Eat. Drink. Live.
The weather cleared up just in time to enjoy a gorgeous sunset, a beach fire, and, best of all for the kids: S’Mores!
The rain was predicted for the whole day Wednesday, so we packed the kids in the car and took an adventure to the North Fork. Mostly because the ferry ride would be part of the adventure! Morning board games: Cousins! […]
The weather is still crappy but we mix some G&Ts, get out some board games for the kids, and then head to the beach with jackets on. Lounging children: The red bag of wine.
A morning walk, a bit of pool time and getting ready for happy hour. Cherries for breakfast: Ready for this evening: Our deck: It’s no Deuce, but it’ll do. Ocean Colony: Pool time with Daddy: Hanging at the pool.
SCF fans are familiar with the scene. Beach and pool during the day, an early supper, then back to the beach for sunset and wine. Even with some crappy weather, and a big group of friends, it’s no different this […]
An easy Sunday night supper before we head off for a beach vacation: pizza!
For the evening’s outdoor movie, we tried a musical! Leah, Irene, Kris, Tom, Shannon and Tasha joined us, and we sang along, rather loudly, I must admit. By the time Sarah and Laurie joined us toward the end of the […]
Just a little over 2 pounds this year. Not nearly as good a year as 2013, when we got 6 pounds, but we’ll take it. Planning on making the same Red Currant Jelly as last year. I don’t see the […]
Ashley and Amol invited us over to celebrate Maloaa’s third birthday. A sweet little party with a kiddie pool, a hammock and some delicious cake. Here are a few pics:
Just about everybody in town took a pre- or post-dinner stroll downtown to see the third annual Nyack Car Show. It was bigger than ever this year, with cars parked all along Main Street between Franklin and Broadway, and in […]
Looks like we’ll just have one pie this year, but God it was a good one. A little change from my recipe: I did not have any almond extract, so I added Amaretto instead. I used about six cups of cherries this […]
With such a small sour cherry yield this year, we decided to savor the little we picked, so we made garnishes out of our precious harvest. We found this recipe for pickled sour cherries in Cooking in the Moment: A Year of […]
What a sad, sad year. After last year’s nearly 20 quarts of sour cherries, we were lucky to get one small quart of cherries this year. (See Greg describing last year’s harverst in this post here.) Here is the lame, […]
No-cook pickles! Use for any vegetables you wish to pickle. Best part: it doesn’t heat up the house on a hot summer day. [amd-zlrecipe-recipe:3]
Everything’s coming in at once now! Currants, blueberries, cherries! Blueberries ripening: The first round of blueberry harvest! Yum.
The farm enjoyed its best harvest of black currants ever this year, with about 2 quarts. Our plan for the harvest: cassis! We will update as we make it. Previous black currant coverage here. And here on our archives.
Sam and I headed to the nursery, thinking we were going to get a few annual to fill in where the daffodills had been along the front walkway. But when we got there, I started thinking: maybe we need to […]
We’ve been making grain salads for a couple of summers now, and we’re converts. Yes, grain salads are the new potato salad. And, like potato salads, they are endlessly adaptable. Make grains. Make vegetables. Toss with herbs, nuts or […]
The weather cleared just in time for us to get to sit outside for what I’m sure will be the first of many suppers with our neighbors Jane and Pat. Jane made a terrific recipe of Greek chicken-cucumber kebabs with […]
For the month of July, at least, Hunna is working five days a week. So we’ve suddenly joined the legions of parents who have to figure it out on a lot less time. Our first solution: Sunday meal planning — […]
Boo and I took a bike ride along the rail trail down to Piermont and back, and vowed to do it at least once every summer from now on. And we also vowed to take a selfie at the Piermont […]
Yes, we’re making this a permanent thing, kids. Hunna is working out the logistics, and we’ll be putting togehter a “how to set up an outdoor theater” post very shortly.
Inspired by Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall’s Veg cookbook, we made roasted beets with walnuts and yogurt sauce: Toss beets with oil, garlic, salt, pepper and thyme, then roast for an hour until soft. Peel them by using a paper towel to […]
After supper, in the garden, enjoying the longest day of the year.
It’s official. We got a wagon. And I have to say, I love it. The car, a 2002 Volvo wagon, has personality! Plus, it’s luxurious, even though it’s old. Leather seats, sunroof, the works. We stumbled upon it. Knowing we’ll […]
Another evening with the neighbors where I take no photos of the neighbors themselves. This time, Kris, Tom and Irene came over for Cedar Planked Salmon and Kale Strawberries with Salad. It was so chilly that we all wrapped ourselves […]
Flex Mussels on the Upper East Side is a great little neighborhood joint that serves mussels a million ways. We had the occasion to try it because we were heading to the 92nd Street Y to watch Ira Glass interview Dan […]
Well, not really. But will a cordless electric mower do? Hunna is very happy.
The weather could not have been more perfect for our first outdoor movie of the season, Casablanca. We started our evening out with the Belmont Stakes. Tasha and Shannon joined us. No triple crown winner this yaer! After that, we […]
The Goatherd gathered on a lovely Friday in June to discuss The Goldfinch, the epic bestseller by Donna Tartt. Many a great coversation was had until late in the evening, when we finally decided to break it up and continue […]
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.
