The Radical Homemaker

Warning: Blending authenticity with joy may arouse contempt.

Sap Bush Cafe Hearthside Brunch, Sat. Dec 30, 9-12

My grandmother believed that, to ensure prosperity in the new year, we should close out the old year with poverty food….I’ll take any excuse to enjoy this hearty soup. Split Pea Soup with Sap Bush bone broth, Dad’s maple-smoked ham hocks and Barbers’ veggies Fresh cornbread w/grassfed butter Wedge of NYS extra-sharp cheddar Homemade pie […]

Sap Bush Cafe Hearthside Brunch Sat, Dec. 16, 9-12

Hearty grassfed beef stew made with local and organic vegetables Fresh cornbread and grassfed butter Wedge of NYS extra-sharp cheddar Homemade pie GF and Prix Fixe  16.95   We also have a new breakfast menu item! The Farmers’ Breakfast: Sap Bush Hollow pastured pork Italian sausage sautéed with roasted red peppers & Barbers’ onions and […]

Holiday Mom

“I don’t get it, “ I rant.  Bob’s washing dishes while I toast pecans with one hand and whisk eggs and maple syrup with the other.  Ula works at crimping a pie crust at the kitchen table and Saoirse is at the spice drawer, putting together a blend.  “We cook and clean every day for […]

My Grandmother’s Eggnog

This recipe comes from Long Way on a Little: An earth lover’s companion for enjoying meat, pinching pennies and living deliciously. My grandmother passed away when I was sixteen, but to this day our entire family considers Christmas incomplete without a few gallons of her eggnog. For years I dutifully adhered to her method of standing […]

Selling it.

Become a Patron “You don’t show enough cleavage,” I was told by some cynical veteran writers one night after a bottle of wine.  “You’ll never make it as a popular writer.” “You don’t do lunch,” I was told by a New York publishing insider.  “You’ll never make it.” Long before I faced the brutal realities […]

Sap Bush Cafe Nov 18, 19, 20 Hearthside Brunch

Our turkey pick-ups will take place On Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, Nov 18, 19, & 20, from 9am-1pm. Thus, we will have extended hours this week. Not getting a turkey?  That’s okay.  Come see us anyway!  We have a special pre-Thanksgiving meal planned:   Shepherd’s Pie Barbers mashed potatoes over Sap Bush grassfed Beef, local […]