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It’s just my favorite time of year to shop the market. With tomatoes like this, how can you resist?
With our own homegrown tomatoes. Delicious.
At the Nyack Farmers Market, where everything is beautiful. These cucumbers will soon be pickles. Still life with heirloom tomatoes.
A Saturday morning trip to the Tarrytown-Sleepy Hollow Farmers Market, which has some of the best vendors in the region. Blooming Hill! Fishkill Farms! Bien Cuit Bakery! Tomatoes are finally here! The cheeses from Chaseholm Farm Creamery were delightful. The Samantha […]
Last year I told you that this ratatouille is so good it’s scary. This year I will tell you that it’s still that good. Not slimy. Not mushy. It tastes of summer vegetables: each individual one and all of them […]
Mom, heading out of town, dropped off her CSA share. In it were peppers, eggplant, tomatoes and squash. Ratatouille, then! I dreaded the idea of having to saute (or roast) each vegetable separately, and so I was so thrilled to […]
Sometimes I wonder whether this blog should be called “homage to Bon Appetit.” Another winner here, from chef Yotam Ottolenghi: Tomato, Onion and Roasted Lemon Salad. [amd-zlrecipe-recipe:9]
About to pull out of the driveway on the way to work one morning, and I was struck at how beautiful the Black Eyed Susans were. Finally, this little corner of the farm, neglected so long, is getting its due. […]
My hunna makes a killer pizza. Tonight is no exception. Basil and tomatoes from the garden, fresh mozzarella, too. Fabulous.
A beautiful late-summer supper.
A simple hors d’oevure, fabulous spread over goat cheese on baguettes. And delicious the next day in omelettes. An easy, set-it-and-forget-it recipe from the farm’s friend Peggy, who recommends leaving the skins on and seeds in for a nice country-style […]
It’s the time of year for putting up tomatoes. Or just cooking with them instead of simply slicing and serving. And sometimes, for that, peeled is better. In this post, I’ll show you how to peel tomatoes. I’m not saying […]
A look at what’s growing at Sour Cherry Farm in early September. Th sidewalk with zinnas. I like the little ones at about 11 o’clokc best. They don’t sitck out quite as far and just bring a pretty color to […]
The weather was iffy, but as dinner time rolled around, it became apparent that we’d be able to screen SCF’s first “first run” film of the season. (If you can call a DVD release a first run!) Tasha supplied The […]
Another hit from Bon App this summer: a grain salad with peaches, arugula, tomatoes and quick pickled onions. And, get this: the pickling liquid becomes part of the salad dressing! Bon App recommended quinoa for the dish, but Greg and […]
A few shots of the gorgeous heirlooms coming from the market and our garden this time of year:
Little baby tomatoes, fresh basil from the fields and fresh mozzarella from Dante’s. Let the summer menus begin!
We can’t get enough caprese salads this time of year. Burgers are just the excuse to have a salad.
Greg was making some bruschetta with tomatoes from the garden. He salted them and let them be for a while. As he was draining them, he realized he had a magical elixir on his hands. We mixed the tomato water […]
Steak, tomatoes and corn. One of the great summer meals, don’t you think? And we started with lemon-thyme gimlets in the orchards by the pear tree.
The whole family — Grammy & Leighlo, Wilson, Sarah, all the cousins and us — enjoyed a summer meal at the farm. Les Dorkages:
I guess people rushed the doors when the Nyack Garden Club’s plant sale opened at 10 a.m. We got there a little later, but we still found some good stuff, including Nigella (Love in a Mist), Nepeta (catmint), tomatoes, basil […]
We got home, cracked a nice bottle of Wollfer rose and made ourselves some lobster rolls. The great trick we picked up from Red Hook Lobster Pound? Don’t just spread butter on your toasted bun. ACTUALLY toast your bun in […]
Before Karen left, the Ausseis had to get a chance to catch up, and it was nice just to have an evening on the porch. We had a great summer supper of skirt steak, corn and tomatoes, with a couple […]
Watermelon-peach-tomato salad. Steak. Corn. And more tomatoes. Can’t beat that with a stick. And, just because it’s so pretty, a little slicing tomato action here above the jump:
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. […]
The peas and the onions are ready for harvest. More photos of the gardens, including our bees on our lavender (!), after the jump.
Patrick makes a mean steak, and tonight’s dinner was no exception. He served it with a green salad, roasted new potatoes and a sauteed tomatoes with herbs.
The plants got a late start this year, but the garden seems to be perking up quite a bit now that Memorial Day weekend is here. Here’s a look around, starting with the chives in the herb garden:
On Saturday of Derby Day, we muddled some mint with bourbon and crushed some ice. Out came the pewter cups and over came the neighbors. A couple of mint juleps later — and they’re off! Afterwards, we all sat down […]
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.
