Along places like Uganda, with its exotic and diverse topography of savanna, lakes, rainforests and glaciers; the verdant and shimmering Caribbean island of Grenada; and Bodø, the snow-covered captial of Norway’s Nordland Province, National Geographic Traveler Magazine has chosen the Hudson Valley as one of the top 20 places in… Read More →
I got word this morning about the menu at the Winemakers’ Dinner at Westchester Magazine’s Wine & Food Weekend, and wow does it sound good. In case you need a reminder, the Wine & Food Weekend is May 17 to 20 in White Plains, and there are three nights and… Read More →
Linda Lombroso had an absolutely terrific story in yesterday’s paper — a riff on the Food Network’s show “The Best Thing I Ever Ate.” I’ll just let her tell the story: The smells and tastes of Jewish holiday meals tend to linger in the mind for years — even if… Read More →
We know — golf isn’t about food. But everyone has to eat, right?? If you’re at the 2011 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship at Westchester Country?Club in Harrison this week and hunger pangs hit, there are four spots to go. The main concession, next to the 18th fairway and called… Read More →
One of the best things about January is the promise that, at the end of the cold, dark and wintry month, you can look forward to the annual Sausage and Beer Dinner at Blue Hill at Stone Barns. Chef and kitchen director Adam Kaye creates a menu of stuffed, cured… Read More →
Good morning and happy ice storm Wednesday. It’s Groundhog Day, right? And we do feel like we’ve seen this weather before? Forgive me — again — for not being able to get to the blog until Wednesday this week. I’ve got a lot of my plate (no pun intended) these… Read More →
Dan Barber Restaurant: Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills; Blue Hill in Manhattan Born: Oct. 2, 1969 in New York, N.Y. Grew up: New York, N.Y. Culinary School: French Culinary Institute Experience: Campanile and La Brea Bakery, Los Angeles, Calif.; Bouley, Manhattan; Michel Rostang, Paris, France. Cooking style… Read More →
I like booze. And I like dessert. But I never thought I liked booze in dessert. At least until one freezing-cold night — a New Year’s celebration just a couple years ago. I spent an entire weekend with friends making cassoulet from scratch. After eating a rich stew of beans,... Read More →
Good morning and happy Monday! Rather dreary out today, isn’t it? But we sure could use the rain. And I’m sitting on my front porch right now, watching it come down over my garden (which Bill Cary so kindly posted about this week on his In the Garden blog), and… Read More →
Good morning and happy Monday. I should be able to give you more Small Bites posts this week — since we’re wrapping up the fall restaurant preview that will publish on Wednesday. I don’t want to scoop too much of what’s in print – though Small Bites readers already have… Read More →
Good afternoon and happy Tuesday. Sorry I’m late on this post this week. You always think August is going to be slow, and, at least in the food writing business, it never is. I’m getting ready for the fall restaurant preview — and believe it or not, there are tons… Read More →
EDIT: Apologies, kids! I thought I had published this early this morning, and here I am packing up to go home and I just realized it was still in my drafts folder! So sorry… Good morning and happy Monday. It was a beautiful weekend, wasn’t it? Finally the air conditioning… Read More →
The Fifth Annual Sausage & Beer Dinner at Blue Hill at Stone Barns had copious amounts of coppa, big plates of bologna and huge portions of hog. I was stuffed — and that doesn’t usually happen at Blue Hill. The dinner was filling — but also fabulous. My one and… Read More →
Over the past two weeks, I’ve immersed myself in sausage and beer. OK that sounds like I’ve been taking a bath in it. Not exactly. But, because of a the 5th annual Sausage and Beer Dinner, and a master class that preceded it, I’ve been learning about both, making and… Read More →
Good afternoon and happy Tuesday. I’ve been caught up with writing for tomorrow’s paper, so I’m only now getting to the blog and this week’s Local Links. My apologies! First, thanks again for all your get-well wishes. I can’t believe how many people emailed and commented — and you all… Read More →
There are still a few seats left for the 5th annual Sausage and Beer Dinner, which will be held at Jan. 31 at Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills. The event, which started as a small event in the private dining room, has grown exponentially: now more than… Read More →
Ferran Adria, one of the world’s most famous and innovative chefs, was at Blue Hill at Stone Barns earlier this month to introduce Estrella Damm Inedit, a beer developed by the beverage team at his restaurant, El Bulli, in Roses, Spain. Here, Ferran explains how the beer was brewed especially… Read More →
Today in print we have a nice mix of stories. First up, Mark Kennedy of the Associated Press has written an insightful profile of Dan Barber of Blue Hill at Stone Bars in Pocantico Hills. Dan won the James Beard Award for best chef in the U.S. earlier this month,... Read More →
In last night’s episode we got some local Top Chef action. The cheftestants spent the day on the farm at Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture, and cooked in the kitchen at Blue Hill at Stone Barns. After the jump, a rundown of the local scenes.
