Comment | January 26, 2012 | By Eileen M. Duffy
Two Long Island wineries will be holding dinners at ellabess restaurant in the new(ish) Nolitan Hotel. On Wednesday, February 1, at 7 p.m. Channing Daughters will be there to pour eight of their wines paired with four courses prepared by ellabess Chef Troy Unruh. Tickets are $75 all inclusive. The following Wednesday, February 15, also [...]
Comment | December 8, 2011 | By Eileen M. Duffy
To get sustenance before the Greenport Holiday Parade, check out the Slow Food Holiday Brunch at The Market, at 44 Front Street, the North Fork’s only health food store. The brunch is $35, including a tasting of four local sparkling wines. Music by Nancy Lee Baxter and Steve Addabbo. The parade starts a 1 p.m. [...]
Comment | October 28, 2011 | By Eileen M. Duffy
It’s hard to get sick of wine dinners, but it’s possible. If you do, take a page from the winemakers’ handbook and switch to beer. And with four extremely local East End breweries fermenting away, the choices are growing. On Friday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m., the Jamesport Manor Inn will be hosting a four-course [...]
Comment | October 27, 2011 | By Brian Halweil | Photographs by Randee Daddona
If you’ve ever been to Good Beer, our annual sudsy pairing party at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, you know that we like us some beer. And we’re not alone, as the smiling brewers, chefs, farmers and other folks in attendance can attest. (Check out the video evidence, courtesy of food.curated here.) Such fun beer [...]
September 1-11 Seaweeds of the South Fork, an installation by Larry B. Liddle, Professor Emeritus of Biology and Marine Sciences, Southampton College of Long Island University, who collects, dries and presses specimens of these ancient lifeforms. Opening reception, September 1, 68 p.m. Bravura Art and Objects, 22 Nugent St., Southampton, 259-2605. Open Thurs.Mon., 11 a.m.5 [...]
Comment | August 5, 2009 | By Gwendolen Groocock
A theme menu in Mattituck gives diners a new respect for what we eat now. MATTITUCK—”Off to sample some samp!” I tell my ever-inquisitive Facebook page. “OK, you got me what’s samp?” asks a friend who, like me, lives on the North Fork. At the Old Mill Inn’s 1903 Heirloom Dinner I will dine [...]