Lucky for me, I live just a few minutes away from Westchester Greenhouse, a small farm holdout in the middle of a Cheeveresque suburb (Cheever, in fact, lived nearby in Ossining) just north of New York City. Except for a winter nap from January to March, Westchester Greenhouse ... [Read More] [Leave a comment]
Pear Pomegranate Waldorf Salad Recipe
This salad came about as a consolation recipe when I was unable to find Champagne grapes for Waldorf Salad with Champagne Grapes. Seasonal fruit is so…seasonal. One week the Champagne grapes were nestled sweetly in quart baskets at my farm stand, Westchester Greenhouse. Two ... [Read More] [Leave a comment]
In praise of suburban farmers: Westchester Greenhouse
My favorite produce stand is a suburban oddity: Westchester Greenhouse is a farm in the middle of Westchester County, a leafy suburb just north of New York City. Its 15 acres wedge into a corner plot of farmland girdled by homes and two-lane thoroughfares. To the west, ... [Read More] [6 Comments. Please leave another.]
Grandma’s San Joaquin Valley Peach Cobbler Recipe
This rich, sweet cobbler was one of my grandmother’s signature recipes. She often served it to my brother, sister and me on our visits to her home in Porterville, California in the 1970s. Each summer we kids stayed for a few weeks with Grandma, traveling—without adults!—by ... [Read More] [17 Comments. Please leave another.]
Old-Fashioned Peach Shortcake Recipe
When it comes to summer fruit desserts—cobblers, crunches, crisps, grunts and shortcakes—less is more. There’s not much you can do to improve the flavor of a perfectly ripe summer peach. Keep it simple with Old-Fashioned Peach Shortcake So don’t “mess up”—as my South ... [Read More] [Leave a comment]
