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garden

Our Pear Tree is Sick

What a shame! After nearly 8 years, and countless good harvests, sometimes of 150 pears or more, our pear tree is dying. It is, it turns out, cedar apple rust. And some bugs, too. It’s beyond upsetting.  

restaurants

Roc N Ramen in New Rochelle

We at lohudfood recorded our most recent podcast at Roc N Ramen, where we discovered some jaw-droppingly good pork buns. Seriously, these have some crazy secret ingredient that makes them irresistible!  Owner Wayne Carrington wouldn’t reveal it, but we took […]

restaurants

Sixty5 on Main

Megan and I got a little tasting of a new restaurant about to open in Nyack: Sixty5 on Main. Here’s a link to the podcast where we talk about it: lohudfood cast.

restaurants

Wasabi in Nyack

Lunch with Megan at the bar at Wasabi. We shared: Yellowtail-jalapeno: Popcorn shrimp: Tuna-avocado roll: Tuna strawberry roll. (One of my faves.) Delicious! The 411 on Wasabi.

garden

Dead Cherry Tree

What a sad day. The cherry tree we planted 9 years ago has died. We think it got hit by a truck and had an open wound, then got sick from that. Dead

restaurants

Taqueria La Picardia in Port Chester

Megan and I recorded the lastest food cast at Taqueria La Picardia, one of our favorites in Port Chester, and reminisced about Megan’s taco tour through the Lower Hudson Valley and Liz’s hunt for the best artisanal bread. Listen to the […]

restaurants

Burger & Beer Bash

The annual Burger & Beer Bash by Westchester magazine. A good time for all. And we did a live podcast from the grounds. Here’s a link to the podcast! Ned!

recipes

Strawberry Jam

A strawberrry jam recipe. Just refrigerator jam, but it’s so good you’ll finish before storage ever becomes an issue. From Cook’s Country. Strawberry Jam 10 cups strawberries 3 cups sugar 1 peeled granny smith apple on a box grater 2 […]

restaurants

The Boathouse in Ossining

Lunch — and a podcast — today at The Boathouse in Ossining. (Listen to the podcast on lohud here.) Lobster roll. Delicious! Fried clams. Also yummy. It was my first time at the restaurants, so I took a lot of snaps […]