Host a fun and festive Tapas Party this New Years! Small bites are simple and can be prepared ahead leaving you…the host or hostess…free to enjoy the party!
I have included links to all of the recipes included in the photos below. This menu provides an assortment of tastes to please each palate. Add some fancy wine and Champagne..and don’t forget the noise makers! This will be your best year yet!
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Over the past year our family has fallen in love with upstate New York.
When you have young children it is a wonderful escape, that doesn’t break the bank, and is simple to get to!
On many of our trips to the Catskills we have stopped at beautiful roadside farm stands. Each time bringing home fresh vegetables, syrups, jams, pickles and cheeses.
Below are photos from our “field trip” to the Brovetto family Dairy in Harpersfield NY. (Schoharie County). We couldn’t get enough of their cheese….so we went to visit the cheese house to see how its made and for some additional tasting! What fun! It didn’t take much convincing for the butcher to agree to carry Harpersfield Farmstead Cheese at R&S Meat Market. It’s simply delicious!
What’s even more wonderful than the taste of the cheese itself, is the story of how it began.
Corinne and Ron Brovetto were originally from Long Island, NY where they were raising their four children. While searching for a better way to spend more time as a family they were drawn to the Catskill mountains. With the help of family and friends they slowly built their barns and cheese house which includes a cheese cave built into the side of a mountain. Over the years their business has grown to include a herd of 68 dairy cows (30 of those are milkers).
Every Wednesday is cheese making day. Ron wakes up at 3am to start the process of cutting the curd. The cheese making process is a family affair and will last until 11pm. It takes 4000 lbs. of milk to make 400 lbs. of cheese. Wow!
Click on each photo below to see the cheese making process:
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