4th of July berry cake

Happy (belated) 4th of July

Here is the post I was working on before my grandmother got sick. I realize it is a bit out of season now, but, hey, it is still summer. And I had fun taking these pictures. And, anyway, here you go.

My mom has some friends who have a beautiful country place outside of Scotia. Every now and again I manage to wrangle an invitation to one of their potlucks. Here is a bit of the best from David and Brigham's. (More on these wonderful guys in an essay soon to come.)

Grilled sausages from Rolf's Pork Store in Albany.

sausages

This was one of my favorite things there. I have to get the recipe.

jalapeno coleslaw

Here was my contribution. As you all know, I've been frying a lot of eggplant lately.

fried eggplant platter with grilled mushrooms, arugula, and roasted garlic

the cake had a beautiful berry topping

One woman brought this as a gift to the hosts.

chive vinegar

The berries were from the bushes on the property. This is one of the only pictures I could get before these beauties ended up smeared all over my daughters' faces.

berries and cheese

posted July 31, 2008 | link | comments (6)

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Oh, a BBQ potluck! That might be the Alpha and Omega of potluckery!

- by Albany Jane on Jul 31, 2008 at 9:39 AM | link

I remember you wrote about Dines Farms products. Here's an interesting update on them: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/dining/30dines.html?_r=1&ref=dining&oref=slogin

- by Julia Thorne on Jul 31, 2008 at 10:21 AM | link

You wouldn't happen to be talking about Brigham Taylor, would you?

- by jess on Aug 1, 2008 at 7:45 AM | link

I'm not sure of his last name, which is a little silly when you think about it. I'll check.

- by celinabean on Aug 1, 2008 at 10:21 PM | link

I just wondered because Brigham Taylor was one of my absolute favorite professors in college and I remember him living somewhere near Scotia. I've run to him at the Spectrum, MAD, and numerous other places in the past year with his partner, whom I'm pretty sure is named David.

- by jess on Aug 2, 2008 at 2:48 PM | link

Here's a great article on potluck with a fabulous recipe for grilled pork tenderloin that I've made twice this summer to raves from all.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/magazine/01Food-t-001.html?fta=y

- by Michael Marston on Aug 7, 2008 at 2:38 PM | link

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