Eat. Drink. Live.
Marissa and I met for sips and snacks at BU 8, a new gastropub in White Plains. I’m loving the concept — upscale twists on bar food — but I think the execution needs a little work yet. Dirty Chips, for […]
In the little park off to the side of Madison Square Park — sometimes home to a Christmas Village or another such pop-up — there is right now a garden of eating. Food trucks, including one from Roberta’s in Brooklyn, […]
We had pizza two nights this week. We got on a jag, I guess. Here’s a look at them both. I’m not sure I want to call this an Iron Pizza Chef, but if you feel you’d like to vote, […]
Burrata, a restaurant in Eastchester, is named after the creamy, silky cheese: a combination of mozzarella and cream. And though there are several dishes that feature burrara, the star of the menu is the pizza. It’s cooked in a beehive-shaped […]
Next stop, after our appetizers at Brooklyn Flea? Lunch, of course! We enjoyed a leisurely lunch in the garden at Franny’s, where we tasted a farro salad with corn, zucchini, almonds, manchego, spring peas and scallions with a lemon vinaigrette. […]
A couple of pizzas, a little chicken parm… how can you go wrong? Especially with dining companions such as these: Related posts: Pizza at the Mountain House Mountain House with Grandmom Dinner at Hudson House in Nyack Great Pizza […]
A lunch of leftovers. Fruit salad, egg salad, chicken salad and pizza. Delishy! Related posts: Lunch at Haiku in White Plains Lunch at Pastis and a Walk on the High Line Lunch at Coppa in the South End Lunch at […]
Dough from Old World. Greg’s homemade sauce. Mozz. Basil. Parm. Related posts: Iron Pizza Chef: Pizza Night in America Grilling Pizza on a Stone Pan Pizza from Old World Market Iron Pizza Chef, Battle IX
We headed back to Polpettina for a Restaurants We Love story for The Journal News, and confirmed, that, yes, the pizza is still delicious. So is the chicken: crispy skin, juicy meat and terrific roasted vegetables alongside. Related posts: Great […]
I almost wouldn’t post this meal if it weren’t for the wonderful time we had celebrating Irene’s birthday. I mean. How many times can you go to a restaurant in just one month? Three, I guess. The answer is three. […]
Boo came to spend the weekend at Sour Cherry Farm, and we made supper on Friday night easy by heading out for pizza at the Mountain House. You’ve seen photos of the pizza there already (link here) and good thing, […]
Everybody around Nyack and Piermont has been buzzing about O Lar, the new restaurant with the wood-burning oven just north of downtown Piermont. We snuck in early one weeknight and snagged a table, but otherwise, hard to know whether we […]
I’ve been hearing good things about Polpettina in Eastchester for the past year or so — and for good reason. The pizza at is terrific. It’s not cooked over a coal fire — not even a wood fired oven — […]
Being in Pleasantville for a showing of Casablanca at the Jacob Burns Film Festival, we decided to give the new wine bar, Battonage, a try. It’s a nice alternative to the other restaurants in town, which are either pubs or […]
You might be humming the Squeeze song right now (Pulling mussels from a shell!). But this is no silly little matter. This is good food, folks! It was way too hot to cook inside, so we took it outside. Good […]
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 […]
To start the Memorial Day weekend off, Greg and I headed to Lowe’s for our home-related purchases and then out for pizza. Cassie’s makes a fine one in its coal-fired oven. Related posts: Iron Pizza Chef, Battle IX Jake’s Stadium […]
Irene came over for a glass of wine on the porch, and we found ourselves enjoying the warm weather so much that we didn’t want to leave to go downtown to the pub. We scrounged in the kitchen and found […]
A warm spring evening. Tickets to “Anything Goes.” A sip and a snack with my friend Kelli. How lucky are we! Related posts: Pre-Theater Dining at Pam Real Thai in Midtown Excellent Pre-Theater Dining at Toloache in Midtown Pre-Theater Supper: […]
I can’t say enough good things about Tarry Lodge. We went for lunch on Friday to say goodbye to a friend and colleague, Mary Lynn, and had another delicious meal. I tried the asparagus Milanese: Soft-cooked egg over grilled asparagus […]
We’ve tried another method for homemade pizza: buying dough from Old World Market rather than making it ourself. You know what? Pretty darn good! Related posts: Deep Dish Pizza: Cook’s Illustrated Strikes Again Iron Pizza Chef: Pizza Night in America […]
We stayed in and took it easy Saturday night. Greg made deep dish pizza — the same recipe from a few weeks back. I like that you do everything from scratch. Sure beats Boboli! One year before: Urban Italian’s Sheeps […]
Another Sunday, another playoff game, another turn down at the pub. Again, Boo was with us. Sorry for the blur. Related posts: OVI for Wings and Pizza Delicious Pizza at Motorino Bobby’s Burger Palace: This Burger is Crunchified!
OK, I don’t know what’s come over me. I said in this post here on Cook’s Illustrated’s Pot Roast that I’d mostly given up using Cook’s Illustrated recipes because they were too fussy. But this recipe is like they read […]
On the night before the night before Christmas, no one was stirring — a pot, that is. We knew we’d have enough cooking coming up over the next two days, so we took to the pub. And Olde Village Inne […]
After my morning walk, I headed back to the apartment Greg and I rented on Marlborough Street to see how his highness was doing. (Sorry: no photos of the apartment, I forgot. But you can check it out on VBRO.com […]
What would a weekend in New York be without trying some fancy, artisanal, Neapolitan-style pizza? Nothing. The answer would be nothing. So we found ourselves at Motorino. The weekend is saved. We are happy. Related posts: Iron Pizza Chef: Pizza […]
Before seeing “American Idiot,” Greg and I went to Mary’s favorite pre-theater spot, Nizza. For pizza. Related posts: Saturday Supper: Korean Lettuce Wraps with Boo and Irene Supper at Cafe Barcel Welcome to the New Sour Cherry Farm Sunday Supper […]
It’s Pizza Night in America, folks. And normally, that means we can expect a pepperoni-olive from our man Gregory. But not today folks. I was shocked — shocked — to see that Greg strayed from his usual. Related posts: Crock Pot […]
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.
