Eat. Drink. Live.
After supper each evening, we took to the game table. Mostly we played Taboo, which is a whole lot of fun with a whole lot of people. Truly!
It’s nice to wake up to this in the mornings, isn’t it? And here’s a nice one at sunset. A few more pics, after the jump.
The Waggoners were up a lot earlier than the rest of us one morning, and decided to go up to the top of the hill to pick blackberries from the briar. They came home with a bundle. Mae’s already a […]
Greg smoked ribs and chicken and Wilson prepared a fireworks show. The rest of us enjoyed the fruits of their labors.
Jane relaxes on the lounge chair before her breakfast is served.
Our first night of fun at the cabin. What a joy to have all the family in one place for vacation…. we can’t remember the last time that’s happened.
After an incredible dinner at Town House and a night’s stay at the wonderful Riverstead, we, we stopped at Shannon’s childhood home to top it off with a lovely visit with her folks, Otis and Lisa. (SCF fans may remember […]
Some of the most revolutionary cooking in the country is going on in a tiny restaurant off Route 81 in rural Virginia. And frankly, it’s hard to imagine it could happen anywhere else. At Town House in Chilhowie, Va., chefs John […]
After a long day in the car, it was a pleasure to arrive to Riverstead, the welcoming, beautiful home that serves as the guest house for the Town House restaurant in Chilhowie, Va. The view is of pastures and mountains […]
Before I get started on this jag of posts from Tennessee and Virginia, a little disclaimer: Y’all realize that I’m about six weeks behind in posting to the blog, right? In other words, please don’t come over to rob the […]
Sampling the menu at the new Fig & Olive in Scarsdale. A fun place!
Our beans. Our lettuce. Our onions. The only thing we didn’t raise was the skirt steak. We just don’t have room for that. Yet.
Irene had a chicken and some scapes from Stone Barns. We had coleslaw and leftover potatoes for roasting. Sounds like the making for a good supper? It was indeed.
The peas and the onions are ready for harvest. More photos of the gardens, including our bees on our lavender (!), after the jump.
The blueberries are in! The blueberries are in! We got about two or three quarts from the first harvest, I’d say. Here’s a look.
We didn’t have much time for any other sights in Philadelphia, but we did get a nice look through the windows of a small tour bus. Here’s a look at a few snaps. City Hall: Clothespin by Claus Oldenburg: Did […]
In a mansion in a leafy suburban neighborhood near the Main Line in Philadelphia, there’s a collection of Impressionist and Modern paintings like you’ve never seen in one place before: 181 Renoirs; 169 Cézannes; 46 Picassos; 21 Soutines; 4 Manets, […]
Though we would have preferred to share a bottle of rosé around cocktail hour, while people watching and nibbling on French snacks, we had less than 24 hours in Philadelphia, so for our visit to Parc, we had to settle […]
I had no idea what I was in for. I’d never been to Tinto, the tapas restaurant owned by superchef Jose Garces. I’d never met one of the dinner guests. So how was I to know that by the time […]
Chef Michael Solomonov won the James Beard Award for Best Chef Mid-Atlantic this year, and now that I finally had a chance to taste a few of his dishes, I can easily understand why. His food at Zahav, his modern […]
The Farm is on the road! Well, half of the farm and its weekend resident, Boo. We were invited down to Philly to see the Barnes Foundation, an incredible collection of 19th and 20th century art (including Reniors, Matisses and […]
We celebrated Father’s Day with a barbecue: baby back ribs, cole slaw, potato salad, the works. Boo was here, and the folks, and we also invited Un Gilbert: Jim. Peggy, the other half of Les Gilberts, was out of town. […]
We’re on to a new barbecue rub this summer, and especially like it because it doesn’t have sugar in it, so the rub doesn’t burn on the grill. The recipe comes from the Smokestack restaurant in Kansas City, and we […]
Y’all may remember Stella, at least through her reputation as an excellent cook. Stella is our friend Laurie’s mom, and Stella makes the best, most kick-ass tamales you’ve ever met, bar none. One Christmas, Laurie brought a suitcase’s worth to […]
A new cole slaw recipe, which uses mustard to take some of the sweet out of the mayonnaise. It was a big hit. It may not be the prettiest picture, but it sure does taste good.
Saturday morning breakfast at the farm: ripe, sweet canteloupe and Cassie’s Banana Bread.
The Bedford Post Inn is most famous for being owned by Richard Gere and his wife, the actress Carey Lowell. There are luxury rooms, two restauarnts, a yoga studio, a beautiful garden and patio and an events space. But even […]
Rockland County has a new baseball stadium, and we got tickets behind home plate for the team’s home opener. The kids were very excited.
Just a few little nibbles at PF Chang’s in White Plains. Here’s a look:
We scored big on a tag sale a few blocks away, where we found these pine storage boxes that double as end tables for the porch.
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.
