New York City :

Like a Rolling Stone Barns - City Break

12.19.2008

Submitted by bdisylvester on Fri, 12/19/2008 - 1:01am.
The Bite:
imageAre the origins of your food a complete unknown? Before that gets stuck in your head, read this: Take a day-trip (30 miles from NYC) to the 80-acre Stone Barns Center, where you'll get schooled on the farm-to-plate process. On the itinerary: a greenhouse stroll (where we first met minutina - a crunchy winter lettuce that looks like cut grass but tastes kinda like spinach), then helping farmers feed the Berkshire pigs (all livestock roam organic pasture), and collecting eggs from SBC's Rhode Island Red hens (great for kids). Then eat: The Blue Hill Café's got SBC-grown grub like yams with pistachios and leeks, homemade apple butter, and lattes with our fave Ronnybrook milk - before rolling home.
Wanna Try: 
Stone Barns Center and Blue Hill Café, 630 Bedford Rd., Pocantico Hills. Map It (914-366-6200). Insider's Tour, Dec. 20 and Dec. 27, 11 am-12:30 pm; $15/adults, $9/ages 6-14.
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