Category Archives: Home Cooking

Feast on Happy Fowl (not Foul Chicken)

Posted on April 4, 2011 by upstatedowntown

By Kathryn Matthews Early spring in New York can be wet and wild, fluctuating between cold and mild; snow and rain.  The weather is raw, biting, often accompanied by windy lashings. As my body struggles to adjust to a season … Continue reading →

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Happy Cows Make Great Chili

Posted on February 9, 2011 by upstatedowntown

By Kathryn Matthews On a raw, bone-chilling afternoon, hinting of yet another snowstorm to come, I suddenly found myself craving chili.  Not vegetarian chili.  Nope, mere cooked kidney beans wouldn’t do.  This kind of frigid cold sparked a primal hunger … Continue reading →

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White Beans for a Snowy Evening

Posted on January 26, 2011 by upstatedowntown

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American Pie (vs. Pi) Day

Posted on January 23, 2011 by upstatedowntown

By  Kathryn Matthews There’s the movie.  The song.  Now, the holiday. NOT       Today, January 23rd, is National Pie Day—not to be confused with Pi (∏) Day—celebrated by math nerds (sorry…geniuses!) the world over—which falls on March 14th … Continue reading →

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Corn, Simply (and Perfectly)

Posted on August 3, 2010 by upstatedowntown

By Christopher Matthews August is peak corn season in the Hudson Valley. We just had the “butter and sugar” variety from Gill Family Farm the other day, purchased at the Montgomery Place Orchards’ farm stand in Red Hook, NY, and it … Continue reading →

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