Sylvia Carter

Sylvia Carter 11/24/10 A taste for the future, with deep thanks for the past

The oven I now call mine bakes a little high. I remind myself that in ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 11/9/10 Violet sweet potatoes fuel a purple passion

Learn how to make purple sweet potato mousse ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 10/26/10 How to make pear cream pie

Our food columnist unearthed this gem after sifting through her collection of old cookbooks and ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 10/13/10 Delicious apple cake stands the test of time

Bebe Calobrisi Barbella of Muttontown sent me her apple cake recipe last month, and a ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 9/28/10 Cauliflower, once king, still is LI royalty

Likely you think of lobster or a juicy steak as a luxury, but cauliflower? Yet, ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 9/13/10 Try agave instead of sugar

Way back when aspartame was new, I wrote about it and opined that it'd never ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 8/17/10 Nothing says summer like pork roast

Summertime, and the livin' is easy in the kitchen, to paraphrase Gershwin. ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 7/19/10 A child farmer's life: garlic and Nancy Drew

Making farm fresh roasted garlic with Clare Barbato ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 6/21/10 Sprinkles turn everything into a party

There's something magical about sprinkles, whether on ice cream or cupcakes ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 6/7/10 Macerating, and other ways to preserve fruit

Learn how to make mashed strawberries with maple cheese. ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 6/1/10 Rhubarb now plentiful and cheap

Rhubarb-strawberry tart recipe ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 5/3/10 A souffle for all your 'mothers'

On Mother's Day, it is customary to reminisce about mom's cooking. ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 4/27/10 Sunrise breakfast recipe for farmers and friends

Fruit-filled pineapple isn't just for farmers ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 4/12/10 The Original Soup Man can be found in 'frozen'

The so-called "Soup Nazi" might not approve, but you can stretch his new frozen soups ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 3/31/10 The freshest eggs ever from your own backyard

You, too, can keep chickens in your backyard and gather fresh eggs. It's not far-fetched. ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 3/2/10 Retro recipes for old-fashioned comfort food

Apple pie, pear compote, roast chicken and tuna noodle casserole are timeless treasures ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 2/12/10 A well-versed romance

There is a rhyme and reason to this relationship -- both parties are poets. ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 1/19/10 Winter treats from the Westhampton Beach Farmers Market

Farmer Ed Thompson of Flanders, decked out in a shirt printed with mule deer and ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 1/11/10 Fried mac 'n' cheese? Don't think, just eat

Frying by the spoonful elevates macaroni and cheese to a whole other level. ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 1/5/10 Embrace root vegetables for winter soups

My friend Judith Thompson of Mount Sinai will never forget the time she made what ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 12/9/09 Food books by Long Island authors

It's common now to search out local vegetables, wines, eggs and cheeses. Who needs garlic ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 11/24/09 Eastern Farm Workers help others, one another

On Thanksgiving, even people who are down on their luck are often treated to a ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 10/27/09 Indulge in real whipped cream

When fall arrives, snowflakes can't be far from flying. Across the Long Island Sound in ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 10/13/09 Nourished by Gourmet - and sad the feast is ending

Last week, to cut expenses, Condé Nast decreed that November's issue of Gourmet will be ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 9/29/09 Enter for prizes in Riverhead County Fair

Plus, get Sylvia Carter's blue ribbon cake recipe ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 9/15/09 A book that inspires: 'Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It'

Learn how to make your own stuffed olives. ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 9/8/09 Best ways to preserve fresh basil

Basil is the one herb people hate to see disappear as summer wanes. I used ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 8/25/09 Pierre Franey still inspires, even from his grave

Late and legendary chef Pierre Franey used to bicycle around East Hampton and environs in ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 8/11/09 You don't need to rush sweet corn

Set a big pot of water to boil. Take a big, old-fashioned metal dishpan or ... Read more »

Other Columnists 7/29/09 You'll thank a farmer when you eat this

The goods at Sang Lee Farms in Peconic, on the Island's North Fork, are postcard ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 3/25/09 A LA CARTER: Hip, hip hooray, but not for frozen peas

Note to entrepreneurs: I think there is a big market, and ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 3/11/09 A LA CARTER: A 'salt snob' waxes eloquent on Celtic salt

Lately, we have all heard and read about salt. On one side ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 1/28/09 A LA CARTER: Hemp: A good, but odd, fatty-acid source

Hemp and marijuana are not the same thing. Hemp, which is ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 1/14/09 A LA CARTER: Kitchen memories from World War II

Last year when I wrote about saving money on food during ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 12/31/08 A LA CARTER: Forget resolutions; try a new cake recipe for the new year

New Year's resolutions don't have to be about building ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 12/17/08 A LA CARTER: Church food pantry nourishes body, soul

One woman chose a jar of olives, a luxury. Another one ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 12/10/08 A LA CARTER: She makes a Dickens of a Christmas ...

