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Greg made this terrific early-summer salad for our picnic in the park. Sugar Snap Pea-Radish Salad From Bon Appetit, July 2011 1 1/2 pounds sugar snap peas, trimmed, stringed, cut in half on diagonal Kosher salt 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon (or more) fresh […]
Sarah and I went to see Peter & The Starcatcher (thumbs up!). Of course she had to taste the famous (at least here on SCF) Don Antonio pizza. (Also a thumbs up!) This version has prosciutto, basil, tomatoes, mozzarella, and […]
Already on our third or fourth picking, Greg describes this year’s harvest of blueberries. Related posts: Greg Describes the Sour Cherry Harvest The First Blueberry Harvest of 2011 at Sour Cherry Farm Today’s Blueberry Harvest The Farm’s First Pear Harvest
It’s pickling season, folks! For one pint of pickles, Greg uses: 3/4 cup white vinegar 3/4 cup water 1 tablespoon mortons kosher salt 2 teaspoons white sugar And adds whatever spices go with whatever’s being pickled. For this round, he […]
On the hunt for Kewpie Mayonnaise and a few other Asian sundries, we headed to Hmart in White Plains for this week’s groceries. Afterwards, we had to have lunch, of course! Sam had dumplings. But she sure enjoyed my Singapore […]
A stunner! We plan on eating them out of hand and also making a cobbler. And the bushes are still brimming with berries. It’s a good year. Related posts: The First Blueberry Harvest of 2011 at Sour Cherry Farm Recipe: […]
I think we can say by now that this butterflied smoked chicken is a classic at SCF. We’ve made it time and time again, and it never fails to impress. A brined chicken, butterflied — or spatchcocked, as some like […]
With this video, Greg talks about the sour cherry harvest. About 20 quarts were harvested! Related posts: The Sour Cherry Harvest The Sour Cherry Harvest! Making 36 Jars of Sour Cherry Preserves Our Own Sour Cherry Pie!
Our tree in the front yielded 20 quarts — 20 quarts! — of sour cherries. With only two days to put them up into sour cherry preserves, we had to work quickly. We picked and pitted on Saturday night and […]
Except for a quick stop for a light snack one evening after a Broadway show, we hadn’t been to Wasabi in we-can’t-remmber when. Friday night we headed down for sushi and a few other surprises Doug had in store for […]
One of our favorite summer traditions is to head down to the Mostly Music concerts at Memorial Park by the Hudson River in downtown Nyack. For our first concert, “Youthfest,” we enjoyed Mario the Magician’s performance and two band: the […]
Our fruit is ripening! We’ve been picking blueberries and cherries. Currants are next! Related posts: Update on the Fields: Blueberries, Basil, Geraniums and Jasmine On the Hunt for Blueberries SCF Harvests Blueberries Recipe: Maraschino Cherries
Little baby tomatoes, fresh basil from the fields and fresh mozzarella from Dante’s. Let the summer menus begin! Related posts: Recipe: Watermelon-Peach-Tomato Salad with Chili and Lime Another Great Sammy: Tomato, Basil, Prosciutto and Mozzarella on Toast Greg’s Composed Salad […]
Though we’ve been growing sour cherries for a bunch of years, we’ve never had a big enough yield to make an entire pie of all our own cherries. Well folks, this is the year. Not only do we have enough […]
What started out as a quiet supper on the patio with Marissa and Boo turned into a party when Kelli and Patrick paid a surprise visit. Such a party, in fact, that no photos were taken after hors d’oeuvres were […]
A little update on a dish we’ve made a few times at the farm. This time, instead of roasting the beets, I boiled them. It was a LOT easier, and the skins came right off when I peeled them (wearing […]
SCF fans may remember last year’s joyous discovery: pickled garlic scape martinis. (Irene is brilliant, but we knew that.) Well we didn’t want to let another summer go by without repeating the success. We put these up on Saturday night. […]
Not too much to show, unfortunately, but we did come home with a bounty of loot: strawberries, goat cheese, a terrific pie, bread, cheese, tender lettuces, herbs and even a bottle of homemade soda. Good times! Related posts: Pleasantville Farmers […]
A serendipitous supper on Friday night! Kris and Tom brought over salad from their garden, zucchini blossoms from the farmers market, cheese and salami, and eggs from their friend’s chickens. We put that together with our garlic scape pesto, Wave […]
We made this terrific garlic scape pesto recipe from food52 with scapes from the garden, served it with Lidia’s spaghetti and put a poached egg on it. Yowza. Garlic Scape Pesto 1 cup garlic scapes, thinly sliced crosswise 1/4 cup […]
Jean-Georges Vongerichten, you magnificent bastard. Dan Kluger and Ian Coogan, you conniving conspirators. The flavors coming out of the kitchen at ABC Cocina are astonishing. If you thought fusion was a muddled mess of techniques and traditions, this restaurant will […]
Before a performance of “Sontag: Reborn” at the New York Theater Workshop, Boo and I shared a few dishes at Gemma, her favorite go-to restaurant for when you don’t to think about where you want to go-to. It’s a cute […]
This is the best marinade for steak. The only one you’ll need all summer long. It’s got all the ingredients that make for a flavorful piece of meat: mustard, garlic, oil, herbs, peppers, citrus and two, count ’em two, types […]
I was lucky enough this year to save my blooming peonies before the first heavy rainfall. Because I didn’t thin the blossoms, many of the cut flowers had a very small stem. For those, I found a low, wide serving […]
This is summer, summer! And the drink of summer is the gin and tonic. Fill a 12-ounce collins glass with ice. Pour 2 ounces of gin over it. Top with good tonic. Garnish with a lime. Do not squeeze the lime. […]
It’s a weekend of garden work at the farm! We’re planting, weeding and mulching, plus taming a couple of big-assed flowering quinces that have gotten so out of control that I missed seeing our lilac bloom through them! The […]
Nyack is about to start a First Fridays! Starting July 5, local shops will stay open late on the first Friday of each month, displaying local art and hosting music, performances and happenings. As a trial run, Miss Autumn Hues […]
We haven’t been sieged by them, but they are here and there. And we heard them this weekend, down the ways a bit. They sounded a bit like the purr of an engine in the distance. Related posts: No […]
Early Friday morning in the garden, before anyone else was awake. Peonies blooming, blueberries ripening, cicadas molting. New this year: creeping phlox under the dwarf sour cherry and coreopsis near the pear tree. Here’s a look. Too many ferns! […]
From Tailaferro Farms, purchased at the Nyack Farmers Market. Yay! Related posts: Breakfast with Local Strawberries and Fresh Goat Cheese from Rainbeau Ridge Farm All Local Supper: Scallops, Greens and Polenta Stump Lane Strawberries Loaded for Bear at 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.
