Sour Cherry Farm

I’ve been quite lazy with my photography lately… apologies, readers! I don’t even have photos of the Mother’s Day celebration we put together, and it was an impressive menu with homages to many mothers: Hamburgers (with a nod to Grandmom, of course) Stella’s Potato Salad (Laurie, your mom can cook!)… Read More →

Irene’s house was a playpen on Saturday morning, with three little rug rats running and playing and toys strewn all about. The occasion was a lovely brunch for friends. Irene put on a beautiful spread as always: a delishy bread pudding, potatoes, salad and yogurt with oranges. Of course, me… Read More →

As they did last year, Kris and Tom put together a fabulous St. Patrick’s Day feast complete with corned beef and cabbage (and other delishy vegetables), many mustards and Irish Soda Bread made from Tom’s great grandmother’s recipe. Here’s a look! On the way over: Hi kids!   Playing with… Read More →

A great mashup between SCF and Stump Lane one night in early February. Shannon, inspired by a recent episode of Top Chef, made a batch of delishy fried chicken, and Hunna and I mashed up some ‘taers and gravy. The girls caught us up on their incredible trip to Paris,… Read More →

At Kelli’s, an evening with the girls and a Crock Pot supper. Lots of fun. It’s been too long. Wine, in the glass that Kelli’s cousin brought her from the Czech Republic. Supper: Good times. Related posts: Dinner at Dinosaur BBQ Sushi with the Girls Samantha at the Pleasantville Farmers… Read More →

What a fun New Year’s Eve! We sipped champagne from France, slurped oysters from Maine and savored big bowls of carbonara. And then there was the singing!       Related posts: Reading ‘A Christmas Memory’ 2012 Pickled Garlic Scape Martinis and a Cobb Salad with Benton’s Bacon Halloween at… Read More →

Last year Kris and Tom introduced us to a new tradition: Reading “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote. We vowed to make it an annual occasion. For 2012, we passed the book around at Kris and Tom’s house, reading it between sips Tom’s terrific glogg, and then had a delicious supper of ham… Read More →

Leigh celebrated a big birthday at the ranch Saturday with family, friends and a delicious catered dinner by Mimi of Mimi’s Plates. Party time! Related posts: Mom’s Birthday at Hudson House Happy First Birthday, Samantha! Sunday Supper at the Ranch Birthday Supper for Grandmom

Each December, Irene’s sister, Carol, comes visiting from Chicago. We usually get the chance to celebrate her birthday in style, and for us, with luck: a dinner birthday party prepared by Irene. And we’ve celebrated enough birthdays with Carol now to know that there will always be a special present… Read More →

Salty Dog season has arrived! Our package of the most delicious grapefruits int the world arrived today, and we immediately set about making our favorite grapefruit cocktails: Salty Dogs. These are not the same as Greyhounds, which are made just with grapefruit juice and vodka. No, SCF fans will remember… Read More →

Sour Cherry Farm’s tree took on a new look this year. We went with a tabletop Christmas tree. You know, with a crawling, curious toddler and all. It actually ends up being a lot easier to water, for one. And we didn’t have to move the table to the basement,… Read More →

It’s been a long time! A year! But Pete and Jeannine were in town for Thanksgiving and we were finally able to catch up with them again. We had our SCF usual: Roast chicken. Yes, a little gravy and a little kale never hurt anyone! A few more pics, after… Read More →

The Nyack contingent of the book club met to finish up the discussion of The Glass Menagerie and discuss a short story, “Sonny’s Blues,” by James Baldwin. The centerpiece of the meal was this gorgeous Stuffed Kobocha Squash, prepared by the Burnses and inspired by a recipe from Dorie Greenspan… Read More →

Maybe it was having the Korean chicken the weekend before? But I got some kind of bug, and we decided to have another bo ssam dinner. (The first one was in February, and it was really delicious.) Two big pork shoulders, lacquered in brown sugar, served  in lettuce wraps with… Read More →

Somehow, someway, book club keeps holding on. This time, we didn’t even have to read a book before gathering for a literary evening — and good eats and drinks. We read ‘The Glass Menagerie’ aloud. Alas, it got too late before we could finish, but we vowed to meet again… Read More →

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And I thought the BLT bar, once set by Benton’s, could not be broken. There is a new pantheon set, folks. Thor, whom SCF fans may remember from such posts as Supper at the Farm, Cathy and Thor Edition and At Ma Peche, Beef Seven Ways appears to be the… Read More →

Irene was just going to have a couple of friends over. Turns out Irene has a lot of friends, including a couple of new ones, Katie and Mario and their little baby Gigi. Kevin and Irene get our delishy supper ready. More food and more babies, after the jump. Related… Read More →

Greg grills some terrific pork chops, we serve them with two great salads, and Samantha joins us at the table for the first time. Welcome, Sam! Related posts: Dinner from the Harvest at Sour Cherry Farm Christmas Dinner at the Farm 2010: Tamales, Hibiscus Margies, Baba Au Rhum Father’s Day… Read More →

Carol and Roger hosted a lovely party to introduce Samantha to the family. No, not our Samantha! Scott’s Samantha! The weather couldn’t have been more beautiful, and the party couldn’t have been more lovely. Here’s Samantha with one of her boys: Margot was the official photographer, and you can find… Read More →

We had some good eating and drinking on the porch Friday might, what with Irene’s brilliant idea to make martinis with pickled garlic scapes and then a good group effort on a salad with Stone Barns greens, eggs and berries, topped with Benton’s Bacon and some terrific roquefort cheese. Yowza!… Read More →

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 cord, pulled the table into the shade of the garage,… Read More →

Monica and James came over to introduce their brand new daughter, Olivia. Did we take any photos of Olivia? No. Sam? No. Monica or James, or even Monica’s mom, Cathy, who was along, too? That would be a no. But here on SCF, we always have photos of food! Here’s… Read More →

Another day in May, another birthday celebration! This one was for Emily. She and Ed threw a party: half Derby Day, half birthday. I promise, one of these days, I am going to get back in the swing of really blogging well, but for now, taking care of Sam and… Read More →

A simple birthday supper at Sour Cherry Farm: Burgers and beans with some oven fries and a little salad. We started with cocktails, natch. Aviations for everyone! Related posts: Celebrating Mother’s Day with Burgers and Beans Sunday Supper with Grandmom and the Ranchers: Burgers, Wedge and Corn Salad Birthday Supper… Read More →

A little porch action. A little Aviation. That’s Saturday at the farm. Related posts: Saturday Night Pizza Fried Chicken Saturday Night Supper Cooking for One: Saturday Night Supper Saturday Night Supper by the Tree: Aviations, Pasta and Roasted Chestnut Cookies

After Sam’s christening, we came back to SCF for a small buffet lunch. I’m still learning how to balance being a mom, a hostess and a blogger, so you’ll forgive me that there aren’t many good photos. We’ll get there someday. Meantime, we had a killer pork shoulder thanks to… Read More →

We’ve been to The Filling Station a couple of times now, but it hasn’t yet been warm enough for us to enjoy our burgers outside at the picnic tables. Well that time has come, friends. The players, after the jump. Related posts: Lunch at the Filling Station New Year’s Eve… Read More →

Annie put together a nice feast for Easter on Saturday night, and invited some of the friends and family over who hadn’t yet met Samantha. Can you say ham and hot dish? Oh yeah! Related posts: Easter Dinner No. 2: The O’D’s Good Friday Supper: Fish Three Ways Easter Dinner… Read More →