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Too hot to be outside, so we hung out in the living room! Related posts: Irene Throws a Mad Men Party! BDoF: Irene’s Party! The Annual Advent Party Garden Party at the Chisholms
Another fun trip to Tarry Lodge, by the request of Sarah. Kelli and Patrick star, too. Related posts: Lunch at Tarry Lodge in Port Chester Supper with the Kids at Umami in Croton Dinner with Chris and Rory at Tarry […]
A nice haul! Related posts: Garden Update: Coneflowers, Cosmos, Blackberries and Butterfly Bushes Yellow Finch on the Coneflowers Breakfast: Apricots and Blueberrys from the Garden Visiting a Fantastic Garden in Bedford Hills
We finally got to open a pacakge of Benton’s for supper. I don’t think we’ve ever had a better BLT. Related posts: No related posts.
After our return from Pleasantville, we meandered around the garden, and Jane proceeded to eat nearly every berry we grow! Related posts: Open Days Garden Tour: Pretty Penny Open Days Garden Tour Garden Party at the Chisholms Shopping at the […]
A few pics from our trip to one of the best markets around. 17 Related posts: Pleasantville Farmers Market Shopping in Palisades: the Market and the Farmers Market Chappaqua Farmers Market: Duck, Yogurt, Greens and Sweets Farmers on Main Street […]
I sure wish we had a market like this near the farm. All local meats; beautiful seasonal fruits; even artisan crafts like soap and tabletop stuff. It’s really lovely. And we bought a ton of stuff, including sloppy joes for […]
First, a tour of the fields where the Scottish Highland Cattle graze. Then, a look at the garden that chef Andrew Little tends with his staff — and his dad. An amazing operation. I’m thankful to have seen it. […]
This breakfast was just incredible, from the coffee to the eggs to the pastry. Unbelievable! Related posts: A Tour of Sheppard Mansion Breakfast at The Friendly Toast in Portsmouth Breakfast at Art Cafe Breakfast in Boston: Eastern Standard
In Hanover, Pa., there’s an inn and restaurant where the owners take the locavore philosophy very seriously. The owners, Heather Sheppard Lunn and her sister, Kathryn Sheppard Hoar, took over their grandmother’s old mansion after years of it being empty. […]
I’m not usually one to say: “Hey, let’s go check out a Civil War battlefield!” But when the battlefield is Gettysburg, well, that’s something you don’t want to miss. We spent an afternoon there, and I must say, I want […]
After a couple of lovely fun days in Charlottesville, we were back on the road — headed to Gettysburg and an overnight in Pennsylvania. But before we left C-ville, we had to stop by the house where my parents lived […]
We noticed a lot of restaurants in old gas stations in Charlottesville — all over the place, really. The novelty of dining at one was appealing, but not if the food wasn’t tempting, too. At Zinc — yes, in an […]
After our tour of UVA and downtown Charlottesville, we were ready for a little pick-me-up. A Cherry Lime Soda and a seat at the soda fountain at Timberlake’s Drugs was, if you’ll excuse the saying, just what the doctor ordered. […]
I was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, and I believe this might be the first time I’ve been back since my parents moved away when I was three. There are a number of photos in my mom’s collection that stand in […]
Greg wins hands down on this one. He went for the BLT with artisan bacon from Nodine’s Smokehouse. I lost. Big time. I went for the biscuit and sausage gravy. On a 90-degree day. What, exactly, was I thinking? It’s […]
Dinner at Peter Chang’s China Grill was reason enough to come to Charlottesville. And I’m sorry to disappoint — especially since this is ostensibly a food blog above all else — but I must confess that it was not because […]
Comfortable, convenient and not too outrageously expensive. Thumbs up. Here’s our room. Our room looked over an atrium lobby with a glass elevator, and the front doors of the hotel open onto Charlottesville’s pedestrian mall. The hotel is also very […]
The definition of renaissance man: Thomas Jefferson — author of the Declaration of Independence, President of the United States, founder of the University of Virginia. Collector of wines, books and knowledge. A self-taught linguist, architect, inventor and gardener. And as […]
After a pretty bad night’s sleep at the Days Inn Roanoke — which Greg nicknamed the Days Inn Islamabad for its crumbling walls and filthy rooms — we headed out early in the morning to get some brekky and check […]
A big storm was rolling into Roanoke the night we stayed there, and it made for a beautiful sky. But Roanoke is very pretty to begin with. It was founded in the 1850s, and many buildings have Victorian-era architecture. And […]
We had some rather bad luck at 202 Market, a restaurant in Roanoke, Va. that the local press has deemed worth of 5 stars. I feel bad for Roanokers if this is really the best restaurant in town. While the […]
We were introduced to the beauty of Benton’s — a smokehouse not 40 miles from our cabin in Tennessee — by dining out in New York, particularly at Momofuku Ssam Bar and at PDT. We finally had the chance to get […]
Ok, it’s hardly a recipe. But Greg came up with (and then I modified) a lovely combination of cereal, fruit and yogurt that I think everyone should enjoy. You start with about 1/4 cup of Greek yogurt, and mix some […]
I came across an inspiration in Southern Living magazine for a Watermelon-Peach salsa with that staple of the South, red pepper jelly. We didn’t have any red pepper jelly, and I’m not particularly fond of it anyway, so I improvised. […]
It was our last day at the cabin, but tomatoes and peaches were really just coming in. Corn was just getting good. Blackberries were just shedding their last tartness. So we couldn’t pass up the chance to go to the […]
We found a winner of a recipe in the summer issue of Eating Well magazine. It’s a completely raw salad with a lovely lemon vinaigrette, and it uses up one of summer’s most prolific vegetables: zucchini. Related posts: Recipe: Olive […]
SCF fans may remember our last trip to the Chattanooga Farmers Market. That was the big one, held on Sundays under a grand pavilion. On Wednesdays, you’ll find many of the same vendors, but no craftspeople. This is a producers-only […]
Another stop on the in-town errands: good bread. We found it at what we think might be the only artisanal bakery in Chattanooga. It’s called Niedlov. Get it? Related posts: Link 41: Artisanal Sausage and Local Bacon in Chattanooga Anniversary […]
We’d read about this cool sausage place – local hogs, artisanal craft, you know the deal! – in an article on Chattanooga in Garden & Gun magazine. So we decided to pop in for a few things. Related posts: Anniversary […]
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.
