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We had a lovely mid-week breakfast at Art Cafe, with coffee and a bowl of the terrific oatmeal. Terrific as always! Related posts: Breakfast at Le Jardin du Roi in Chappaqua Breakfast at the Art Cafe More Great Grub at […]
For Saturday night supper this week, we went vegetarian: Roasted Vegetable Frittata with asparagus, zucchini, roasted red peppers, chives and feta cheese. Related posts: Recipe: Zucchini-Tomato Gratin Recipe: Olive Oil Roasted Tomatoes and Fennel with White Beans Jeweled Roasted Vegetables […]
We’ve tried another method for homemade pizza: buying dough from Old World Market rather than making it ourself. You know what? Pretty darn good! Related posts: Deep Dish Pizza: Cook’s Illustrated Strikes Again Iron Pizza Chef: Pizza Night in America […]
We are always on the lookout for good pre-theater dining, and our good friend Bill, who lives nearby, recommended a fabulous Mexican restaurant called Toloache. We whole-heartedly second his recommendation. Related posts: Pre-Theater Supper at Chez Napoleon Pre-Theater Supper: Nizza […]
Patricia Wells has a new book out — and it’s all about salads: “Salad as a Meal” (WM Morrow, 2011). I want to make so many recipes from it, but this is the first we tried. We loved it in […]
A recipe for salad dressing, dipping or drizzling over vegetables. From Patricia Wells’ “Salad as a Meal” (WM Morrow, 2011). Related posts: Butter Lettuce Salad with Creamy Tarragon Poppyseed Dressing Recipe: Mango-Radish Salad with Lime Dressing Cocktail Recipe: Lemon-Thyme Gimlets […]
We sowed our first seeds on March 13 this year: Lettuce and radishes. Greg jerry-rigged a makeshift cold frame out of a plastic tarp and a couple of broom handles to keep our baby seedlings warm. We’ll let you know […]
Karen, back in the U.S. for a work trip, came up from NYC on her crutches to have a Friday night dinner with us at Cafe Barcel. But first, cocktails! We shook up some Aviations at the Farm. Related posts: […]
We had a lovely package of Santa Maria Pinquito beans from Rancho Gordo, and some leftover steak from Saturday night. Pinquito beans are little pink beans that grow near Santa Maria, Calif., sort of halfway between L.A. and San Francisco. […]
So we had a lovely little dessert the other night at the Ranch: “Peggy’s Pound Cake.” I loved the texture, and the flavor had just a little extra oomph that I found really livened it up. I posted about it, […]
Yes, it’s still winter for a couple weeks yet, but we figured if we could open the bees, and do a little pruning in the garden, we could also grill. After all, we can finally walk out there, so what’s […]
After what must be a record winter for snowfall, we’re finally catching a little break. We can even see a few bulbs poking their little green heads out of the cold, wet ground. Related posts: Progress in the Fields: The […]
The bees have become part of the family here at Sour Cherry Farm, so we were heartbroken to open the hive on the first warm day of winter and find that they were no longer with us. We did try […]
I know you will be shocked — shocked — to learn that here at SCF, sometimes we do bottled salad dressing. But yes, it’s true. Especially when it comes to creamy ones like Ranch (go Hidden Valley!) and Caesar. Our […]
We originally planned on duck breasts from Hudson Valley Duck Farm on our trip to the Chappaqua Farmers Market. But they were out, so we decided to go for a whole duck. I found a recipe that braises the legs, sears the […]
I am just loving Dorie Greenspan‘s new cookbook “Around my French Table.” Seriously. You should buy it. Then you can discover such great recipes like this squash soup, which not only helped me use up a squash from the farmers […]
After a trip to the Chappaqua Farmers Market, we stopped at Le Jardin du Roi, a nearby French bistro, for a cup of coffee. It turned into a little bit of breakfast, too. Related posts: Breakfast at the Art Cafe […]
Things are changing around here, and ,even in the dead of winter — or worse, in March, when the hope of spring is there, but still nothing is growing — we are seeing more and more indoor farmers markets. The […]
Here, my friends, the delicious Thursday supper my husband prepared for me. Leek and Potato Soup. And his famous tarte Tatin: Ain’t that sweet? Related posts: Saturday Night Supper: Posole Sunday Night Supper: Balsamic Chicken Saturday Night Supper: Pork Chops […]
Greg had to work, but Karen and I headed out to the Ranch on Sunday for a lovely Sunday supper of lamb chops with Charmoula spices. Related posts: Sunday Supper at the Ranch Sunday Supper at the Ranch Supper […]
Are you sick of us going to Art Cafe yet? At least we tried some new dishes this time — and we had some new faces, too. Karen, Tasha and Shannon. No matter who is dining with us, though, we […]
After an enormous meal at M. Wells for dinner, we decided to go for a light supper of sips and snacks back at the farm. We shook up a shaker of The Bone, and made some Rancho Gordo popcorn. Related […]
After our lunch at M. Wells, we did a little low impact museum visit at MoMA P.S. 1. One of the exhibits there through April is called The Talent Show, and it’s artists’s — and our own — takes on […]
M. Wells is a diner. But just on the outside. Here, instead of gum-snapping waitresses and stale coffee, you’ll find pickled pig tongue with housemade soda crackers. Served warm. You’ll also find bone marrow and escargot, oozing with a butter-garlic […]
I had a photo shoot at the house Wednesday where I had to salt cubes of beef and chop carrots and onions. Sounds like the making for a good beef stew, doesn’t it? Yes, I thought so, too. So I […]
On Valentine’s Day, with Greg at work til midnight, I celebrated my love affair with eggs. I made some local Hudson Valley polenta, warmed up some leftover tomato auce and poached an egg in the sauce. Voila, vegetarian eggs in […]
We stayed in and took it easy Saturday night. Greg made deep dish pizza — the same recipe from a few weeks back. I like that you do everything from scratch. Sure beats Boboli! One year before: Urban Italian’s Sheeps […]
We went on a little bit of a sushi extravaganza on Friday at Wasabi. We didn’t mean to, but we’d ordered our meal and then chef-owner Doug Nguyen came into the restaurant and sent out a bunch more stuff. We […]
So in keeping with the theme of Mindy Fox’s new book, “A Bird in the Oven and Then Some,” I used my leftover roast chicken for a second meal: Thai Coconut Soup. I really like Mindy’s recipe, but I did […]
Yes, as our friend Tania commented on facebook, Art Cafe is like our new Cheers! But we found a new discovery there for brunch Sunday, and I think it will become our regular order: Shakshooka: It’s eggs baked in a […]
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.
