Amar’e Stoudemire’s Off-Season Hobby

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By Anne Cohen January 31, 2014

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Amar’e Stoudemire may have spent a little too much time around Israeli kibbutzim.

The New York Post reports that the New York Knicks player has bought a 190-acre farm in Hyde Park, Dutchess County.

According the Post, Stoudemire talkes about his new farm on a new MSG show, “In the Kitchen With,” which launches on February 7.

No details yet on whether or not Stoudemire plans to build a house on the property. Maybe he just wants an organic farm to grow vegetables for his upcoming cookbook, “Cooking With Amar’e — 100 Easy Recipes for Pros and Rookies in the Kitchen.” Co-written with personal chef Max Hardy, the book will be released in May. ‘

Let’s hope there’s a good recipe for brisket a la Amar’e.

Anne Cohen was the Forward’s deputy digital media editor. When she’s not looking for the secret Jewish history of Voodoo in New Orleans, or making lists about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she writes for The Assimilator. She graduated from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism with an M.S. magazine concentration in 2012.

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