On German Chocolate

I recently blogged about a German Chocolate Sandwich Cookie that people all seem to love. [To find that post, please use the search box to the right.] One little issue has come up: multiple people have wondered if they can substitute other chocolate flavors. Just use...

Fleisher’s Meats: Pig to Pork Class on November 7!

I often write about fresh and organic and local. It does not get better than this opportunity next Sunday. If you want to literally experience fresh from the farm, Fleisher’s Grass-Fed & Organic Meats is having a Pig to Pork Class on Sunday, November 7th....

Where Have All The Posts Gone? [And the readers, too!]

This post is a techical apology. Uh, an apology about technology. We noticed our readership in the past two weeks had dropped. Dramatically. And the number of Google and Yahoo spiders that visit each day to index the site, well, those spiders were 99% exterminated. My...

Summer Fruits: Peaches and Watermelon

.  The thermometer almost made it to 100 today. Officially, it may be four weeks to the calendar’s start of summer, but in the Catskills it is already here. Over the next few months, I’ll be posting blogs on summer dishes. And this summer, I want to emphasize two...
What Friends do for Friends

What Friends do for Friends

The beauty of a lifetime dream should not be overshadowed by a temporary cloud. The past year has been difficult for couples who have fallen in love, dreamt of a storybook wedding, and paused at how to have the celebration of their lives in harsh economic times. At...

Culinary Teambuilding on NY1

Yippee! We hit the news. Cooking by the Book was featured as a Top Story on NY1 yesterday. Take a look at our beautiful kitchen and fabulous team at work.