If you like the crisp edges of lasagne, the soaked croutons, the whipped cream that gets icy around the chocolate scoop - you’re in the right place.
Fall in the Hudson Valley needs no introduction. Outrageous beauty, so much going on. Beyond grilling sausages over the fire and warming tiny toes after many a failed hike, here’s what I’m most looking forward to…
Picking at Rose Hill:
Rose Hill grows something like 24 varieties of apples, including Shizuka, Fortune, Keepsake, and the usual suspects. Go early: eat cider donuts for breakfast, pick bushels, and get some of their unfiltered cider vinegar. Nearby, South Woods on the Bard campus has one of the few untouched old-growth forests in New York, and is a lovely place to recover from a post-picking sugar crash. Make pie when you get home (recipe next week).
Being first in line for the Montage Brocante:
The best antique store in the area (Montage) has these warehouse sales the day they unpack their containers from Europe.
