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Four & twenty blackbirds at Masala Farm

This post is devoted to the summer avian life present in Washington County and specifically at American Masala farm.  My husband Peter & I enjoy birding so decided start a list of all the birds we saw and heard during our visit. 

                        This is the stately prince of Masala Farm.  I cannot remember his name but I think it is an                       indian name that means Prince...Now I can only wonder who really wears the pants at

Masala Farm!  

This bird gets my vote!

Seeing him strut his stuff around the farm...like he owns the place.

and he does.

Rose Levy Beranbaum - A rose unlike any rose even a rose would know

 

How blessed we all were in North Country to have had Rose visit us with her able assistant Woody. The class at Battenkill Kitchen, the appearance on Dinner at Eight with Sally Longo and her stay at our farm shall always enrich our lives forever. Thanks Rose!

Thank you Michael, for having brought Rose into my life. We miss you and we are grateful you touched our lives. Thanks Ariane for all you did for us then, and all you do now. We are indeed blessed to have known you both, and to have you Ariane, still sharing your magic with us through Food Arts.

Thanksgiving with an exotic twist, guest post by Bonnie Deahl

November 25, 2010

When November rolls around each year we reflect on events that have influenced us and have made us change the way we live our lives.   Make it a point to stray from your comfort zone and do things you have never done.  This is where lives are lived fully…

Spring is here, new energy prevails. 5 minutes a day, and fresh bread is yours to bake. With Zoe Francois, you will change your life, and the quality of breads you place at your table, and into your mouth. Bake with Zoe @ The Battenkill Kitchen

For 50 cents or less a day, you can make and bake your own bread. You have total control over ingredients, and who can resist fresh bread? Had too many pumpkins in the garden? The above pumpkin brioche is yours to make and share. Easy, made in minutes (well 5 minutes a day to be exact) and delicious too.

Biscuits - Changing the way I think...

Biscuits and I have never been friends. From my first time eating them, to versions prepared by famous chefs from across the South, I never warmed up to them, even when they were warm. Now I realize, I had been tasting biscuits that had either gone too gourmet (and not tastier for that) or some that were just not good enough. Luckily for me, a visit by Bret Bannon, a dear friend from Minneapolis, changed this forever.

Wood fire - warming hearths and hearts

Sally and Joe Brillon are historians, teachers, great neighbors and most of all preservationists and good people. Our community in North Country (Washington County and the counties that border it) would be poorer were they not in its midst. Sally teaches Open Hearth Cooking Classes (call 518-854-3134), the classes sell fast). These classes take you back into time and are a must attend for anyone wanting to live mindfully, and wanting to understand what we once were, how we ate, and our food journey has been to this date.