I must admit to having been slightly taken aback when Andrew told me his weekend plans included making Ice Cream Sandwiches. Not that I didn’t want one. And when the smell of his dark chocolate ‘biscuit’ wafted through the kitchen, I could hardly wait until…
Salad lovers are in sheer heaven now and will be through the rest of the summer. The ingredients for perfect salads are everywhere. And the earliest part of the season yields the tenderest of greens. Arugula has its bite but it’s far from bitter which…
I fell in love with this recipe in a heartbeat. It just looked so fresh, so complex and yet so simple to make. It’s the invention of Molly Baz who is a Senior Associate Food Editor at Bon Appetit. She took her farmer’s market finds…
From Melissa Clark: “This tender Rhubard poundcake has slivers of vanilla-poached rhubarb running across the top and shot through the center, adding a tangy sweetness to the buttery crumb.” The annual arrival of Rhubarb at our local Bridgehampton farm stand is always cause for Andrew…
I realize I am a bit late to this party. For a while I thought Martha Stewart had given up cooking any other way than by using a sheet pan. She created 17 sheet pan suppers for Pork alone. She made everything from Pizza to…
This weekend begins what is always called “The Unofficial Start of Summer”. Never mind the Equinox is over three weeks away and it’s been horridly cold and rainy this month. Nevertheless, this is the weekend that New Yorkers give up their weekends in the city…
Letizia Mattiaci of Alla Madonna del Piatto Lucky me! I’ve been traveling most of the month of May. I’ve done two almost back-to-back river cruises, one on the Rhine from Basel, Switzerland to Amsterdam, Netherlands with stops along the way in France and Germany. A…
Every Fall, I make a point of ‘putting up’ some farm stand produce. “Putting up” was a phrase used by our grandmothers to describe canning enough vegetables to get their families through the winter. This was long before we were able to import fresh vegetables…
I don’t know how we got to the last week of August so quickly. But it’s been a wonderful summer here and every chance we’ve gotten, we’ve enjoyed great salads all made, with few exceptions, with ingredients found within five miles of our house. …
Chef Thomas Keller With the farm stands near us barely able to contain the bumper harvest from this glorious sunny summer in the Hamptons, it seems highly appropriate to bring you a great recipe for a vegetable feast. And what says summer more than…
One of the great joys of summer is that Andrew is back at the beach and back into baking. It’s not that we don’t have temporary bursts of wonderful cakes, pies and cookies at other times of the year, but in Summer he settles…
Something unspeakable happened last week in Bridgehampton. An extraordinary woman was taken from us as she crossed Main Street in a crosswalk. A driver, whose license had been suspended, hurtled through town in the dark and struck a local hero. An immensely…
Month after month, Martha Stewart Living takes us into the spectacularly photogenic homes of equally photogenic families. They share Martha’s passion for the domestic arts in their wonderfully curated and art directed living spaces. And there is always a prominently featured menu item that is…
Last Sunday, we gave a pool party for our god-daughter. It’s an annual event to celebrate her birthday for the four of us who are called “The Uncles”. Andrew and I and Terry and Shawn have watched Olivia grow up and we’ve been there…
PONANT EXPLORES THE GLOBE WITH A DECIDEDLY FRENCH ACCENT.