Did you catch it? Top Chef was in Westchester on the show tonight! Chef-testants were divided into three “protein” teams — lamb, chicken and pork — to see who could come out on top using the freshest of farm ingredients from the farm at Stone Barns Center for Food &... Read More →
Josh Lawler, chef de cuisine at Blue Hill at Stone Barns, shows me the secret of the deliciousness of the soft-cooked egg at Blue Hill at Stone Barns. So happy. He uses heirloom shelling beans from Rancho Gordo.com, but feel free to substitue regular ol’ beans. Especially good for New… Read More →
Hi y’all. Happy Monday. I had a wonderful time. Didn’t do much cooking, though. Fried chicken with friends on Friday (not at my house!) — — and Saturday busy with other holiday gatherings. On Sunday, I went to Lyndhurst to see the fairy tale Christmas with Christopher Radko (and got… Read More →
I just got this email. Reservations sell out quickly. I had a fabulous time last year. Click here to see the photos frm the dinner. Info: HIGH ON THE HOG give the gift of food & merriment in 2009 and get high on the hog again 4th ANNUAL SAUSAGE &... Read More →
Starting today, Alex Grunert — the pastry chef at Blue Hill at Stone Barns — will be preparing traditional stollen to be sold at the cafe throughout the holidays. A small loaf will be $8 and a larger loaf $15 $21 (they got bigger than he thought!). He will also… Read More →
Here’s the second part of the Locally Grown show, where chef Anthony Badagliacca critiques the contestants techniques. (Watch the first part here.)
Grub Street, New York magazine’s food blog, linked to today’s profile on Jeanne Geraci of Mount Vernon, a finalist in our Locally Grown Recipe Contest. As writer Linda Lombroso mentioned in the story, Jeanne had an e-mail conversation with Dan Barber before the contest, so thought it was pretty cool… Read More →
This press release just in from the CIA: THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA TO HOLD ADMISSIONS RECEPTION AT BLUE HILL AT STONE BARNS Aspiring Culinarians to Receive $500 Grant Hyde Park, NY, August 12, 2008 – Budding chefs, bakers, and foodservice industry leaders: The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in… Read More →
Have you heard about the Locally Grown Recipe Contest? Enter your best recipe using locally grown ingredients and you could win a dinner for two at Blue Hill at Stone Barns and a $300 gift certificate to mypersonalfarmers.com! Finalists will participate in a cookoff at Stone Barns Center for Food… Read More →
Two local chefs were on TV this week. Dan Barber of Blue Hill at Stone Barns was a judge on the finale of Top Chef on Bravo, and Jeffrey Vaden of White Plains was eliminated from “The Next Food Network Star.†Barber played sous chef to Richard Blais, the chef-testant… Read More →
Wednesday’s section has stories on shopping, pub food and fund-raising, plus the salmonella outbreak and a list of farmers markets. Laureen Barber, the marketing and design director of Blue Hill at Stone Barns, was honored for humanitarian efforts. (Karen Croke, InTown Westchester) Budget-friendly dining: Noel’s in Stony Point. (Audrey Green,... Read More →
