Pear and Cranberry Crostata: Easy as pie for the holidays

December 12th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Allergies, Breakfast, Brunch, Christmas, Dessert, Dietary Restrictions, Dinner, Entertaining, Gardening, Greenport, Hanukkah, Holiday, Kosher, Long Island Wine, Lunch, New Year's, New York City, North Fork, Preserves, Snack, The baking corner, Tips, Vegan, Vegetarian, canning

· 2 Comments · Allergies, Breakfast, Brunch, Christmas, Dessert, Dietary Restrictions, Dinner, Entertaining, Gardening, Greenport, Hanukkah, Holiday, Kosher, Long Island Wine, Lunch, New Year's, New York City, North Fork, Preserves, Snack, The baking corner, Tips, Vegan, Vegetarian, canning

Festive pear and berry pie, rustic cranberry crostata with whipped cream for your colorful holiday dessert table or tea time.

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Genovese Walnut Salad

October 6th, 2011 · No Comments · Brunch, Cuvee at The Greenporter Hotel, Dinner, Entertaining, Fall Recipes, Gardening, Greenport, Holiday, Kosher, Snack, Vegetarian, Wine, Winter Recipes

· No Comments · Brunch, Cuvee at The Greenporter Hotel, Dinner, Entertaining, Fall Recipes, Gardening, Greenport, Holiday, Kosher, Snack, Vegetarian, Wine, Winter Recipes

A little Italian salad from Genoa to celebrate Columbus Day weekend? Try this insalata a la Nocchi with some fresh frisee from the farmstand and pair it with a bottle of Tavola from Raphael Vineyards.

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New You Of 2010: What’s in the White House Garden-vegetables on your table?

January 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Dinner, Winter Recipes

· No Comments · Dinner, Winter Recipes

As part of my new year’s resolution to relax, eat better and “smell the roses“, I watched an Episode of Iron Chef today. They featured produce from the White House garden being served up so many different ways by culinary masters like Bobby Flay, Mario Batali and Emeril Lagasse with White House chef Cristeta Comerford. Despite the players (other [...]

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Harvest Breakfast Spinach-Mushroom Baked Eggs and Pumpkin Bread

October 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Breakfast, Brunch, Fall Recipes, Vegetarian, Wine

· No Comments · Breakfast, Brunch, Fall Recipes, Vegetarian, Wine

The leaves on the North Fork don’t really change until the end of October with colors piquing in November. The farmstands along Routes 25 and 48 are packed with miles of pumpkins of all different types and sizes. I love anything made with pumpkin, especially at breakfast.
If you have a chance to head out to the North Fork, stop at any of our farmstands and pick up a cheese pumpkin for a pumpkin bread to serve in place of coffee cake for breakfast with some delicate Spinach-baked eggs.

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What is the Seasoned Fork?

Photo by: Chris Sanders

I started this blog in an effort to inspire the consumption of local food and local wine on the North Fork of Long Island. And even if you are reading this from your computer in another state or another country, I am hoping to motivate you to think about and cook with the food that grows around you. This blog can be for the occasional cook who is looking for sensational yet simple recipes or the gourmand who wishes to push their culinary limits by using new seasonal ingredients in their kitchens. And for foodies who want the inside scoop on the North Fork food scene, stay tuned to Seasoned Fork and stay hungry!

My Kitchen

I have been cooking in my kitchen at The Greenporter Hotel for almost eight years now. I was always a cook at heart even though my education and career took me in other directions. I began building this kitchen in March of 2001 and worked on every corner of it's design. Having a kitchen on the North Fork of Long Island is every chef's dream. Here you have local products sprouting in farms all around you. Whether it is local oysters, duck, mushrooms or Striped Bass, it's all fresh and even more heavenly accompanied by a glass of local wine. We cook using these local ingredients year-round. In the winter you'll find us here on the weekends and from Memorial Day to Labor Day you'll find us seven days a week. Let us know next time you stop at a farmstand and pick up some really beautiful locally grown or harvested goodies and SEND ME A LINE! I'll be happy to post some recipes for just for you.