I am thrilled to report that I recently ate dumplings in Sag Harbor, and I'm craving more. The generously sized meat and veggie morsels came courtesy of Phao Thai Kitchen, which opens today next door to sister restaurant and... More
The first New York City Restaurant Week was launched in 1992, an effort by some restaurant biz players to give recession-distracted New Yorkers another reasons to eat out. The idea proliferated (sometimes in New York, it’s hard to know... More
Head east on Route 25 (Main Road) from Riverhead, and the landscape relaxes from strip mall big-box stores to a winding route passing farms, farm stands, green vineyards, and colorful garden-farm markets. This tranquil vista is punctuated by white... More
One of the most inspiring elements of the food renaissance underway on the East End is the viral spread of edible schoolyards. From Sag Harbor to Amagansett, and from Riverhead to Southold, teachers, concerned parents, farmers and precocious students... More
Cavaniola's Gourmet, the East End's premier cheese shop, is run by a formidable cheesemonger named Michael Cavaniola, descended from Newark, New Jersey turophiles. Lou DiPalo of DiPalo's Mozzarella in Little Italy recently visited the Sag Harbor shop and admitted... More
Photograph from shapeshift on Flickr Old habits die hard, especially when it comes to holiday foods. So, despite international treaties to restrict the selling of eggs from beleaguered wild sturgeon and possible Russian mafia involvement in getting questionable caviar... More
Despite the President-elect's disappointing pick of a pro-biotech, factory-farm-friendly Secretary of Agriculture, it does feel like change is afoot across this great land. And, more and more, people are using food to change the world around them. Because wrapped... More
Craft brewer Phil Markowski of the Southampton Publick House. Burkhard Bilger’s recent New Yorker narrative on the extreme exploits of Dogfish Head breweries—including the recreation of an ancient ale with the aid of an archeological chemist—inspired me to reconnect... More
Christmas is coming early at Townline BBQ. The road house on Highway 27 in Wainscott generated quite a buzz in recent weeks when it announced that it would carve out a space along side its smokers to make sopa... More
It's hard to believe that this time last year, I had already gotten the garlic planted and fig trees wrapped in burlap, and it wasn't half this cold. Thankfully, there has been one food-related constant. Restaurants, caterers and bakeries—from... More
