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What do you do when two couples have already bought their fixings for supper, and then decide to eat together? Serve both meals, of course! And that’s how we found ourselves eating chicken and steak one Saturday night in the […]
I called Tasha on a Thursday — I don’t remember why. Perhaps I was going to offer to pick something up at the grocery. Maybe I wanted to know what they were doing this weekend. She said: “Are you calling […]
Tofu? Yes. Tofu. I subscribe to this cool web site called No Take Out. When a recipe for Green Rice with Curried Tofu came into my inbox, I was intrigued. I like the fact that tofu is just tofu. It’s […]
We just love the fish we’ve been getting at the Palisades Farmers Market from Pura Vida Fishery. Captain Rick fishes off the coast of Long Island, and brings us his catch. Man are those scallops terrific.
The Ranchers have taken to dining at O’Donoghue’s after church most Sunday mornings. This time, Greg and I came along. I had the crab cakes Benedict:
Saturday night supper was an all-local affair, with pork chops from Dines, polenta from Wild Hive and greens from Long Island.
The apples are blossoming, the cherries are forming and the apricots are looking great. Here’s a look:
Sarah turned me on to the Smitten Kitchen web site, where there are a lot of good vegetarian recipes and tons and tons of sweets. That girl likes to bake! I normally don’t like to bake, but these cookies are […]
Asparagus! Radishes! Spring is here!
I had a lovely supper with Marissa and Boo at The Cookery. We even tried lambs brains ravioli! I wasn’t too keen on it, but you know what? It tastes like butter.
We had to stop at the store on the way home from the airport after our trip. You know, stock the larder. Replace the milk that will have gone bad. So I was able to get all the ingredients from […]
And a third in a trifecta of good recipes from Martha Stewart Living. Serve this with Jalapeno-Garlic Shrimp and Cilantro Rice with Peas.
Another winner from Martha Stewart Living. Part of a whole meal idea, too: it goes great with Jalapeno Garlic Shrimp and Mango-Radish Salad.
A great recipe from Martha Stewart Living. And it takes just seconds to make. You may wish to serve with Mango-Radish Salad and Cilantro Rice with Peas.
After four nights with Jessica and Kelly, we spent the final evening of our Texas trip at the sister outpost. We saw some bees, ate some tacos, and, afterwards, spit some watermelon seeds. Mae especially enjoyed that part.
The Broken Spoke is an Austin institution; the last of the true country dance halls; the home of honky tonk. It’s been around for more than 40 years, and it hasn’t changed a bit. This is both a good and […]
On Saturday night, the adults got some of their own fun time. First, we headed to supper at La Condesa, a new-ish modern Mexican restaurant downtown. Wow. Was that food amazing.
This time, Reece got a turn to play, too.
Jessica and Kelly hosted the whole family for dinner on Friday night, including Sarah and Mae and Jane, and Kelly’s brother and sister-in-law Brady and Karen and their two girls. You might say it was a family reunion of sorts.
After I remembered, sadly, that the old Las Manitas had been torn down to make room for more condos in downtown Austin — there are two photos of the exterior in this post here — Greg and I were at […]
Since leaving baseball, Kelly has started his own building company, Kelly Wunsch Homes. On Friday, we went on a tour of the job site of his latest project. We were hoping to see the concrete slab get poured, but the threat of […]
Mojitos, a grill, a fire and family. What more could you ask for?
Sarah and the girls and I headed to Frank, the artisan hot dog place in Austin, for lunch on Thursday. All in all, good food. But something about the atmosphere was a little annoying. For one thing, it was super-loud. […]
SCF fans, we’ve been on the road. We caught a 7 a.m. flight out of Newark. Read and slept on the plane. Sarah picked us up at the airport. After we got to meet the lovely and talented Jane Addison […]
SCF busted out the smoker for the first time in 2010 for a big-ass batch of pulled pork. We smoked 5 Boston Butts (pork shoulders) in all, which started out about 36 pounds and ended up yielding 16 pounds of […]
A great all-around barbecue sauce from The Cook’s Illustrated Guide to Grilling and Barbecue. It tastes like it took all day to make, but it is really quite simple.
When we used this recipe from The Cook’s Illustrated Guide To Grilling And Barbecue to season 5 pork shoulders, we doubled this recipe and ended up with just the right amoung. For 1 pork shoulder, this should do, and you’ll […]
It had been quite a while since I visited Mima in Irvington, so a couple of Fridays ago, I took my book to the bar and had some wine while I waited for Kelli to finish putting her children to […]
Another in the fine line of Small Bites products: First Taste: Antoine McGuire’s in Haverstraw. SCF fans, please enjoy again. My first thought when leaving Antoine McGuire’s a few weeks ago? When can I come back? That’s a good sign […]
Things are blooming here at the farm! We’re very excited to see a gazillion blossoms on our apple, apricot and cherry trees. And tonight is also the first asparagus harvest. Here are a few photos of the progress in the […]
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.
