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The Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern: Knockout Dishes with Down-Home Flavor by Matt Lee and Ted Lee inspired two dishes for our Easter menu this year. One was this easy-peasy appetizer, which is terrific spread on baguettes or crackers or as […]
Near the end of the first act of Madama Butterfly, Cio-Cio-San and Pinkerton, newly married, sing a slow, beautiful love duet. At the Anthony Mingella production we saw at the Metropolitan Opera one Saturday night in April, the couple walks […]
I must have walked past Cafe Fiorello on the Upper West Side a hundred times, each one of them thinking: “Eh, seems like a has-been.” But one Saturday evening — Saturday, mind you! — when we found ourselves without a […]
A lovely little lunch: Leftover cedar-plank salmon with Balthazar bread with figs, hazelnuts and apricots. Really. Delishy. (The bread came from the Palisades Farmers Market. One of the joys about shopping locally in winter.) Related posts: Cedar Plank Salmon with […]
Cabbage. Red onions. Turmeric. Beets. They all make beautiful dye for Easter eggs, and it’s all-natural, too. And what a lucky discovery: the dye that was left on the paper towels as they dried? Made some of our eggs even […]
We’ve fallen in love with a teeny, tiny bok choy — smaller even than baby bok choy. Each piece is about as big as your thumb. It’s known as Shanghai bok choy. We love making it stir-fry, with a sesame […]
Before a showing of Kinky Boots, you can’t beat a pre-theater sushi meal at Kodama. Is the sushi the best in the world? No. It’s not fantastic. But it’s perfectly fine, and you can’t beat the location: right across the […]
Greg’s been working on his pizza dough recipe for a while now, and we think it’s pretty good. But when Sam Sifton’s article “A Little Pizza Homework” came out in the New York Times, he was still eager to try […]
Another rather random spring Sunday at the Farm. We head to the street fair, where Samantha is trepedatious as she tries out her first kiddies rides, then have supper on the patio at home, where we spot a Cardinal doing […]
The Farm’s friend Ed loves a cocktail as much as we here at SCF. So for a couple years now, I’ve been badgering Ed to write a story about cockatils with local history for The Journal News. The Mad Men […]
It’s April at the farm, folks. Time for cleaning and planing. And a little playground action, too. Sam helsp Daddy plant. One of our grape hyacinths. A Montauk Daisy: Pruned the black currants, too. They’re looking better than ever. Related […]
We found a deal at a tag sale that we couldn’t pass up. A bamboo couch, 3 chairs and 2 tables, all with original silk fabric, for $100. Yes, $100. In perfect condition. We weren’t in the market for new […]
Here’s the trick to cooking cedar plank salmon. You have to heat the plank first. [amd-zlrecipe-recipe:25] You can’t be just throwing the plank onto the grill and put the salmon on there cold. It’s like pre-heating the oven. Sam will […]
No, it’s not warm enough yet. But when it is, we’ll be ready. Related posts: Porch Opener: Sidecars Outside, Then a Fire Pizza Saves the Porch Night Open Days Garden Tour Open Days: Rocky Hills in Chappaqua
I’ve enjoyed my meals at Westchester Burger Company in Westchester, so we thought we’d give the one in Rockland a try. Two notes: The food is very good, but the portions are enormous. Enormous! My burger with bacon and egg […]
With its lemony pucker but a nice backbone of rye, the Whiskey Sour is a good cocktail for straddling the seasons. The warmth of brown booze, but the hopefulness of citrus. Spring will come. It will. [amd-zlrecipe-recipe:15] Related […]
Shocking, right? We’re at Ippudo before a show! The only difference this time? Two Ippudo newbies: Hunna and Trae! And the usual cast, me and Boo: The modern ramen: Our add-ins were served on the side: Short rib buns. […]
For the final chapter on our BDoF, we headed to the Whitney for the 2014 Biennial. A few of the pieces that caught our eye: Philip Vanderhyden remade “People in Pain,” a work by Gretchen Bender, where 1980s movie titles are shining […]
The East Pole is a new(ish) restaurant on the Upper East Side from the guys behind The Fat Radish and The LeadBelly. We chose brunch at The East Pole becuase it was only a few blocks from the Whitney, with […]
That’s right kid, it’s time for another BDoF. Kelli and Sarah are along, and we’ll be meeting Sondra and Leigh in a bit. But for now, our Big Day of Fun begins with a #selfie at Starbucks and a visit […]
Gotham West is a new food hall at 45th and 10th Avenue. Kind of a long haul for most pre-theater nights, but this evening we had a bit of time on our hands, so we decided to check it out. […]
After a trip to H-Mart, an Asian inspired supper: miso glazed cod. Miso is a seasoning made by fermenting of rice, grains and soybeans. It’s a salty, funky paste that gets more complex as it ages. There are lots of […]
Jill recommended we make this drink, a take on the Propsect Park Sour that she loves to order at Clover Club in Brooklyn. It was a big hit. The recipe from Saveur calls for Abano, a type of Amaro. If […]
A quick bowl of ramen and Korean spicy soup at our favorite food court: the food stalls at H-Mart in Hartsdale. The ramen broth was soy sauce, and had a delicate, sweet-salty flavor. The pork and the egg? Eh. Not […]
Sour Cherry Farm just placed its first order from Bakers Creek Heirloom Seeds. We’ve grown a few of these varieties in the past (the speckled trout lettuce is a favorite), but this is the first time for many others. We […]
Here is what we’re doing in the garden this month (and last, too). We used the cut branches from our Christmas tree to mulch acid-loving plants like blueberries and hydrangeas. When we shovel snow, we throw it to cover any […]
Greg’s best pizza yet. Really. And afterwards, an evening of Blazing Saddles with Irene, Kris and Tom on the big-sheet TV. Good times. Related posts: Pizza Saves the Porch Night Friday Night at the Farm: Frittata, Blue on Blue and […]
Once again, Dorie Greenspan is a genius. This simple, plain blueberry cake is easy and delicious. Dorie considers it good for breakfast, lunch or brunch, but tell you what: it’s nice with a bit of ice cream on top after […]
Westchester’s only Vietnamese restaurant could just skate. Why try hard if you can’t get this kind of food anywhere else? Lucky for us, Saigonese in Hartsdale deserves destination status. You can’t get this food anywhere else, and you should travel […]
I had a hankering for something bitter and bracing — to match the bitter and bracing weather outside. Looking for something amaro-ish, I was torn between the Red Hook and the Brooklyn. Each is rye based, which is what I […]
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.
