Snapshots From The LongHouse Food Revival In Upstate New York (Slideshow)

The cocktail hour spread on Friday night was big enough for dinner in of itself! The foie gras from D'artagnan was divine as well as the cheeses from Kerrygold.

The brick-oven roasted vegetables, all local corn, shallots, fennel and tomatoes topped with fresh herbs, were beautiful against the Hudson River Valley setting sun. "The smoke was the sauce" here, as chef Richard Miscovich said.

Chef and educator Richard Miscovich, from Johnson & Wales, standing beside the newly built brick, wood-burning oven, roasting the duck.

Founder of the LongHouse Food Revival, longtime food writer and bestselling author, Molly O'Neill, gives her welcoming remarks. The Revival is designed to stretch the boundaries of how food stories are told and foster community between generations, regions, cultures and media platforms that support innovative work of the highest caliber.

Saturday morning, checking in to the Revival. The setting is beautiful on this historic dairy farm in Rensselaerville, New York.

Chef Magnus Duruji, busy barbecuing two goats for us in an open pit over a wood fire. He was constantly dousing them with his hotly spiced vegetable-based sauce.

The two roasted goats are nearly finished. Chef Magnus Duruji is mighty proud, as he should be!

During the cocktail hour on Saturday, we were entertained with music from YoYo Ma's Silk Road Project.

Chef and well-known cookbook author, Najmieh Batmanglij making her very famous Iranian Jeweled Rice.

The Jeweled Rice up close. It was so very delicious!! I loved the little strips of orange peel with the saffron rice and toasted almonds. We learned that for Persian rice, the grains should always be separate and long.

Ibu Tati Natadimadja making Gado-Gado, which is an Indonesian salad of boiled vegetables served with a peanut sauce dressing as part of the buffet of Saturday night.

The amazing farm fresh country breakfast on Sunday morning!

One of the presentations on Saturday morning with Jonathan Gold, restaurant critic from the Los Angeles Times.

One of our afternoon discussions.

The group picture of everyone in attendance.