Monica Kass Rogers

Goat's Milk Cheese Curds With Lavender & Honey

FRESH OUT OF THE cheesemaking vats, cheese curds squeak when you bite them and have a milky, mild flavor. Coated in crumbs or batters and deep fried, they transform to crisp-shelled, melty morsels that are hard to resist. But I couldn’t help but wonder: Why are most curds on offer so much the same? “Most

Cupid’s Arrow

Recipe for two Ingredients: 3 oz. Belvedere Vodka 1 oz. Peach Puree (or jam) 1 oz. Simple Syrup 1 oz. Strawberry Puree (or jam) 1 oz. Lemon Juice, fresh 2 strawberries each, washed, stemmed, and chopped 4 mint leaves each 1 bottle of Étoile Rosé or other rosé sparkling wine 1 strawberry, cut in cross

Cotillion Cake

To celebrate Sheridan Road’s 15th anniversary, we pulled out all the party stops: Crystal, champagne, and a fluffy white vintage-recipe cake. With a fine white crumb, fresh lemon curd filling, and old-fashioned boiled icing that whips up like a cloud, this cake will grace your party tables with elegance. To make it extra-special, we’ve topped

Perfect Harmony

Walk into artist Lisa Kinzelberg’s home studio and you’ll see several paintings in progress. Large scale abstracts, figurative works, and portraits encircle the room. One, a portrait of Kinzelberg reading to her children, leans against the western wall. Paint tubes and brushes, palettes with daubs of mixed colors, cans of walnut oil, and other bits

Sweet Corn and Bacon Pie

THE WAITRESS at Ernie Risser’s family restaurant in Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania, watches me looking dubiously at the gravy boat she plunked down with the corn pie I ordered. Assuming we’re in cahoots, she leans in and whispers, “I like to eat corn pie with hot milk, too!” and winks conspiratorially. Whisking away the gravy, she returns

Figurative Traditions

What you notice first about the painting are the subject’s eyes. Clear blue and direct, they seem to study you as you study them. And then, there’s the graying beard, so long it flows past the collar of the white shirt, which (you notice) drapes over some rather gaunt shoulders. Breathtakingly beautiful, the oil

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