We didn’t have a morning present exchange this year. Instead, Mom and Leigh went to brunch and the three of us headed to Rockland Lake (for the third day in a row!) for a nice winter walk. We met back at Sour Cherry Farm around 5 for bloody marys, hibiscus… Read More →
Over the years, I’ve done different salads and beans to serve with our annual Christmas Day tamale supper. This year, I decided to go with a simple salad — just lettuce! — but with a creamy dressing, which I thought would tame some of the heat from the chilies and… Read More →
We have Meredith to thank for introducing us to this great recipe for baba au rhum. It was a cold New Year’s Day weekend at Michael’s in 2008-9, where we made cassoulet and watched movies and baked. All weekend. After the cassoulet, Meredith served this baba au rhum, which she… Read More →
A big standing rib roast with porcini and bacon sauce, Yorkshire pudding, jeweled roasted vegetables and chestnut mashed potatoes. We are indeed blessed. Merry Christmas to all! Sondra and Leigh enjoy a pre-dinner martini. Related posts: Prepping for Christmas Dinner Sunday Supper at the Ranch Supper at the Ranch with… Read More →
We sang all our favorite hymns, from Joy to the World to Silent Night to Hark! the Herald Angels Sing, to Glooooooooooooooooria in Excelsis Deo. Here’s Boo and Greg right beforehand, outside on the steps in the Hopper light. A fine time was had by all. Related posts: A Harvest… Read More →
I also was inspired by Eat Feed Autumn Winter to make the centerpiece of our Christmas Eve dinner what author Anne Bramley calls “A Jolly Great Joint of Beef.” Indeed it is. The only time I varied from her excellent recipe was to sear the beef rather than just cook… Read More →
The inspiration for this came from an Ellie Krieger recipe I found on finecooking.com. But instead of making her recipe exactly, I roasted the beets first separately. I also added pancetta, chestnuts and parsnips to the mix. And I parboiled the vegetables before roasting them. So yeah, I guess I… Read More →
Goes great with steak. Right? Yes. Recipe after the jump. Related posts: Quick Barbecue Sauce How To Make Bacon In the Oven Recipe: Linguine with Clam Sauce (or Linguine alla Vongole) Recipe: Cilantro Rice with Peas
This recipe comes from a super-cool and very inspiring cookbook called Eat Feed Autumn Winter. (You may remember the book from an exciting supper at the farm where we cooked Pork Chops with Apples and Brandy and Wild Rice Pilaf with Cherries and Pecans.) But this post is about Yorkshire Pudding,… Read More →
This year, instead of our usual white lights and homemade ornaments, Greg took the tree in a different direction. He bought those new LED colored lights — the big, retro ones that look like they’re from the 1950s but don’t get really hot and burn the tree down — and… Read More →