up at the airport. After we got to meet the lovely and talented Jane Addison […]
A great all-around barbecue sauce from The Cook’s Illustrated Guide to Grilling and Barbecue. It tastes like it took all day to make, but it is really quite simple.
When we used this recipe from The Cook’s Illustrated Guide To Grilling And Barbecue to season 5 pork shoulders, we doubled this recipe and ended up with just the right amoung. For 1 pork shoulder, this should do, and you’ll […]
Le Bon Choix in Ridgewood is known for its juicy rotisserie chicken — and this fabulous sandwich. The cote du Rhone, which has rotisserie chicken, espresso barbecue sauce, cole slaw and — here’s the surprising and fun part: gruyere. It […]
I haven’t had Fink’s barbecue since he was manning the smokers down at Bailey’s in Blauvelt. But our after our trip to Secor Farm we were hankering for lunch, and what should we discover but his Suffern outpost! Here’s the […]
Out with my crew for lunch in Jersey at So Good, a new Korean barbecue restaurant that opened just a few days earlier. The restaurant is very cool and modern: Panchan: Cooking on the grill in the center of the […]
Kris and Bill threw a Fourth of July barbecue, and the food, of course, was excellent. Marinated chicken. Sausage. Spanakopita. Salads. Unfortunately, I did not photograph said food. I did, however, photograph Bock’s hot dog Tshirt: And Samantha in an […]
A low-key, laid-back, super-fun barbecue at Faye’s, where the kids can play in her big yard and the adults can relax and catch up. Children! As you can see in the photo below, Jessie brought out the good camera. […]
A big city day to celebrate my birthday. First, a trip to MoMA, then lunch at The Modern, a matinee, and dinner at a barbecue joint. We even had a nightcap back in Nyack. Day drinking! Gin cocktail, with apricot, […]
Kris and Tom brought this recipe for Franny’s Stewed Zucchini to an impromptu supper at Oratamin a few weeks back, and I’ve been dying to make it ever since. I found myself with a few of those extra-large zucchini in […]
Swim races, diving competitions, little rubber duckies and a delicious pot-luck barbecue — what a terrific way to spend the last day of summer. Here’s a look at the Labor Day Games at Oratamin. Candy hunt: Duck relay: Tomato-quinoa salad […]
The Small Bites bloggers met at Village Social in Mount Kisco a couple of weeks ago for a sneak peek of chef Mogan Anthony’s new fall menu. It’s the first time I’ve been to Village Social for dinner — I […]
Sarah O’Donnell made her first communion Saturday and we all celebrated with a backyard barbecue at Kelli’s. Speidies, brought from Vestal! Yes, please. Sarah with her cake!
Asian Double Crown Haiku Ma Peche Momofuku Noodle Bar Momofuku Noodle Bar Fried Chicken Dinner Momofuku Ssam Bar American 1770 House Alias Angus McIndoe Antoine McGuire’s Bailey’s BGR The Burger Joint Birdsall House Blue Moon Diner Cafe Soleil Cheese Boy […]
New York Amagansett: Cyril’s Armonk: Restaurant North Beacon: Poppy’s Blauvelt: Lanie Lou’s Cafe Buttermilk Falls: Henry’s Farm to Table Brooklyn: Franny’s, Franny’s in 2012; Marlow & Sons, Prime Meats, Red Hook Lobster Pound, Roberta’s, Saltie, Totonno’s, Vinegar Hill House Bronx: Dominick’s Chappaqua: Le Jardin du Roi Chatham: Ralph’s Pretty Good Cafe Congers: Restaurant X, in 2008. Restaurant X: Super Bowl Croton-on-Hudson: Ocean […]
Applesauce Arugula Pesto Brine for Chicken, Turkey and Pork Candied Olives Creamy Lemon-Chive Dressing Cranberry Port-Conserve (Liz’s Cranberry Sauce) Cranberry Relish (Greg’s Cranberry Sauce) Crock Pot Caramelized Onions Dinosaur Creole Seasoning Dinosaur Dry Rub Dinosaur Mutha Sauce Dry Brine for […]
Alice’s Corn Salad Asparagus and Radish Salad with Mint Baked Beans Baked Polenta Beet and Goat Cheese Salad with Pickled Onions and Cilantro Beets with Miso Dressing Bok Choy with Sesame and Ginger Braised Green Beans Braised Savoy Cabbage Brussels […]
Casellula, a cozy little wine and cheese bar, really is an oasis in midtown for pre-theater dining, especially if you’re heading to a theater that’s a little north of Times Square. I’ve covered Casellula several times already, so I won’t […]
Let’s see: Somewhat near the Cloisters? Delicious food? Kid-friendly? Bingo: Dinosaur BBQ. That is my lovely combo platter with pulled pork, brisket and ribs along with salt potatoes and an iceberg wedge. Man oh man was that delicious. Sam had […]
The concert in the park nearly wasn’t this week. A band member was more than an hour late! But that didn’t stop us from enjoying our lovely supper of Asian Barbecued Chicken, Doris’ Cucumber Salad and Black Rice with Mango […]
Frankin BBQ used to be in a trailer that shared a parking lot with a coffee roaster. An espresso barbecue sauce was a natural. From Texas Eats by Robb Walsh. Frankin’s Espresso BBQ Sauce Makes about 7 cups. 4 cups […]
SCF fans may remember our trip to Franklin Barbecue back in 2010. Well that little barbecue trailer has become the most popular barbecue restaurant in Austin, which is to say it is some of the most popular barbecue in the country. […]
Gastropub? Sounds great. Korean? Sounds great. Small plates? Yes, sounds great. All three, in the same restaurant? Sounds really great. And it was — sometimes. Like now: Spicy yellowtail sashimi, cho jang, jalapeno And now: Bo ssam: braised pork belly, […]
We celebrated Christmas Eve Eve with Kelli and Patrick and their family. Cathy and Ed were down from Syracuse, Mary Ellen was there from Vestal and the entire Leon family was in from Virginia to celebrate. Here’s Ralph with Meghan […]
I’m loving this new book called The Brisket Book: A Love Story With Recipes. by Stephanie Pierson. It’s a cookbook, but it’s also a narrative, with lots of brisket stories and tips — and it has a great attitude: fun […]
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.
