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Our annual reading of “A Christmas Memory” with Kris, Tom and Irene. Quivering voices, laughter and tears all made an appearance at this year’s rendition, as always. But the evening ended up being a little more special than usual: it inspired […]
We had a quiet but delicious Thanksgiving this year. Les Gilberts joined us at the Ranch, where we raised a glass to all our blessings, then sat down for a scrumptious meal, from oysters to chocolate tart. In what has […]
I’ve given Bon Appetit mag a lot of praise here over the years, but now I have to sing from the mountaintops: This Glazed and Lacquered Roast Turkey is one of the best turkeys we’ve ever eaten. It might just […]
We wanted an American cocktail for Thanksgiving, and we wanted something festive and bubbly. Sarah and I came up with a brilliant solution, if we do say so ourselves: a riff on the French 75, with American bourbon instead of gin. We […]
A fun day in Nyack, starting with the Russian Festival for lunch, and ending with an evening by the fire. Stuffed cabbage rolls, beef stroganoff and dumplings! Not so happy to be there: The “holiday boutique.” Sweets and treats; Les […]
What a lucky girl am I. Because of a story for Arrive magazine, I got to see Hamilton again. The experience was completely different from the first one. The first time, I tried not to read too much about the […]
It’s never too early to start cooking for Thanksgiving! We made a big batch of turkey stock for gravy. Need a recipe? Follow this one for chicken stock, but substitute turkey! Related posts: Turkey Gravy Thanksgiving Turkey Gravy Recipe Dry-Brined […]
Sam has been eating oatmeal for breakfast nearly every day since she was able to eat solid food. She loves it. Craves it. Adores it. (Ok, maybe it’s the maple syrup she loves, but let’s leave that between us.) So […]
Sam! You’re four! Grammy and LeighLo came over to celebrate. We toasted you with Manhattans. We ate pork and polenta. We opened presents. And you ate dinner at the table with us, sat in a big-girl chair and used big […]
For this Sheet Pan Birthday Cake, I combined two recipes: one, Ina Garten’s Birthday Sheet Cake Recipe on foodtv.com, and the other, a frosting, from Magnolia Bakery. Then I added just the right amount of food coloring to make it purple, and decorated […]
Nina and Sam were born just a few days apart, and so every year, we celebrate birthdays together. This year, Nina’s party, at her house, featured a special guest: Snow White! Neighbors and friends: Katie and Tom! More Snow White […]
These cupcakes almost weren’t. I filled the cupcake tins too full, and they puffed up over the top! Luckily, after I scraped the tops off and spread some frosting on top, no one was the wiser. Sam helped with the […]
The lohud coffee chat is picking up steam, if you’ll pardon the pun. We had a nice turnout this November Friday at Jane Cafe in Pearl River. And the coffee was very good! Related posts: Matt’s 40th Birthday Party at […]
I’d always pictured a salon as being in a room with lots of couches, velvet curtains and a hookah. Gertrude Stein, Paris, Picasso. That kind of stuff. Questlove’s Food Salon was not that. It was a cocktail party with delicious […]
Jane says, how about you guys come over, we’ll put on a movie for the kids and order some pizza. And we said, sounds like a blast! And it was. Some drinks. Some Cards Against Humanity. Some Star Wars: Good times. […]
Oh frabjous day, calloo callay! Sam is four! The night before her party, we blew up helium balloons! Festive! And this year, it’s warm enough to have her birthday party outside. We borrowed the bouncy castle from Susan. We made […]
Good morning, precious! Related posts: Lazy Mornings with Sam A Few Words from Samantha Happy Birthday Samantha! Cupcakes at Daycare Buttermilk Pancakes Recipe for Samantha
I’ve driven under this superstructure more times in my life than I care to count. But someday, and someday soon, it will be gone. Tonight, stuck in traffic, I opened the sunroof and looked up. And there it is. For […]
We ran into Kris and Tom and Suzie and Joe at the parade, and the next thing you know, we’re grilling a T-bone and blasting Hamilton tunes. There’s nothing like having friends who show up for dinner with two — […]
Our first trip to Lincoln Center with Sam! The occasion: a trip to see the Big Apple Circus. Way better than the dinky circus we’ve taken her to in Westchester for a couple of years. I always left there feeling […]
Another fabulous and fun Nyack Halloween Parade! The pope, Cruella deVille, and lots of spooky ghouls and goblins of all kinds! Related posts: Our Little Monkey Heads to the Halloween Parade Nyack Fire Department Parade, Celebrating 150 Years Halloween […]
Sam got her first haircut! Just a tiny trim; not a real full-blown cut and shaping. But our little girl has past another milestone! She was a little nervous at first … … but she relaxed after the washing was […]
Twisted Oak in Tarrytown opened to great fanfare almost two years ago. The denizens of Tarrytown were desperate for an upscale restaurant, and chef Michael Cutney was eager to combine his Italian heritage with the farm-to-table philosophy he’d perfected at […]
The farm’s friend Tania Savayan made some beautiful portraits for our family photos of 2015. We shot at Garner Arts in Garnerville — a departure from the farm-and-field ones we’ve done in the past. We are thrilled with how they […]
A fabulous and fun party at the New Museum in Manhattan to celebrate the launch of the The Thin Edge bed, from the George Nelson Bedroom Collection, the first joint venture between Herman Miller and Design within Reach. George Nelson was […]
It’s time. It’s time to stop feeding Samantha early, going through her bedtime rituals, prepping our own dinner, having a glass of wine and finally sitting down to eat at 10 p.m. We are going to eat together. Starting now. […]
Every spring, I look out at the brown, bare orchards and say to myself: Why, oh why didn’t we plant bulbs last fall? Well, we’ve been at the farm for more than 13 years now, and it’s finally happened. Longtime […]
The Blaze! Where 10,000 pumpkins light up the night and spook you out! We had the chance to catch it this year — first time since 2010! — and Sam just adored it. (Truth be told, so did we.) Van […]
Downstairs, a pub and tasting room, filled with day-drinkers making a pit-stop on their leaf-peeping jaunts. Upstairs, a restaurant, also filled, with long-distance bikers, families and young couples. At both: the excellent, locally brewed beer from Peekskill Brewery. We were […]
The first frost warning of the season is upon us. At the farm, that means it’s time to put down the gin and tonics and move toward something more seasonally appropriate. Last night, we lit a fire and toasted Friday […]
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.
