Dan Barber
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Dan Barber
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Blue Hill at Stone Barns
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Row 7 Seed Company
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Not olives.

They're Cornelian cherries. But I dare you to taste them and not be reminded of Provence or Greece’s best.  

Grown in the Hudson Valley, harvested before the October freeze, and then ash cured, lacto-fermented, partially dried and marinated in oil.  

#mediterraneandiet
July 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
And with dishes like his version of the potato and cheese dish Aligot, he rejuvenated the old soul of his region.

To be seated at his farmhouse table 30 years later with his wife Ginette for lunch, the master at the stove showing me his famous Aligot, was to be pulled into a dream. (3/3)
June 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Lard palette
June 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
June 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
purple asparagus / green strawberry. white asparagus / red strawberry.
June 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
March 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This week we peeled away the Acquerello’s decayed outer layers to see—and taste—how the burgundy-flecked inner heads have fared.
March 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It’s going to take genetic selection, and a lot of farming know-how to make it work. We could do no better than starting with varieties like Acquerello radicchio to push the limits of the late winter harvest.
March 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I once learned that Hemingway lamented his mid 20’s, that he felt caught between youth and age like someone who just missed his train: too late for the last, too early for the next.  

March is like that...
March 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Riding the rebellious streak, Blue Hill chefs have been working on a new kind of frito using rebellion corn—nixtamalized, ridged and spiced.
February 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Dr. Frank Kutka fought back with breeding. His solution is brilliant and elegant. He crossed landrace varieties of dent corn (grain corn) with popcorn varieties to create incompatibility—popcorn contains traits that make it hard for GMO pollen to enter non-GMO corn silks. Rebellion corn was born.
February 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Wind and insects carry GMO pollen into adjacent fields of non-GMO corn, compromising their organic genetics and creating a nightmare for the farmer in the form of rejections from grain buyers and lawsuits from big seed companies.
February 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Rebellion Fritos

Corn goes a long way to explain why organic farmers get pissed about GMOs.

GMO corn is a pernicious beast. 86 of the 94 million acres of corn grown in the US are GMO. And those GMO acres are constantly encroaching on the organic ones through cross pollination...
February 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
February 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
February 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
More reliable than Punxsutawney Phil, we know spring is not far away when Noble Jade (a variety of kailaan, also known as gai lan, also known as Chinese broccoli) blooms its tender, brassica flavored flowers.
February 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
4. Greenhouse manager walks through propagation and season extension.
February 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
3. Butchers explain the process for a seamed chuck.
February 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
2. Livestock team introduces cooks to the newborn goat.
February 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Winter Wednesdays

Blue Hill is closed Wednesdays from January to May for team education days. Mind, body, child’s pose.

1. Our local gym, The Fit Inn, turns the dining room into a stretch studio.
February 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
January 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Two tails

16-year-old Blue Hill Farm retired dairy cow: yellow fat, darker meat (top). An incredible milk producer for a decade and a half.

1-year-old Blue Hill Farm veal calf, raised with free choice of mother’s milk: white fat, pink meat (bottom).

#AllGrassAllTheTime
January 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM