It’s good luck to eat black eyed peas on New Year’s Day. We can use every little bit we can get! This recipe comes from Emeril and the Food Network, and I highly, highly recommend it. We were wowed, and I had to use canned black eyed peas. I would… Read More →
After our stuffed acorn squash didn’t make the cut for Christmas dinner, we decided to go a different route. I remembered a piece a while back in Bon Appetit on Dan Barbers’ various vegetable steaks, especially the Cauliflower Steaks. When I went poking around the internet, I found a different… Read More →
Light, crunchy batter. Spicy, firey sauce. What’s not to love about Korean Fried Chicken? This is the second or third time we’ve made this recipe, which originally came from the New York Times. Since then, we have found that you don’t really need to follow the recipe. (Though of course, I… Read More →
Thank you, David Tanis, for showing me the light. Here I have been stuck in front of the stove each time I want to make polenta, stirring, stirring, stirring. Even the supposed “no-stir” polenta recipes always require attending. No more. When making polenta for a crowd, I will, from now… Read More →
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. Aaron Franklin, the owner (above, and you can see him… Read More →
For Good Friday supper, we were thinking about turning Mark and Angie on to our newly discovered recipe for Bo Ssam. But, it being Good Friday, for Doris, meat was off the table, so to speak. So we went with fish. Walleye, shrimp and salmon, to be exact. Bob smoked… Read More →
What took us so long? We’d heard about the bo ssam dinners at Momofuku Ssam Bar. We’ve had the Momofuku cookbook for a couple of years now. Sam Sifton wrote about the Bo Ssam dinner in the New York Times in January. And then our friend Tim — whom SCF… Read More →
Mindy Fox’s killer cookbook “A Bird in the Oven and Then Some” comes through again in a big way. Her Roast Chicken in Porchetta is stuffed with lots of garlic and herbs and a very nice helping of fennel pollen, which gives it that “Hmm, what was that?” flavor. Another… Read More →
With just two children opening gifts,the living room at the Ranch got just as trashed as if all seven adults and three children were participating. The joy of giving! And afterwards, we had a reprise of what is sure to become an SCF winter classic: Joan Nathan’s brisket (recipe here)…. Read More →
For Christmas Eve dinner this year, we wanted something that was do-ahead. Something that would hold if the baby needed to eat, or even if we just didn’t feel like getting to the table right away. Beef Bourguignon seemed just right. Sure, it’s beef stew. But it’s a fancy enough… Read More →
With our leftover turkey carcass, what better to make than Turkey Carcass Soup? It’s so satisfying using every last bit of your Thanksgiving turkey, down to the bones. Plus, it’s a a brothy yet hearty soup with barley and mushrooms — perfect for a chilly evening by the fire. The… Read More →
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 and a little irreverent. I was paging through it a… Read More →
We came across mussels from Long Island at the Palisades Farmers Market, and decided that’s what we’d have for dinner. Tarragon sounded like a good match, and so did a nice jag of oven fries for dunking. Related posts: Butter Lettuce Salad with Creamy Tarragon Poppyseed Dressing Recipe: The Sauce… Read More →
A (sort of) vegetarian twist for Saturday Night Supper at the Farm this week. We made local polenta (with chicken broth, hence the sort of) and roasted some mushrooms for a topping. Comforting and delicious. Related posts: Saturday Night Supper: Pork Chops and Polenta Saturday Night Supper by the Tree:… Read More →
Turkey Burgers used to be a staple back on Burd Street. But I don’t think we’ve made them at the farm in years. Years! I don’t know why. They’re healthy, delicious and easy to make. A winner all the way around. Related posts: Recipe: Zucchini-Tomato Gratin Beef and Barley Soup… Read More →
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 front of the TV with a mug of Dorie Greenspan’s… Read More →
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 breasts and uses the rest of the duck for stock…. Read More →
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 made Dorie Greenspan’s version in her new cookbook “Around My… Read More →
We made the most delicious winter meal from Mindy Fox’s new cookbook, “A Bird in the Oven And then Some.” I can’t rave enough about the book, which is organized in a unique way: roast chicken recipes (and side dishes that go along with them) up front, then ideas for… Read More →
I came across this recipe in “An Apple Harvest: Recipes and Orchard Lore” by Frank Browning and Sharon Silva (10 Speed Press). It turns out to be fabulous — and unlike most anything you’ve ever tasted. Try it. You’ll see. Related posts: Flank Steak with Garlic and Herbs Quick Barbecue… Read More →
As might be expected, our book club has turned into a sort of cooking club, too. Each meeting, the hosts try to match the meal with the book, whether through food mentioned it it, or inspired by a region. Kris and Tom were hosts for “On the Road” by Jack… Read More →
I am so proud of my thrift. I took the bone from our Christmas Eve standing rib roast (which I’d frozen) and the braising liquid from our braised short ribs (which I’d frozen), added some water, a couple of celery ribs (because the short ribs didn’t have any), and made… Read More →
We are going way back to the archives for this one. Back on post 48 on Sour Cherry Farm, in January of 2006: French Onion Soup. I haven’t changed the recipe much, except I haven’t done the onion confit in a while. Instead, I just caramelize the onions in the… Read More →
A simple Friday night supper: Buy delicious three-cheese agnolotti from Eataly in October. Throw it in your freezer for three months. Use a garlic press to mince 3 cloves of garlic. Saute them in olive oil. Open a can of crushed tomatoes. Add to garlic and warm through. Boil agnolotti… Read More →
We’ve been on a duck jag lately, but I wanted to try something a little different. I came across a recipe for Rice with Duck and Apricots while flipping through Food & Wine, and realized it was a take on the arroz de pato dish I’d eaten at Aldea last… Read More →
OK, I don’t know what’s come over me. I said in this post here on Cook’s Illustrated’s Pot Roast that I’d mostly given up using Cook’s Illustrated recipes because they were too fussy. But this recipe is like they read my mind or something. I mean, I have the big… Read More →
Braised short ribs on a cold January day? Nothing beats ‘em. I found this recipe for braised beef short ribs on Epicurious, but I only used the short rib part, ignored the vegetable part, and served the ribs over polenta. Perfect. Related posts: Recipe: Skirt Steak Recipe: Prime Rib Roast… Read More →
We knew we wanted to make duck. What else? I flipped through a few cookbooks and poked around online until we found what suited the evening best: Breast of Pekin Duck With Creamy Polenta, Olives, Raisins, and Dried Tomatoes from the D’Artagnan cookbook. I adapted it — not so much as… 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 →
When I lived in Texas as a child, my grandmother Rosamond used to make pot roast with carrots and potatoes most every Sunday. I moved away when I was 9, and I remember coming back to visit and telling my grandmother how much I missed her after-church meal. I’m sure she… Read More →