Eat. Drink. Live.
Day four at the beach was rather a wash-out, so we headed into town to get the makings for a dinner at the unit. Gorgeous seafood, gorgeous produce, beautiful bread and lots more. A terrific market all around.
Another beach day, full of sun, sand and surf. Sam even entertained herself for several hours while I read 100 pages of a book. That’s something! Mae reads the girls a story during breakfast: Fun with Jane and the boogie […]
Mae, Sam and Jane, ready to head to the beach. Cuties!
Wherein we drink rose and turn innocent seagulls who happen to be passing by into Ratzo Rizzo from ‘Midnight Cowboy.’ “I”m walkin’ here!”
We thought the day was going to be a washout. Not only did the sun come up, we ended the day with a beautiful moonrise, too. The new outlook reminded Hunna of a poem by Robert Frost: Dust of Snow. […]
As is typical of our vacations, we started out with rain. But we eeked out a nice few hours on the beach, and were able to spend a nice evening on our ocean-view deck. Here are a few photos from […]
After our impressive currant harvest, we let the currants sit in plastic tubs in the fridge for as long as we could, daring them to rot. Then moments before it was too late, I embarked on a new project: jelly-making! […]
A few photos of the view we have while sipping rosé in Adirondack chairs. Cosmos and fig tree: Pink phlox: More cosmos: This section of the garden needs a bit of help. Cosmos, our new hydrangea, lemon verbena, sage, […]
Rose in hand, our view of the backyard.
When you take a few dogs to the pool, you have a three-way win: 1. Supper is done early. 2. No dishes at home. 3. You can go swimming after supper. Good times.
An early supper at the ranch: takeout from Cassie’s and the last of this lettuce crop from Sour Cherry Farm. (More is on the way!) The cousins all sat together. Cuties. Laurie! No photos of Sondra, Leigh or Greg […]
Grange in Westwood has been open about two months, and executive chef Christine Nunn — whom some Bergen restaurant fans may recognize from the restaurant Picnic, in Fair Lawn and from her new book, The Preppy Cookbook — has created […]
A few leftover ribs, a watermelon salad and Laurie’s perfect rendition of Stell’as potato salad and we had the makings for supper at the club. We let the kids swim til they were blue, and spread a tablecloth over the […]
The best recipe for blueberry cobbler I’ve found! Here it is: Blueberry Cobbler. The blueberry cobbler recipe is originally from “In the Sweet Kitchen” by Regan Daley, and is meant to be a peach and mixed berry cobbler. I haven’t yet […]
Sarah requested a revival of book club during her visit, so we all read Wiliam Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, and Greg led the discussion. All were well edified, and well fed, too. We started with Greg’s pickled onions and […]
A big batch of ribs, smoked over hickory for nearly 6 hours. We served them with cole slaw, cornbread and collards. Here’s the recipe for the rub: Smokestack Rub.
Our red currant bush yielded 6 pounds — 6 pounds! — of currants! We’ll be making jelly this weekend.
Mae and Jane try to read stories to Sam before bed. Try being the operative word here. Click through to see two other videos.
Greg is putting up some summer cabbage. We’ll see you in about six weeks for some ‘kruat!
A field trip to the city to see some farm animals? As incongruous as that sounds, it was a fun trip! Sarah and her girls against the backdrop of Central Park South: The seals at feeding time! Love this photo! […]
Goat feeding and other fun frolicking for your YouTubing pleasure.
Our annual order of Benton’s bacon has arrived! Ok, to be honest, there are 3 family’s worth of orders here, but it’s fun to see so much bacon all in one place, isn’t it? Let BLT season begin!
Greg made this terrific early-summer salad for our picnic in the park. Sugar Snap Pea-Radish Salad From Bon Appetit, July 2011 1 1/2 pounds sugar snap peas, trimmed, stringed, cut in half on diagonal Kosher salt 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon (or more) fresh […]
Greg took Sam for a walk down to see the cool cars in the main street lot downtown Nyack. I don’t have many photos of that, but here’s a few of the kids and super-cool Delorean:
Sarah and I went to see Peter & The Starcatcher (thumbs up!). Of course she had to taste the famous (at least here on SCF) Don Antonio pizza. (Also a thumbs up!) This version has prosciutto, basil, tomatoes, mozzarella, and […]
Sarah and the girls arrived at Westchester Airport at 3 p.m. By 6:30, we were all down at Memorial Park, picnic table assembled, Bambi blanket spread and beach chairs upright. Steven Swann played and the evening was an absolute blast. […]
Already on our third or fourth picking, Greg describes this year’s harvest of blueberries.
It’s pickling season, folks! For one pint of pickles, Greg uses: 3/4 cup white vinegar 3/4 cup water 1 tablespoon mortons kosher salt 2 teaspoons white sugar And adds whatever spices go with whatever’s being pickled. For this round, he […]
Good times.
Just having a grand old time in the “wat-ah.” She knows the moment we turn into the driveway that we’re heading to the pool!
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.
