Eat. Drink. Live.
We adored our lunch at ABC Kitchen. You just feel like you’re dining in New York. Something about it — the local farm-to-table menu, the relaxed but beautiful setting, the here-and-now feeling of the food — just make you feel […]
Our dinner at Harvest on Hudson was for a Restaurants We Love column for The Journal News, so I won’t go in to too much detail here. Instead, you can read the article over at LoHud.com on this link here. […]
It was so hot we had to pull a fan up for comfort. But there you have it. Les Gilberts, les Holts and Sarah and the girls, for a fun burger supper. It was fun to set up a […]
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 […]
Another perfect Tuesday night in summer. Related posts: Concert in the Park Concert in the Park, Family-Style From the Top of Mount Battie in Camden Hills State Park Bon Chon Takeout at the Ranch
A cucumber cocktail started us off, then we served easy-peasy supper: heated up sloppy Joe’s, procured at Sheppard Mansion’s shop and made from raised-right beef. Blueberry cobbler, too. A good supper indeed. Related posts: Sunday Supper at the Ranch Summer […]
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 […]
Greg was shopping in Williams-Sonoma the other day, and came across these granite tiles meant to go on your grill for cooking pizza. He thought: “Hey, that seems cool, but I already have a pizza stone.” Yes, we did. So […]
There’s nothing quite like the stillness of the lake just before sunset. So on both Wednesday and Thursday, we ate super-early and were able to take a dip in the water and a nice spin around the lake before dark. […]
Folks, I promise to get back to cooking and recipes in a few posts. For now, indulge me in a few photos for posterity’s sake. Here’s the family having a few drinks after the evening’s round of game playing. Here’s […]
Another supper, another porch. (Is that a Kiss Me Kate song?) Look at that beautiful blue sky behind Lexi, Wilson and Sarah. Related posts: Games on the Screened-In Porch Welcome to The Cabin! Fourth of July Supper: Smoked Ribs and […]
After supper each evening, we took to the game table. Mostly we played Taboo, which is a whole lot of fun with a whole lot of people. Truly! Related posts: Fourth of July Supper: Smoked Ribs and Chicken Welcome to […]
Greg smoked ribs and chicken and Wilson prepared a fireworks show. The rest of us enjoyed the fruits of their labors. Related posts: Fourth of July Supper: Steak, Corn, Beans and Bread. How American of Us! Sunday Barbecue with Bob’s […]
Our first night of fun at the cabin. What a joy to have all the family in one place for vacation…. we can’t remember the last time that’s happened. Related posts: Sunday Supper with Grandmom and the Ranchers: Burgers, Wedge […]
Irene had a chicken and some scapes from Stone Barns. We had coleslaw and leftover potatoes for roasting. Sounds like the making for a good supper? It was indeed. Related posts: Summer Supper and the Perseid Meteor Shower Father’s Day […]
We celebrated Father’s Day with a barbecue: baby back ribs, cole slaw, potato salad, the works. Boo was here, and the folks, and we also invited Un Gilbert: Jim. Peggy, the other half of Les Gilberts, was out of town. […]
The Goatherd Book Club met at Rory and Chris’ apartment to discuss the Hemingway classic, “The Sun Also Rises.” Rory and Chris made a special Spanish tapas meal, with gazpacho and pastel moreno and a host of other terrific dishes. […]
For our first summer supper in the orchard, we grilled skirt steak Korean-style, and served it with Boston lettuce and plenty of herbs for wrapping. Boo was the farm’s special guest. Yay! Backyard dining is upon us. Related posts: Saturday […]
A simple supper with Grandmom’s favorite dish as the centerpiece. A few daffodils and a nice glass of wine — how could you go wrong? Happy Mother’s Day. Related posts: Christmas Dinner at the Farm 2010: Tamales, Hibiscus Margies, Baba […]
Kelli and Patrick were the gracious hosts of Easter Dinner No. 2. Three families gathered around the dining room table, and Patrick’s ham was the centerpiece of a lovely spring meal. Related posts: Easter Dinner No. 1: Les Gilberts Christmas […]
For our first Easter dinner, we enjoyed a lovely ham from Edward’s of Surry, Va. at the home of Peggy and Jim, whom we like to refer to lovingly as Les Gilberts. Related posts: Supper at the Ranch with Sarah, […]
We hadn’t been to the Ranch in quite a while, so to squeeze in a visit, we made a rare Friday night date. I had frozen the leftover ham from last week’s book club meeting, but it seemed a perfect […]
The Goatherd book club gathered at Sour Cherry Farm for its discussion on “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter” by Carson McCullers. Because Boo has been a fan of the book for most of her life, she was invited as […]
The Goatherd book club is reading “Heart is a Lonely Hunter” this round, and Greg and I will be hosting dinner. We thought it might be fun to meet up at Carson’s grave and toast her great talent. We found, […]
We met my folks after church for some Tex-Mex eggs and tortillas. quite liked my chilaquiles. Though no one had a breakfast margarita. Related posts: Brunch at O’Donoghue’s with the Ranchers Sunday Supper with Grandmom and the Ranchers: Burgers, Wedge […]
Are you sick of us going to Art Cafe yet? At least we tried some new dishes this time — and we had some new faces, too. Karen, Tasha and Shannon. No matter who is dining with us, though, we […]
After our lunch at M. Wells, we did a little low impact museum visit at MoMA P.S. 1. One of the exhibits there through April is called The Talent Show, and it’s artists’s — and our own — takes on […]
M. Wells is a diner. But just on the outside. Here, instead of gum-snapping waitresses and stale coffee, you’ll find pickled pig tongue with housemade soda crackers. Served warm. You’ll also find bone marrow and escargot, oozing with a butter-garlic […]
Yes, as our friend Tania commented on facebook, Art Cafe is like our new Cheers! But we found a new discovery there for brunch Sunday, and I think it will become our regular order: Shakshooka: It’s eggs baked in a […]
We made the most delicious winter meal from Mindy Fox’s new cookbook, “A Bird in the Oven And then Some.” I can’t rave enough about the book, which is organized in a unique way: roast chicken recipes (and side dishes […]
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.
