Sylvia Burgos

Sylvia Burgos

I get it. You want delicious, healthful grass-fed beef but can’t see buying the whole cow. Like you, I pinched pennies raising my kids, juggled home and work, and tried to put good food on the table every day. A Latina baby boomer from the Bronx, I now raise 100% grass-fed beef in Wisconsin – an easy ride from Minneapolis/St. Paul. And like most farmers, I work off-farm. I head up communications for a private foundation. Our story - From the Bronx to the Barn, www.bronxtobarn.com. About our beef, www.bullbrookkeep.com Call to visit.

Young mom’s “real food” challenge, why she quit after 41 days, lessons

By Sylvia Burgos (From the Bronx to the Barn) | May 4, 2013

JC Konecny’s no quitter, yet this young mother jumped off the lucrative career track to devote her time and talents to raising her two little girls. The mind and wit behind the What Housewife blog, JC journals her experience into full-time homemaking. Continue Reading

David Cargo on building portable, stack-brick wood-fired ovens

By Sylvia Burgos (From the Bronx to the Barn) | April 24, 2013

I bake two to four loaves of hearth bread every weekend. Not a bad thing if you’ve got a family of six, but there are just the two of us and, needless to say, lots of bread is gifted to friends. Continue Reading

Thigh-deep in icy runoff and slushy manure. Ahh, spring.

By Sylvia Burgos (From the Bronx to the Barn) | April 10, 2013

“It ain’t going to hurt anything.”

Hearth bread slide show: You can’t live on beef alone…can you?

By Sylvia Burgos (From the Bronx to the Barn) | February 5, 2013

My husband Dave and I raise 100% grass-fed beef, so, of course, we have a bias. But, really, it’s lots more interesting, and more healthful, if you include bread. But not just any bread – hearth bread. Continue Reading

The cowgirl and the museum

By Sylvia Burgos (From the Bronx to the Barn) | January 30, 2013

It’s snowing big fat flakes at Bull Brook Keep. The cows are caped in white as they pull hay from the ring feeders. They stand, seemingly oblivious to the weather. Continue Reading

Wood-fired community ovens today in Minnesota, USA and in history

By Sylvia Burgos (From the Bronx to the Barn) | January 16, 2013

I became acquainted with David Cargo several years ago when I attended my first meeting of the very active St. Paul Bread Club. The setting was perfect: a brisk Saturday morning at the St. Agnes Bread Company in St. Paul. There must have been three dozen of us there from all across the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area – young, older, many of us with flour-dusts on our sweaters, and others new to the wonderful world of crusty hearth breads. Continue Reading

Puerto Rican Christmas in the snowy land of lutefisk and lefsa

By Sylvia Burgos (From the Bronx to the Barn) | January 5, 2013

First – a very Happy New Year! I trust you enjoyed your Christmas holiday and are launched into an exciting 2013. Continue Reading

Fermentation Fest October 12-21 in Wisconsin: Wine, beer, chocolate, yogurt, art, cheese

By Sylvia Burgos (From the Bronx to the Barn) | October 8, 2012

This year’s Fermentation Fest promises to be a terrific combination of classes, book signings, art tour and fantastic foods – all examp Continue Reading

Tomatoes, green beans, and beef. Oh my!

By Sylvia Burgos (From the Bronx to the Barn) | September 1, 2012

It’s a bit after 9 pm, and I’m sitting in a 19ft camper parked just 300 feet from the house. It’s cosy and quiet, a terrific refuge from the toxic fumes that are a unfortunate by-product of the sealant applied to our cement floors. (We tried using a eco-friendly product last year, but it wore thru in under 12 months. I’m sure they’ll develop better products over time.)

Have you seen the cows lately, hon?

By Sylvia Burgos (From the Bronx to the Barn) | June 21, 2012

The quinoa was done, the baked beans and deer brats were piping hot, and the snap peas were steamed to a perfect crisp-tender-sweet. Dinner time. I was hungry.

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