Eat. Drink. Live.
Boo and I bike to Piermont as often as we can in summer. But for the past 2 or 3 years, on our first trip, we’ve taken an selfie at the Piermont Depot, the halfway point. I present the 2015 […]
How is it possible that the little girl across the street — the one who was just six months old when Samantha was born — is turning four? But there you have it. She is. And it’s another fun birthday […]
We loved this salad with cedar-plank salmon, asparagus, strawberries, eggs, pickled onions and avocado. Served over lettuce and mint from the garden. Kelli and Marissa joined us for supper on the porch! Related posts: Supper on the Porch: Cedar Plank […]
Broadway goes uptown tonight: Kelli O’Hara stars in the King and I, showing at Lincoln Center’s Vivan Beaumont Theatre. Kelli, Boo, Mary and I attending, but Mary leaving before the photo session the courtyard. A wonderful evening all around. […]
Friends gathered for celebratory meal honoring emerging playwright Leigh Flayton after the reading of her play, “The Generator,” at Cherry Lane Theatre. Kelli, Marissa, Melanie It was, for Leigh, one of those events that brings friends from all parts and times of your […]
Leigh Flayton, otherwise known as the Farm’s great friend Boo, had a triumphant day May 5, 2015: Cherry Lane Theatre in the West Village hosted a live reading of her play, “The Generator.” Alex Hare directed, and the cast included Michael […]
In a recent article for Arrive magazine, I report on the trend of clean eating. In it, I suggest that the best way to eat clean is to cook. (Shocking, I know!) I also recommend a couple of clean eating […]
A sense of calm fell over me as I descended into the garden at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas. Sculpture isn’t usually my thing — not sure why, I guess I just haven’t studied it enough to appreciate it. But gardens […]
A bittersweet Easter — our first one in many years without Kelli and Patrick, who moved to Virginia, and one that came only a few days after the death of my cousin, Michael. Still, we cooked, gathered and celebrated, and […]
Catherine and Boo joined us for a supper by the fire, and we cheered on Catherine’s alma mater as the Wisconsin Badgers beat the undefeated Kentucky Wildcats in a crazy-fun final four game. Catherine was beside herself with the size […]
Using our recipe from last year, and a little help from a new source here — thanks, Mommy Pottamus! — we dyed our Easter eggs with natural dye. Onion skins, beets, turmeric and red cabbage! Good times. Good eggs. […]
It’s been ages since we’ve been to the Freelance! But we were all dressed up and we couldn’t let our fabulous-ness go to waste, now could we? Irene joined us at the bar for a few bites. A couple of […]
What fun at the the Forests of the Night Opening Masquerade Ball, a fundraising event for Piermont’s Art in the Park! Kris and Laura Strauss of Piermont Strauss Gallery turned the entire gallery into a forest, and we were all players […]
We’ve had this season-straddling cocktail before, but it’s a good time of year to trot the recipe back out. Enjoy! [amd-zlrecipe-recipe:38] Related posts: Sage Brown Derby Blood Orange Flip New York Sour Ugly Flowers Cocktail
The first somewhat warm day of the year, and we worked outside to clean up and plant garden. We’re not outside celebrating yet, but someday soon! Related posts: The Porch is Open! Open Days Garden Tour: Pretty Penny Choosing Flowers […]
A nice evening out with our neighbors Jane and Pat. And a few of the dishes ended up in my review for lohud and The Journal News: Restaurants We Love: Brickhouse, Nyack. Since I’ve already described the food in detail […]
Well, actually, I went to the dentist. But I took Sam along to show her how it’s done. And she loved sitting in the chair and having her teeth checked! (Let’s just see how it goes when it’s for real!) […]
A few photos of all the cranes building the new Tappan Zee Bridge, seen through the mist and fog on a rainy morning. Don’t worry, I wasn’t looking through the camera. Related posts: Breakfast at Mimi’s Plate in Tappan ‘MohDanDat’ […]
Before a showing of “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” Trae and I bellied up to the bar at the Lambs Club for sips and snacks. The drinks were delicious and the food — just a couple of bites, really — […]
Kris and Tom had us over for an early Sunday supper — and to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with their famous corned beef and cabbage and Irish soda bread. It’s become a bit of a tradition, actually! Here are other […]
What is wrong with me? I spend an entire day with my sister and I don’t take one photo of the two of us together? Much less Greg or Boo or Kristen, the friends we spent the evening with? OK, […]
I loved my lunch at Red Farm Upper West Side! A tuna salad: lots of crunch and salt to balance the sweet, fleshy tuna. Pastrami Egg Roll. Are you kidding me? Beefy, fatty and lots of heady spice, with […]
Chef Sean Brock calls his restaurant Husk “a celebration of Southern ingredients.” I call it a window into a culture — one he’s dusting off and opening wide. Let the fresh air come in! “Seed-saving, heirloom husbandry, in-house pickling and […]
A few photos of my second day in Nashville, mostly spent in training. Early morning sunrise, supper with Gannett colleagues and after-dinner drinks with my new friend Cherrill. Good times. Related posts: Downtown Nashville: A Walk Hattie’s B’s in […]
At Farmhouse in Nashville, chef Trey Cioccia cures his own meats, pickles his own vegetables and makes his own vinegar. He gets most of his meat and produce from local farms, and his menu showcases Southern-inspired dishes made with classic technique. […]
Pinewood Social is most definitely hipster central in Nashville. Look at all these cool cats! We found a lovely seat on the patio (the patio! it was warm enough!) and got to know a few new friends. My pink lady. […]
The reason for my trip to Nashville: the Newspaper Association of America MediaXchange conference, and an intense content strategy training program that Gannett arranged through Poynter. Since the theme of this blog is Eat. Drink. Live. (and not work!), I’ll […]
Some time to kill before I met my Gannett friends for a reception, I took a nice walk around downtown Nashville. The crowds were pouring out of the Bridgestone Arena after Kentucky won the basketball game (remaining undefeated for the […]
Moments after arriving at my hotel in Nashville — a work trip, fun! fun! — I dropped by bag at the valet and hopped in a taxi headed to Hattie’s. Even at 11:30 in the morning, there was a line. […]
A freak fire destroyed the upstairs apartment (and the roof) at our favorite French bakery eight months ago, and we’ve been waiting, hoping, longing for croissants, crepes and quiche ever since. Finally! Didier Dumas is back in business. And […]
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.
