From Farmers Markets to Meatless Mondays
Now is the time of year that is most ripe with potential.
Low Summer 2013
Natural Earth Farm
There are lots of hidden things along River Road in Riverhead and Calverton. Driving, all one sees are homes, but behind the shrubbed roadside are an animal shelter, the Peconic River Herb Farm, a small winery actually called the Hidden Vineyard and then there’s Natural Earth Farms where Anthony Panarello and his wife, Marie, planted their first zucchini in 2008.
Get Thee to the Market
With nearly a dozen active farmers markets operating on the East End, it’s incredible to imagine that the Sag Harbor market—the first—was launched in just 2005.
Fresh Hamptons Opens in Bridgehampton
What was once a temple of sustainable seafood with hundreds of rules is now a family-friendly eatery that Jacobs plans to keep open for lunch and dinner seven days a week year round.
Garden-to-Table
Bridge Gardens, a magical 5-acre oasis in the heart of Bridgehampton, is best known for its specimen trees, double hedgerows with view portals, pond with black carp, and collection of 800 antique rose bushes.
New Eats and Drinks in Montauk
A trip to Montauk can feel like a visit to another country. Its gritty-quaint Main Street and unique fisher-surfer-beachcomber attitude attracts an avalanche of tourists and has inspired one of the most creative food and drink scenes around.
Spores Spread
So if you think you’re too cool to wear a mask when visiting the Long Island Mushroom farm in Cutchogue, John Quigley, one of the owners, will set you straight.
Sparkling Apples
Currently hard cider is the only alcoholic beverage that can be sold in grocery stores and liquor stores.
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Snapshots of the creative elements of making wine.
Wardrobe Issues
One of the first things I had to sacrifice to become a farmer was a wardrobe.
Grape Grower
A part-time grape grower makes a life of it.
Market Bistro
Farm-to-table’s inroads in Nassau County.
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