GRIST FOR THE MILL: Letter from the Editor
Eating and drinking in season, I suppose, is partly about living in the moment. But it’s an uncommon bayman who doesn’t dream about the…
Low Summer 2010
AFTERTASTE: Not Your Ordinary Cup of Tea
Hankering for a break from the wine circuit? Check out Plain T, a wholesale-and slowly emerging retail-tea purveyor on Powell Avenue in Southampton. Housed…
Sunshine for the Soul
A South Fork florist depends on a North Fork connection.
CULT OF TASTE: For the Love of Wine
A powerhouse purveyor of vino continues to evolve. AMAGANSETT-The Trophy Room, the inner sanctum at Amagansett Wine & Liquor, seems inherently correct, an inevitable…
OBSESSIONS: Antique Power
The folks who tinker with old farm machines. It is a beautiful summer afternoon in mid-July, breezy, not humid, with clear blue skies and…
INDIGENOUS INDUSTRY: The Island’s Fish Monger
A pioneering Cutchogue family probably supplied the seafood on your plate. When you drive east on the North Fork’s Main Road, just past the…
The Ingredients Shepherd of East Quogue
A transplanted couple has been impressing diners—nonstop—for 14 years.
ON THE VINE: Tickled Pink
A happy bunch of Long Island wineries quench a voracious thirst for rosé. Near the base of Long Island’s fork, we drive along Route…
Prodigal Chef
A Riverhead native returns. JAMESPORT-Plates of hors d’oeuvres whirl by me. Pastramicured local bluefish, plump smoked mussels skewered on sprigs of flowering lavender, Lummi…
DEPARTMENT OF WELLNESS: The Patron of Plants
In East Hampton, a recovering dieter helps others eat right. In the late ’90s, Doug Mercer abruptly learned of the downside of one of…
DIY: Probiotics by the Glass
My romance with kefir.
VISUAL VICTUALS: The Latham Garden
I have been acquainted with Steve Latham over the years; we have children in the same class. A couple of years ago, I worked…
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