The Chew, the ABC afternoon show about food featuring well known chefs and lifestyle gurus, was making its way around the South Fork yesterday filming for an upcoming episode. At the center of the tour was Jeff Negron, known to many on the East End as one of Slow Food East End’s master farmers.
This summer Edible and feedfeed have been providing farm fresh veggies and produce to local cooks and bloggers and then watching what happens. The baton has now been passed from Jodi Moreno to Heather Cox of Eat Real Food NYC for this segment in our multi-part farm stand collaboration.
As of March of this year, 34 rebuilt and sustainable fish stocks are thriving in American waters. This is evidenced by the return of humpback whales to the waters around New York City, where they’ve been seen “lunge feeding” on ample schools of fish.
In the High Summer issue of Edible East End, Erica-Lynn Huberty told the story of the Salt of the Earth Seed Company, which has embarked on a massive seed-saving project to protect our food supply while saving the best seeds to grow the best produce for our region. One success story, predating Salt of the Earth, is the Long Island cheese pumpkin, which also got a mention in our Fall 2005 issue.
One of the many benefits of knowing your fisherman is learning finer details about his or her work, and today we are happy to share with you the wisdom that Captain Billy, and many others in this close-knit fishing community, have long known about cocktail bluefish from Montauk.
For Kelly Ann Smith’s story on Albie Lester’s clam rake collection in our High Summer issue, photo editor Lindsay Morris visited his barn and came away with these beautiful portraits of a tool that has helped sustain local baymen for hundreds of years.
Another installment from Dock to Dish founder Sean Barrett. Each week he sends a newsletter to all the chefs participating in his restaurant supported fishery. The restaurants pay ahead of time for about 50 pounds of fish delivered directly from the dock, which arrive at the restaurant each week within the day.
Stay tuned for the next installment of the collaboration with Edible, which had us recently strolling the fields of Amber Waves Farm with one of our favorite bloggers, Jodi Moreno from What’s Cooking Good Looking, harvesting some amazing produce for her to cook with!
The raspberries are nearly two weeks late this year. I suppose it’s not surprising, considering the long, cold spring we had on the East End, but the lateness has thrown off my summer culinary schedule.
A few years ago, the Stephens moved to their dream house in the woods with a desire to grow and raise as much of their food organically to support their family and serve the community, while living in harmony with nature.
Each week, David Page of Shinn Estate Vineyard sends out a newsletter updating subscribers on the latest news and the state of the vineyard. And that’s what I like about this newsletter. It keeps me updated on the growing season and on the latest methods Barbara is using in the vineyard, which she farms sustainably as a member of Long Island Sustainable Wine Growing.
At Browder’s Birds, we get a lot of visitors. It is very rewarding to show off our healthy, happy animals and explain how we farm using rotational grazing with mobile structures and portable fencing. We are always transparent at our farm and you can see our animals in the brooder, out on pasture and even on processing day. Lately, we have had a lot of chefs stop by the farm to learn more about the ingredients they feature!
