My husband and I have become pretty famous among our friends for our sour cherry pie. (And jam, but that’s a story for another time.) I love this pie, and I love to serve it on Fourth of July weekend. It’s so darn American, isn’t it?
Here’s a video where I show you my no-fail pie crust recipe, and my very special method of pitting cherries. Oh, and the oven almost explodes, too. Good times.
Hope you enjoy the video, and please — if you make the pie, comment here and let me know how it turned out! I’ll be watching the blog all weekend, so if you have questions, post them here. Happy Fourth!
After the jump, the recipes for No-Fail Pie Crust and Sour Cherry Pie.
I don’t know who I’m rooting for more…. they’re both talented and both hilarious. You can really tell from this video Heather and I put together to accompany this story, too. Kudos to videographer and editor Tania Savayan, too. Of course, the real stars are Michael and Brett. Take a look:
I went to Fairway in Paramus recently to talk to Ray Venezia, a third generation butcher, about what cuts of meat are economical and still tasty enough to serve to friends and family this Memorial Day weekend. Here’s what he told me: skirt steak, hanger steak, boneless sirloin and London Broil. Check out the video.
Also check out our video player on LoHud.com/food. I teamed up with other newspapers to put together a nice package of Great Grilling Ideas, including quick tips, recipes and more. Just hit the thumbnails under the player to browse. Enjoy!
Here’s a little profile that was meant to go with last week’s story of Table Local Market in Bedford Hills. I produced this video all by myself … writing, editing and shooting, well, almost! … You’ll have to watch till the end to see what I mean!
Here’s the first of six cooking videos we’re doing this holiday season to make cooking and entertaining easy — but fun! I have asked chefs to share their favorite dishes – but also asked them to simplify the recipes so you and I can make them in our own kitchens.
And just to be sure – the chefs did just that: they came to my tiny kitchen in Nyack and we cooked together.
Here. chef Jon Pratt of Peter Pratt’s Inn in Yorktown and Umami Cafe in Croton shows me how he makes his chestnut-squash soup. The recipe, after the jump.
Meet Suzie Fromer of Tarrytown, Bob Madigan of Purdys, Jeanne Geraci of Mount Vernon and Vivian Utko of Armonk, and watch as they start the Locally Grown cook-off at the Blue Hill Kitchen at Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture.
(Watch it on full screen if you can. Joe Larese did an amazing job editing.)
We’ll be annoucing the winner of our Locally Grown recipe contest at Harvest Fest at Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture on Saturday. (And it will be in the paper and here on the blog after that.) Here’s a little bit about the festival.
I know a lot of you usually come to this blog for breaking restaurant news. That’s coming, I promise. We’re working on a fall restuarant preview, and I’ll introduce you to all the new hip places you’re going to want to try over the next few months.
But during August, while restaurants are sleepy and patrons are on vacation, we’re cooking up a storm over here in the Locally Grown Recipe Contest. Here’s a little video explainer.
You could win dinner for two at Blue Hill at Stone Barns and a $300 gift certificate to mypersonalfarmers.com. The winners will participate in a cook off at Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture and get tickets to Harvest Fest on Oct. 4, when we’ll announce the winner. Good luck!
Karen Symington Muendell of Yorktown Heights sent in this recipe for the contest.
“I favor quick, fresh dishes for the summer months,” she says. “This is a combination of two recipes I created.”
What do you think of the recipe? Vote below. The reader favorite will win a cookbook.
Samantha Falk of Yorktown Heights sent in this recipe for the Locally Grown Recipe Contest.
“I like gardening,†she says, “but am bad at weeding and there was one particular succulent weed that was the bane of my existence. That is, until I was reading the last issue of Gourmet magazine and there it was — my weed! I am now thrilled to grow nutritious purslane.â€
What do you think of Falk’s recipe? Vote below. The reader favorite will win a cookbook.
I heart Jimmy Fink, the DJ over at 107.1 The Peak. He loves food as much as I do. And he loves to talk about it. And this, from a guy who’s met John Lennon.
Check him out, discussing the sangria over at Oporto.
In case you haven’t heard about the new (unpronouncable) cool white wine for summer, here’s a clip from RNN where I talk about it and I make other recommendations for delicious summer wines — in case you can’t find Txomin Extaniz. (And I’ve heard that, after it was in the paper yesterday, it sold out by 2 p.m. at Rochambeau, so it might be a hard bottle to nab!)
My new best friend Jimmy Fink just sent me an MP3 from this afternoon’s drive time show where he gives his recipe for hot summer weekend dining. Hint: he loves Walter’s!
For this week’s What’s Cooking segment on RNN, I went to Despana in SoHo, which supplies Spanish imports to restaurants like Espana in Larchmont, Meson Los Espanoles in White Plains and Peniche in White Plains. Take a look:
Today’s podcast features Jeffrey Kohn, the owner of Q Restaurant & Bar on Main Street in Port Chester, talking about how to make mint juleps.Podcast file:Flash video:
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