Long Island Restaurant Week on November 3 through 10; New Mobile App
Area restaurants offer a $27.95 prix fixe menus for eight days. The bi-annual Long Island Restaurant Week kicks off on Sunday, November 3, for eight days ending on Sunday, November 11. Participating...
View ArticleNew Wine and Beer Bar in Riverhead: Vines & Hops
Jeff and Christine McKay’s children had left the nest. His 30 years as a strength trainer and massage therapist had been good to him, but it was time to try something new. And like for many people on...
View ArticleLocally Sourced and Foraged Dinner at First and South on Friday; Kick off...
Taste North Fork is turning out to be a big event with lots to do, and you won’t have to drive. The Hampton Jitney is providing a free shuttle bus from Riverhead to Orient. Make sure to stop in...
View ArticleDuck Dinner: Waterfowl Four Ways, Plus Channing Daughters and Paumanok Red...
“As good as meaty ragus can be, duck ragu is kind of king.” So argues the new Roberta’s Cookbook. And that’s kind of the point between an all-duck, red wine dinner going down at Almond Restaurant in...
View ArticleWhat We’re Reading: November 13, 2013
Thoughts on local gin, new books, food waste startups and restaurant shenanigans are only a few of the topics that our editorial staff is reading about this week. Marissa Finn: Real Kitchen as Alinea...
View ArticleBloody Mary Contest on November 17 at Outerbanks Restaurant
There’s something about the fall, with an early snowstorm to boot, to make one’s thoughts turn to Bloody Marys, like the make-your-own incarnation shown above that Nick & Toni’s calls “The Board.”...
View ArticleOut East Foodie’s Autumn Panzanella Salad
[nggallery template=carouselag id=23] Recently, I joined fellow Long Island food and drink enthusiasts at chef Tom Schaudel’s Jewel Restaurant in Melville to celebrate the much anticipated launch of...
View ArticleIt’s That Time Again! Preview Our Cover Choices and Tell Us Your Favorites
[nggallery template=carouselag id=24] Our winter issue cover is always a conundrum: everyone’s still eating fall produce at the end of November, and few people want to be reminded of the stretch of...
View ArticleDuck Dinner Recap: A Brief History of Duck Culture on Long Island
Avid readers will know that we’ve had ducks on the brain lately. This obsession culminated with the duck-and-red-wine dinner at Almond restaurant last week which featured an endlessly creative menu...
View ArticleMonday Nights With the Gambinos
A restaurant family gathers weekly to share memories, cook and eat. For 40 years, Celestino and Josephine Gambino, owners of the classic Italian ristorante La Parmigiana in Southampton, have closed up...
View ArticleShellabration II Is This Weekend in Greenport
Shellabration is a unique opportunity to enjoy the ultra-fresh shellfish of Peconic Bay and taste the finest North Fork Wine! For two days, ticket holders will be able to amble and sample the very best...
View ArticleRestaurant and Wine/Beer Pairings for Shellabration
Vineyard/Brewery Pairings Participating wineries and breweries will pour their wares to go with the chefs’ creations. Click the logos below to find out more about the paired vineyards and restaurants....
View Article‘Sessions in the Speakeasy:’ A Three-Part Celebration of Long Island Wine,...
Josh Wesson The Jedediah Hawkins Inn will be hosting “Sessions in the Speakeasy,” a series of winter workshops led by some of the best, most approachable experts in their fields. In a nod to the wealth...
View ArticleProhibition Party Saturday, December 7 at First and South
// Celebrate the 80th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition at First and South in Greenport on Saturday, December 7 starting at 10:30 p.m. Those were dark days pre-1933, when the Temperance...
View ArticleRestaurants Roll Out Ethnic Eats, Bottomless Glasses and Other New Food for...
If summer is the season for working hard in the food and restaurant business, winter is the time to innovate. We get creative with farm-fresh ingredients, and these lists of winter produce sources...
View ArticleTen, Make it 10 Places to Go Out for Dinner on Christmas and Christmas Eve
My family has a tradition of eating Chinese food on Christmas Eve. Why? I don’t know. To give my mother a break and only Chinese restaurants are open on Christmas Eve, shades of A Christmas Story?...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Pizzetteria Brunetti Opens in New York City
Friends of Edible Michael and Jason Brunetti opened a second location of their Pizzetteria Brunetti in the West Village in September 2013. Photographer David Benthal was there to capture a good time....
View ArticleFive Places to Eat Out on Valentine’s Day
Local restaurants are offering specials for Valentine’s Day, and you can even be single. Maybe dinner at the bar, or have Love Lane Kitchen deliver your own breakfast any day of the heart-shaped...
View ArticleMontauk’s Naturally Good Is Expanding
It’s a chocolate aficionado’s dream, a brownie that’s a rumble of complex and dense tones and textures, and gluten-free to boot. Its popularity is one of the extremely edible reasons why Montauk’s...
View ArticleAlmond Zigmund’s Salon at Almond
This past winter the East End had a salon to rival Madame de Recamier’s of the early 19th century. Created by sculptor Almond Zigmund, the salon is a once-a-month dinner featuring local artists and...
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