Last week we featured the cookbook Plenty: Vibrant Vegetable Recipes from London chef, Yotam Ottolenghi, on our website and promised to test one of the recipes so we could include it as this week’s recipe. We decided to make the Puy (French) Lentil Galettes as the recipe was quite simple and sounded tasty. It was [...]
Breads (sweet & savory) 
Chaiwalla’s Famous Tomato Pie Recipe
It's that time of year again. More tomatoes than you know what to do with and this is the perfect way to use at least some of them. This was one of the most popular dishes at our 25th Anniversary Farm to Table Grazing Party so we thought we'd share it with you!
Best Ever Healthy Muffins
This recipe comes from my daughter, Dana. It is a great, healthy muffin and a welcome surprise for summer weekend guests. In fact, this recipe is a big favorite of Virginia Strull’s, who owns the Sugar Maple Suite (a bed & breakfast in Claverack, NY). She serves these delicious muffins to her lucky guests. Ingredients: 1-1/2 [...]
Spring Rhubarb Coffee Cake
This is one of my favorite spring/summer recipes from a tattered and well used paperback cookbook (“Ways to Use Your Bundt Pan”) given to me by my mom about 35 years ago.
Boiling-Water Dough (for pot-stickers & other dumplings)
From Michael Chesloff — our Dim Sum Cooking Class instructor. Boiling-Water Dough (Used for Pot-Stickers and other dumplings) All-purpose flour 2 cups Boiling Water 6 ounces (approximately) Salt 1/2 teaspoon It is easiest to use a food processor as the mixture is initially too hot for many people to handle. Place flour and salt in [...]
Tart of roasted squash, carmelized onions, goat cheese & bacon
To mark the re-opening of The Farmer’s Wife, I asked Job to share his recipe for this delicious, savory tart. He sent one over to the Barn for our staff and it was absolutely AMAZING! CLICK HERE FOR PRINTER FRIENDLY RECIPE Tart of roasted butternut squash, caramelized onions, goat cheese, bacon and rosemary Ingredients: 2 [...]
Savory Monkey Bread
Remember Monkey Bread? From my friend Katherine Martucci, this is one of those recipes similar to those I pulled out of my early marriage cookbooks (“Elegant But Easy Cookbook”). Katherine got this one from Ruth MacPhearson’s cookbook “That’s’ Entertaining”. Most of the Monkey Bread recipes I remember were sweet and sticky…this one is deliciously savory [...]
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
It’s all about pumpkins this month! This recipe comes from Virginia Strull who owns the Sugar Maple Suite (a bed & breakfast in Claverack NY). She loves this recipe which she got from one of the best cooks she knows…our own guest recipe blogger, Doris Cassar! Ingredients: 1 & 2/3 cup flour * 1 cup [...]
Fresh Corn Soup & Zucchini Muffins
Margaret Roach’s Summer Fest veggie of the week is Corn. And of course, our guest recipe blogger, Doris Cassar, has a great seasonal recipe that fits the bill. Enjoy! — Joan My daughter Edith and I love corn and never tire of finding new ways to prepare it. This light, simple soup came about when [...]
Red Lentil Soup with Lemon & Homemade Soft Pretzels
Here are two fun recipes from Dana’s kitchen. This healthy Red Lentil Soup is much more appealing to kids when it’s served with a New York City-looking pretzel!
