Eat. Drink. Live.
I had a bunch of zucchini and heirloom tomatoes that were calling out to be used before they turned on me. So on Sunday, I simply chopped them up and layered them — along with some onions, garlic, parmesan oregano […]
It being fall in New York, we figured it was time to get pumpkins. Mae is a very good pumpkin-picker-outer.
Laurie and I went to see Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson on Broadway (we loved it!). So for our pre-theater meal, we headed around the corner from the theater to Danny Meyer’s famous Shake Shack — an off shoot of the […]
Each year during October, Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton-on-Hudson sets up thousands of Jack O’Lanterns on its property. It really is a sight.
Supper didn’t turn out quite as we’d hoped at Umami in Croton-on-Hudson. We got there just 10 minutes after Kelli and Patrick, but weren’t able to get our dinners in time before we had to leave for the Great Jack-o’-Lantern […]
Mom had a big anniversary to celebrate. So we celebrated. The four of us went to Barcel. We ate well indeed, as usual. Mom’s shrimp and chorizo:
We had scallops from the Pleasantville Farmers Market once again, so we decided to try out a new recipes from Dorie Greenspan: Scallops with Orange-Caramel Sauce. It’s easy and delicious.
I came across this recipe in Dorie Greenspan’s new cookbook, “Around My French Table.” Dorie Greenspan is the kind of food writer you’d like to hate: A ton of cookbooks to her name, a column in Bon Appetit, she spends […]
So yes, we’ve been living (and gardening) here at the farm since 2002 — eight years. And yet, somehow, each fall, we neglect to add bulbs that will make us happy in the spring. This year, finally, we have changed […]
If I owned a restaurant — and please shoot me if I ever say I’m going to open one — I would put this dish on my brunch menu in seconds flat. Apple crisp over panckes with maple syrup. Sinful. […]
For Saturday night supper, we lit the fire for the first time and enjoyed a warming plate of lamb, kale and squash — with a lovely apple-pear crisp for dessert. And we poured a nice, smooth Rioja. How autumnal of […]
This is a great do-ahead recipe for a dinner party. It’s a butterflied leg of lamb has some Indian-spices, but the flavors are just subtle enough where people will be asking themselves (and you!), what’s that I’m tasting? You marinate […]
I have found a gold standard for crisps: a nutty, dark topping with plenty of oats and nuts, and a snappy, bright filling with lemon and ginger. I just love the contrasts of both tastes — high notes of lemon […]
Soft boiled eggs, cooked for exactly five minutes and then shocked with ice water. Cranberry-walnut toast from Bobolink Dairy. Before. After. Slurp.
This recipe has become a staple at Sour Cherry Farm in the summer, when we like to pick up fresh and beautiful clams from the Jersey Shore or Long Island, take them home in a bag of ice and cook […]
Out on Napeague Harbor, there’s an aquatic farm where they raise fish in big tanks. Its real name is the Fish Farm — and the sign (and Google) say Multi-Aquaculture — but I rather think it should be called the […]
Greg, Patrick and I took the bikes out to the Art Barge, the Napeague Bay and the Fish Farm. And back. It was scenic — and a lot of fun.
Here are a few photos from an afternoon spent relaxing on the beach in Amagansett. One of the most beautiful places on the planet.
We arrived in Amagansett, dropped off our bags and headed across the street to our favorite lunch spot, Clam Bar. Greg got his favorite sandwich, the grilled tuna. It comes with local tomatoes and is out of this world:
I had a few sips and snacks with my friend Katherine at one of our favorite new restaurants. Here’s the tuna on a cracker:
Kelli and Hugh met me for an early morning breakfast at City Limits Diner. I got the house-smoked salmon. Boy was it tasty.
There’s no better pasta supper than one with a sauce made from scratch from plum tomatoes and mixed with sausage, then loaded with Parmesan cheese and topped with basil. Wow. Just. Wow. And the wine, after the jump.
We bought a box of “utility” tomatoes from Dr. Davies Farm. These are the tomatoes that are really only good for sauce — they’re almost ready for the compost pile, unless you cook them immediately. So we did that.
For our first squash of the season, we roast acorn with a bit of butter and brown sugar. Welcome, fall.
Wakey, wakey, eggs and bakey.
Sometimes you can just throw a couple of piece of bacon in a pan and that’s that. But when you have a lot of people for breakfast and you need the room on the stove for other things — or […]
We had another great couple of courses at Barcel, including sea bass with fennel:
Here, John and Philippe demonstrate how to open a bee hive and check that the girls are doing OK.
Toasting Aviations with Cathy and Thor — getting ready for a delishy Saturday supper of pasta with tomatoes from the Pleasantville market.
No bacon? No problem. Crisp up some pancetta and you’ve got yourself a delicious sandwich in no time.
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.