Surely there has hardly every been a better time than now ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 11/19/08 A LA CARTER: My take on toting Thanksgiving goodies

When I'm asked to do a column on something that it is hard ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 10/22/08 A LA CARTER: The scariest foods? Just a matter of taste

Usually, scary food just happens. ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 10/15/08 A LA CARTER: A great lady and her sundae kind of love

When death stares you in the face, have a hot-fudge sundae. ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 10/8/08 A LA CARTER: Honey producer who cares for Bees' Needs

When first I tasted Bees' Needs Honey, it had an honest ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 9/24/08 A LA CARTER: See the possibilities in green tomatoes

For a tomato, it's not easy being hard and green. ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 9/17/08 A LA CARTER: Preserving summer's basil and memories

Soon, fragrant fields of basil will be only a memory until ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 9/10/08 A LA CARTER: Spreading Sunshine with Hydrox's return

Sometimes one person, or a few, really can make a ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 9/3/08 A LA CARTER: Sang Lee Farms now brings meat to table

Sang Lee Farms in Peconic is known for specialty greens, ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 3/18/08 Full Easter menu made with local ingredients

Instead of buying salad greens and asparagus from California, you can find alternatives grown closer ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 10/16/07 A LA CARTER

Shallots, long a sweet secret weapon of chefs, have finally ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 10/9/07 Master mentor's kitchen lessons

Jonathan Waxman was just about the only wildly celebrated ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 9/25/07 A LA CARTER

Toss that rancid container of garlic powder into the trash. ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 9/18/07 A GOLDEN AGE OF APPLES

To every apple there is ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 9/4/07 A LA CARTER

After Sept. 11, 2001, some Missouri farmers went to the ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 8/7/07 Sylvia's alcoholic lemonade

Time was when I lived in a house high above the Long Island ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 6/12/07 A LA CARTER: SCARLET RED MORSELS FROM HEAVEN

The names alone are enough to seduce me: Sweet Charlie, ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 3/20/07 A LA CARTER

Every week, good news and bad flies into my in-box. ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 10/10/06 A LA CARTER

The land is rolling, with stretches of rich, black soil ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 10/3/06 A LA CARTER

John Doherty was 27 when he became the executive chef of ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 9/26/06 A LA CARTER

This cookbook starts with a family tree that details the ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 9/19/06 A LA CARTER

Federico, my friend from Italy, spooned up a bowl of creamy ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 9/12/06 A LA CARTER

This is another banner year for New York State's apple ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 9/5/06 A LA CARTER

David Falkowski's king oyster mushrooms unfurl to look like ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 8/29/06 A LA CARTER

Each morning at Wickham's Fruit Farm in Cutchogue, bags of ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 8/22/06 A LA CARTER

Nowadays, many folks would like their food to be ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 8/15/06 A LA CARTER

Few nowadays recall the names of peach varieties. Therein ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 7/25/06 Height OF THE SEASON

Let's get one thing straight about Long Island corn. ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 7/18/06 A LA CARTER

Nothing says summer better than a frosty root-beer float. ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 7/11/06 A LA CARTER

Roy Finamore has worked as an editor with the likes of ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 7/4/06 A LA CARTER

Ithaca might just be worth a trip this summer. I'd go on a ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 6/27/06 A LA CARTER

Buffalo still roam on the plains. Chicken-fried steak still ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 6/13/06 A LA CARTER

It all began with a daffy idea that had an alliterative ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 6/6/06 A LA CARTER

Toward the end of May, I start to scan the roadside stands ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 3/21/06 A LA CARTER

Honey Laden Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches, Vertebrate ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 3/14/06 A LA CARTER

Last week, I ate the deadliest fish in the world. ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 3/7/06 A LA CARTER

Move over, "Sideways." ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 2/28/06 A LA CARTER

Thursday I bought a pre-wrapped, juicy-looking rib eye ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 2/21/06 THE BOUNTIFUL EAST END

On New Year's Eve of 2004, Brian Halweil and Stephen ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 2/14/06 A La Carter

A month or two ago, while I was standing in line at the ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 2/7/06 A LA CARTER

A couple of weekends ago, Rob Devinney of Southampton ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 1/31/06 A LA CARTER

In a long-ago time before television, families used to make ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 1/17/06 A LA CARTER

Once upon a time, pigs had room to run and play, wallow in ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 1/10/06 A La Carter

The year 2005 was filled with bad news, but on the food ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 1/3/06 A LA CARTER

Lately, I have been moving. I did not want to go. I wanted ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 10/11/05 A LA CARTER

This is a different kind of food story. It is a story about ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 10/4/05 A La Carter

Dana Van Buskirk spread a slice of homemade bread thickly ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 9/27/05 A LA CARTER

For the third year in a row, New York State and Long Island ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 9/20/05 A LA Carter

In the world of wine, there has never been a man like ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 9/13/05 A LA CARTER

The Saturday night after Katrina, in solidarity with the ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 6/14/05 A LA CARTER

Would that I had known about cupcake wedding cakes a few ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 6/7/05 A LA CARTER

Make mine a "double." ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 3/29/05 A LA CARTER

Bare vines held up their arms as if thirsty to drink in a ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 3/15/05 A LA CARTER

Maybe a few fanatical grillers and smokers have been out ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 3/8/05 A LA CARTER

In recent times, popcorn has fallen into ill repute. Think ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 3/1/05 A LA CARTER

Some countries choose a bird or flower as the national ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 8/17/04 Getting the cows to say, 'Cheese'

Not long ago, I read about a life-size plastic cow that was ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 8/3/04 Summer berries: Gather while ye may

H-U-huckle, ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 6/8/04 A LA CARTER

It was just your typical vacation in an aging farmhouse, I ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 4/6/04 A LA CARTER

In the spring cleanings of my childhood, we literally ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 3/9/04 Cooking the way the mummies did

Museums and books tell the story of how Egyptians lived ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 2/24/04 A 90-year legacy of warmth and family

Ninety years ago, Natale Bondi, an immigrant from Palermo ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 2/3/04 Hot Potatoes That Warm You Inside - And Out

One frosty afternoon, a sidewalk display of plump, ripe ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter 11/19/03 Recipe: Perfect pumpkin pie

At Thanksgiving, there is but one pie. Pumpkin is the pie that brings us all ... Read more »