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What a fabulous day.We brought Sam home from the hospital and introduced her to her new home. More after the jump.
Samantha Grace was born at 3:07 p.m. November 14, 2011 at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. She was 8 pounds 14 ounces and 20.5 inches long. Lots more photos can be found on this post here.
In preparation for Sam’s arrival, we had to turn the guest room into a nursery. A cascading effect took over the upstairs at the farm, and we ended up with two new dressers in our bedroom, new bookcases in the […]
Food and Wine’s latest issue has a story about a new book with a good cause: Cookies for Kids Cancer: Best Bake Sale Cookbook. Author Gretchen Holt-Witt’s son was suffering from pediatric cancer, and she baked 96,000 cookies one holiday […]
A delishy breakfast at the Farm this weekend: Steel-cut oats with maple syrup, pears, apples and milk:
You’d never expect to find great food in a strip mall near the railroad tracks in Blauvelt. But there you have it. At Lanie Lou’s, they roast their own turkey, bake their own bread and make desserts from scratch. And […]
Apologies for not posting much these days, folks. I promise to update the happenings at the farm as soon as I’m able. In the meantime, a fun new holiday feature just, ahem, arrived in Arrive. I got the chance to […]
Greg got our usual box’o’hats and dressed up for the kids. Leigh and Sondra, suffering from a power outage after the storm, stayed with us for dinner and an evening on the pull-out sofa. We had leftover brisket. Yum! Our […]
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 […]
The freak snowstorm in late October took the farm by surprise. We lost a few branches here and there, but nothing like what some people around here got: trees down everywhere, power outages for more than a week. We count […]
Irene was a doll to bring dinner over on Friday night: pork shoulder, sweet potatoes, kale and a fried egg over brioche. All from Stone Barns and Blue Hill at Stone Barns. Wow. All we had to do was make […]
After Grandmom’s funeral, Chris had to leave, but Sarah and Wilson spent the weekend. We did some baby chores around the house: Wilson and Greg set up the cribs and the swings and the bouncy seats; Sarah taught me how […]
A few years back, I produced a recipe contest at The Journal News called “Locally Grown.” We had lots of great entries and narrowed it down to four contestants, who particpated in a Top Chef-style cookoff. All of the finalists […]
We took our third and final bee class at Stone Barns. We always learn a little something, even if the class is geared toward absolute new-bees. Get it? New-bees?
We were honored with a second shower at Kelli’s house: a Jack-and-Jill cocktail party where the theme of the evening was to build the baby’s library. We got a ton of terrific books, ate very well (just look at this […]
We love Mimi’s Plate in Tappan. The food is so darn delicious. My breakfast burrito and Greg’s breakfast sandwich were a real treat:
We lit our first fire of the season, and opened a nice bottle of wine to celebrate. You’d think we’d open a red — it being chilly enough for a fire and all. But no. We went for a nice […]
Out of the many, many cocktail recipes that Ed and I tried for our story on New York State spirits, our favorite was the Applejack Old Fashioned. Photo by Xavier Mascareñas/The Journal News. The recipe: [amd-zlrecipe-recipe:70] Applejack Old Fashioned […]
My good friend and colleague Ed and I got together on a Saturday night to work on a story about New York State spirits. We researched and wrote about several local distilleries, and now we’re developing cocktail recipes that people […]
Sondra and Linda hosted a beautiful baby shower, complete with afternoon tea, scones and cupcakes. We opened presents and even played parlor games. It was so sweet and an honor, well, to be honored.
Greg’s prayers have been answered: We now have good Chinese food in Nyack. We couldn’t be happier that Baumgart’s, a Chinese mini-chain from New Jersey, opened at the bottom of Main Street across from O’Donoghue’s. Finally! A place that makes […]
Sounds like it should say Breakfast at Tiffany, doesn’t it? Not quite as luxurious, but every bit as special. No photos of the food today, but here’s a look at the cast. Liz and Susan: \
Any friend of Boo’s is a friend of the Farm. And that’s how we got to be friends with Susan, Boo’s friend from Phoenix. After just one night of cocktails and dinner at the Farm, we felt like we’d known […]
You know what? The barbecue ain’t bad there.
Our book club met at Irene’s to discuss Tom’s pick: Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann. Since the book was set in 1974, Irene made an aspic. Of course she did.
Another winner with penne, sausage and basil:
Ever since I picked up a copy of the first issue of Lucky Peach magazine, which was completely devoted to ramen on every page, I’ve been craving a bowl. I finally got my fix at Rai Rai Ken, an excellent […]
We had a date with Team America. The movie. And the best part? It was a sing-along. Those of you who know the words to some of the songs in that movie probably understand: that’s bound to be a lot […]
Those of you who read McSweeney’s can finish that sentence, I’m sure. (Link here in case you don’t know what I’m talking about.) Yes, it’s our annual visit to Shimpf Farm. Gourds, pumpkins and the like.
Being in Pleasantville for a showing of Casablanca at the Jacob Burns Film Festival, we decided to give the new wine bar, Battonage, a try. It’s a nice alternative to the other restaurants in town, which are either pubs or […]
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.
