Fresh Peach Tart
Simple Fresh Peach Tart served on a Wild Bower Speckled Ceramic Platter
Peach Tart served on a Wild Bower Studio Handmade Speckled Ceramic Oval Serving Platter
What an insane summer! Typically our April is super rainy but the summer has really soaked us. So our normal exploration on the weekends have been washed out quite regularly, which means that we haven’t been “picking our own" in quite a while! Well, ask/wish and you shall receive. We happened to be at the right place at the right time to receive a beautiful bag full of freshly picked peaches just waiting to be transformed into something sweet and delicious though I could have probably eaten each peach on their own.
We did a poll on our Instagram page to see what folks thought we should make. One of the big winners was the peach tart. Simple and sunny we found our Peach Tart recipe from Food52. I didn’t follow their crust recipe because I had plans to make pies and quiches so I just made extra pie crust but I did follow the rest.
Peach Tart served on a Wild Bower Studio Handmade Speckled Ceramic Oval Serving Platter
Peach Tart served on a Wild Bower Studio Handmade Speckled Ceramic Oval Serving Platter surrounded by Sun Ray appetizer plates and textured side bowls
Blueberry Handpies
Blueberry hand pies are super easy to make and really easy to take with you on the go.
Blueberry Hand pies served on Wild Bower Studio Sun Ray platter and dinner plates
While last year I was very focused on foraging, this year I’m all about pick your own. It’s so satisfying to fill a bucket full of delicious treats. Finally we’ve made it to blueberry season and let me tell you… blueberries are incredible right off the bush. It’s amazing how different food tastes in the store vs from the garden.
The past weekend we had some friends over with their young daughter, who loved blueberries. So we decided what better way to enjoy the day but to pick our own blueberries which we now call Bloobs. Off to Saunderskill Farm!
It was a beautiful day and a really easy ride over to the farm. We were part of a hand full of groups who had a similar idea so we all had a lot of space to really get into it. Fast forward and we’ve filled 10 quarts!!! Once we returned home it was time to start figuring out what to do with all these bloobs. Jam was obviously the first step in this process and then time to bake. We wanted to make something that our young picker could easily handle so we went with blueberry hand pies. These treats are super easy to make and really easy to take with you on the go. We used this recipe from King Arthur Flour as our general guide.
Blueberry Hand pies served on Wild Bower Studio Sun Ray platter and dinner plates with hand dyed napkins
Morning Coffee & a Rustic Cherry Tart for Breakfast
The best mornings have coffee and dessert. We make a rustic cherry tart served on our handmade ceramic serving platter for breakfast.
When we moved out to the Catskill Mountains, we dreamt of quiet moments in nature feasting on delicious treats like this Rustic Cherry Tart served on one of our White Swirl Speckled Serving Platters. They are match made in heaven.
The spring and summer out here produce some of the most amazing fruits and this week we dove into cherries. Have you ever had a fresh cherry?!? For me, it’s like a dream that transports me back to childhood. There is nothing like a perfect cherry, so we set out to bake something that elevated the sweet and delicious fruit.
My mom recently came out to spend the weekend with us and boy, was it fun to show her around and get some time to cook together. My mom has always been a wonderful cook and baker. Normally, we’re baking Christmas cookies but it’s not quite the season for that so we opted for fresh Cherries that we picked up from local Farm, Barthel’s in Ellenville, NY.
Check out the delicious recipe created by Sheila at Life Love and Good Food
We sipped our morning coffee out of our handmade Flare Mugs and ate the tart for breakfast. It was such bliss!
Once you’re out of coffee, use our ceramic Coffeepot to display all of your happy flowers (I’ve been watching a lot of Boss Ross). This flower arrangement came from local Florist, Little Pebble Flower Farm.
Adventures in Narrowsburg, NY
Like every Saturday date day, we set out towards adventure! This weekend we decided on Narrowsburg, NY. Roughly 50 mins from Mountain Dale, it’s not a quick trip but it sure takes us through some beautiful turns like the historic town of Bethel (Where Woodstock really happened). During our drive we read and look up terms, ideas, history, etc that we’re curious about. This trip we spoke of the differences between falcons, hawks and eagles. We quickly stopped to forage a little bit of Chaga mushroom that we found during our foraging trip earlier this month.
We’re pretty familiar with this little big town located steps away from Pennsylvania but today we decided to explore it even more. Our focus for this trip was Captain Bludde’s Collectible’s, a toy & gaming store around the corner from main street. Filled with trains, miniatures, wooden ships and doll house parts, this store was super fun. It reminded me of a train store that was located in my hometown , Ridgefield Hobby. I was smitten.
Captain Bludde’s Collectible’s, Narrowsburg, NY
Across the street a beautiful rustic building layered in texture called to us - Maison Bergogne. How did I not visit this beautiful location before? I couldn’t quite figure out what it was - time capsule, antique store, photographer’s dream, art studio, home? There are so many beautiful oddities collected and displayed that I wanted to touch and take home.
After stopping by all of the main street shopping staples (Sunny’s Pop, Madame Fortuna, Narrowsburg Proper) we sat down at The Heron for a delicious brunch. My eggs prepared with cream cheese and scallions were amazing!
