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Way back when, chef Peter X. Kelly of Xaviars fame demonstrated this recipe for a video series for lohud.com. It’s a keeper. We’ve had it in our repertoire ever since. It makes for a fine holiday centerpiece. Peter Kelly’s Roast […]
I first made this recipe — which comes from the Williams Sonoma catalog — many years ago, and, to the delight of my guests, it was a huge hit. This time is no different. It’s a great inexpensive one-pot dish […]
It’s hard to argue with soup in winter. Or anytime, really. And when soup combines all of Greg’s favorite flavors: pork, Asian spices and bitter greens? Well, there’s no arguing at all. Greg did this one all on his own, […]
Sarah requested a revival of book club during her visit, so we all read Wiliam Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, and Greg led the discussion. All were well edified, and well fed, too. We started with Greg’s pickled onions and […]
Here’s another pasta recipe — pork ragu — from the Sara Jenkins school of sofrito. The mirepoix of onion, carrot, celery, garlic and spices is pureed and sauted to concentrate the flavors. It makes for an impressive ragu with a […]
It’s good luck to eat black eyed peas on New Year’s Day. We can use every little bit we can get! This recipe comes from Emeril and the Food Network, and I highly, highly recommend it. We were wowed, and […]
I’ve know about the web site Food52 for quite a while, but I hadn’t really explored it much. Shame! Since I started reading it more regularly, I’ve found tons of recipes I want to make, including Torrisi’s Spicy Sauce, Walnut-Sage […]
Maybe it was having the Korean chicken the weekend before? But I got some kind of bug, and we decided to have another bo ssam dinner. (The first one was in February, and it was really delicious.) Two big pork […]
Leftover salads — both leafy and potato with snap peas — with chopped pork and eggs. Yum! Related posts: Potato and Snap Pea Salad with Garlic and Parsley Lemon Pesto Recipe: Chicken and Romaine Salad with Peas, Feta and Mint […]
What took us so long? We’d heard about the bo ssam dinners at Momofuku Ssam Bar. We’ve had the Momofuku cookbook for a couple of years now. Sam Sifton wrote about the Bo Ssam dinner in the New York Times […]
Christmas 2011 came to a close with a pork tenderloin dinner and a delicious chocolate dessert from Didier Dumas. Chris was truly in love. Related posts: Christmas Eve at the Ranch 2010 Supper at the Ranch Christmas Dinner at the […]
Irene was a doll to bring dinner over on Friday night: pork shoulder, sweet potatoes, kale and a fried egg over brioche. All from Stone Barns and Blue Hill at Stone Barns. Wow. All we had to do was make […]
We celebrated Grandmom’s birthday with a supper in the orchard: pork, corn and Doris’ cucumber salad. We had a plum cake to finish. An end-of-summer meal if ever there was one. Related posts: Grandmom’s Birthday Dinner For Mother’s Day, Grandmom’s […]
Everything but the kitchen sink in the first pot, rice in the second. The makings of dinner. Related posts: Quick Barbecue Sauce Recipe: Roasted Vegetable Frittata Leftovers for a No-Cook Supper Agnolotti with Quick Tomato Sauce
Recession Sidecars? Yes. When you’ve got a big bottle of brandy you bought for a punch, sometimes you have to use it up. Even though you’d rather have cognac. We sipped these while putting the finishing touches on our Roman […]
I came across this recipe in “An Apple Harvest: Recipes and Orchard Lore” by Frank Browning and Sharon Silva (10 Speed Press). It turns out to be fabulous — and unlike most anything you’ve ever tasted. Try it. You’ll see. […]
As might be expected, our book club has turned into a sort of cooking club, too. Each meeting, the hosts try to match the meal with the book, whether through food mentioned it it, or inspired by a region. Kris […]
I was inspired by the book club to make a dish from New Mexico. We’re reading “Brave New World,” and that’s where John the Savage and his mother, Linda, are from. They get brought back to “civilization,” much like, as […]
Pretty much right after breakfast, Bob got started smoking some chickens and pork ribs for a lovely Father’s Day barbecue. Here’s the chef at work! More photos of the food and the guests, after the jump. Related posts: Supper: Hickory […]
SCF busted out the smoker for the first time in 2010 for a big-ass batch of pulled pork. We smoked 5 Boston Butts (pork shoulders) in all, which started out about 36 pounds and ended up yielding 16 pounds of […]
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.
