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An update. Chris spent most of the day scraping with Back To Nature Multi-Strip Paint Remover. He started with Goof Off, but it didn’t do much. (Don’t you love his don’t-mess-with-me radio!) Sticky, nasty, hard work. The longer it sits, […]
An evening out with friends! We tried the new Communal Kitchen in Nyack. Everything we tasted was delicious, and we had a great time catching up. Charlotte Haze, with Barr Hill gin, Damson Plum Liqueur and apricot eau de vie: […]
This Labor Day week off, I am working on (and supervising work on) getting the porch floor in shape. It’s going to be a long haul. If you recall, we had an unfortunate accident in June: the hose sprung a […]
I had a week off of work and rode the bike every morning! (Except Thursday, when it rained.) Check out my Map My Ride routes! Here are a couple photos. And on Sept. 11, I took some quiet, reflective time […]
It was a neighborly Labor Day weekend! After our cocktail party on Friday night, Faye threw Campbell a birthday party the next afternoon. A few shots: Related posts: Matt’s 40th Birthday Party at the Pearl River Hotel Carol’s Birthday Party […]
After a summer of “oh, we should have you guys over for an outdoor movie,” we finally invited the neighborhood friends over for, well, an outdoor movie — for the kids. The adults stayed busy with gin and tonics on […]
Another great summer evening at the farm. Candles lit, cocktails made, movie ready. The movie this evening, playing on the Spinal Tap theme, is Waiting for Guffman. SCF’s famous Butterflied Smoked Chicken: Good friends! (With eyes closed): Salads from Irene! […]
The Farm’s great friend Cathy stayed over this beautiful summer night. We drank lemon-gins, grilled steaks and stayed up late stargazing. It was a highlight of the season! I didn’t take too many photos after dark, but here’s what […]
SCF gets a new dining table, a new desk and a new credenza. We’re pretty excited around here. First, for old-times’ sake, here’s a last look at the table my grandmother gave us. It was given to her by […]
Fancy Mexican food is an oxymoron in Manhattan. A few new restaurants are changing that, though. Cosme, opened last year by chef Enrique Olvera —- a CIA grad who owns of Mexico City’s best restaurants — is the leader. Margarita, […]
Another fun Nyack event: summer movies in the park. Tonight, The Princess Bride. And free popcorn, too! Look at that gorgeous Tappan Zee Bridge, too. Related posts: Summer Concerts at Memorial Park The First Concert in the Park! The First […]
Our day was like vacation, but at home. We spent the afternoon with Kelli at the pool at Ardsley Country Club, then went out for pizza at The Parlor. How luxurious! Swimming in the big, heated pool: Pizza and other […]
Caprese Salad is just tomatoes, basil, mozzarella and olive oil, but it can go horribly wrong. Here are a few tricks I use to make mine beautiful and delicious. The first is never, ever do Caprese unless it’s tomato season. […]
Benton’s bacon, Brandywine tomatoes, farm-fresh iceberg and homemade mayonnaise. Hard to beat that. We gilded the lily with a Caprese salad and a showing of “This is Spinal Tap.” Wonderful summer evening. Horsing around! Cocktailing: Tomatoes from the garden: Kris […]
Outdoor movies aren’t just for Sour Cherry Farm Paradisio! This evening we head downtown for upscale bar food at 8 North Broadway and a showing of “Maciste all’Inferno,” a 1925 Italian silent film, scored live by SexMob, Steven Bernstein’s jazz […]
Our gin and tonic recipe is probably like a lot of people’s gin and tonic recipes: gin, tonic, lime. But we do prefer Tanguerey, and 2 ounces, please. And we insist on either Schweppes or, even better Q Tonic. Also, we squeeze […]
Hipster tacos have come to the ‘burbs. Still, there is more than a hint of authenticity here at the Taco Project. Radishes, chopped onions and cilantro are garnishes. Pickled onions are an option. The meat is slow cooked or fast fried. […]
Untermeyer Gardens was once one of the most famous and most visited gardens in the country. Samuel Untermyer purchased Greystone, the former estate of Samuel Tilden, and hired Beaux Arts architect Welles Bosworth to design gardens around 1915. From the […]
Our friend Kris has been working the farmers markets for Bluefield Farm, a flower farm in Blauvelt. (Here are a link to a wedding that was thrown there!) Kris puts together stunning bouquets (as she always does!). Here is one […]
Last year I told you that this ratatouille is so good it’s scary. This year I will tell you that it’s still that good. Not slimy. Not mushy. It tastes of summer vegetables: each individual one and all of them […]
So lucky to have tickets to see the best musical to come to Broadway in years. Lin-Manuel Miranda is a genius, and this show is all that it’s hyped up to be. Go! Related posts: Silence! The Musical Bloody Bloody […]
A backyard supper with good friends and good food. Burgers, curried cucumbers and corn-zucchini salad. And chips, of course. Gotta have chips. Bon App’s blueberry-pecan galette for dessert. Delishy. Related posts: Supper with Marissa, Graham and Trae […]
Just checking on the girls. No surprise, after a swarm in May, and installing a nuc in June, that the honey stores are not full. We’ll have to keep an eye on them, and start feeding soon if we need […]
Today’s loot. Tomatoes are here! Plus: coosa zucchini, cucumbers, iceberg (BLTs are coming soon, folks!), blueberries, beets, monkfish, a leg of lamb, cheese-parsley sausage and two kinds of bread. Great loot this time around. Related posts: Farmers Market Loot! […]
We’ve been trying to sell Greg’s 1991 Volvo 240 for a few weeks now, and we finally found a buyer. “Just the kind of guy I was hoping for,” says Greg. Patrick, the new owner, plans to fix up the […]
We’re so lucky to have the talented slide trumpet player Steven Bernstein living right here in Nyack! It means after a big tour, he and his band can come play our little Friends of the Nyack Mostly Music concert in […]
My friend Carrie, the visuals editor at lohud and The Journal news, arranged for a fabulous event: food photography lessons by our talented journalists. We sold all 30 tickets and even had a wait-list! Here’s a recap I wrote for […]
Every now and again, while I’m enjoying my glass of rose on the patio, I look up and see a couple of funny things in our trees. No, I’m not hallucinating. Just using my imagination! Do you see a balloon […]
I’d been wondering about Cedar Street Grill in Dobbs Ferry for quite a while. I’d edited pieces by Megan and Heather on it before, but I’d never gone myself to see what it was all about. It was brunch. It […]
We’d never been to the Hudson River Museum! And with a weather forecast of nasty, nasty, nasty and Greg needing some time to finish some work at home, it was the perfect opportunity. Sam and I sat for a show […]
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.
