Q&A with Joan Benoit Samuelson
Joan Benoit Samuelson, 1984 Olympic marathon champion, at her home. The Shelter Island Run, now in its 37th year, attracts athletes of all skill levels for a 5- or 10-K race around the heart of Shelter...
View ArticleFarm to Fork Gala to Benefit Food Pantry Farm
The Farm to Fork Gala, to benefit Food Pantry Farm, an offshoot of the East End Community Organic Farm, will be held at Topping Rose House in Bridgehampton on Saturday, July 9 at 6 p.m. Food Pantry...
View ArticleBe the Change You Want to Be and See at WFEH
The summer months bring a full round of fundraisers to the East End. If there is one to sink your wallet and teeth into it’s the Wellness Foundation of East Hampton summer benefit on June 18 at...
View ArticleGiveaway: Enter to Win a Free Entry to Race in the Shelter Island Run
You don’t need to be an Olympian to enter the Shelter Island Run—coming to Shelter Island for its 37th year on Saturday, June 18—but if you do, you just might find yourself running next to one. You...
View ArticleChefs and Champagne: These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things
Bites at last year’s Chefs & Champagne at Wölffer Estate in Sagaponack, NY (Photo by Mark Von Holden/Invision for James Beard Foundation/AP Images) This Saturday, Wölffer Estate Vineyards will...
View ArticleGet Ready for the 4th Annual Montauk Seafood Festival
In addition to its gorgeous beaches and historic lighthouse, Montauk’s always been known for its fish. This is something locals celebrate daily, as they head down to the dock and leave with fresh...
View ArticleEat Me, Drink Me Agrees: Our Food Truck Derby is a Wonderland
Michelle Panciarello, owner of Eat Me, Drink Me food truck. What would have happened if Alice fell down the rabbit hole and, rather than landing in Wonderland, wound up in a field full of food trucks...
View ArticleNot Booked this Weekend? Check Out East Hampton Library’s Authors Night
Author Florence Fabricant at last year’s Authors Night for the East Hampton Library. (Photo by Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images for East Hampton Library) East Hampton Library’s Authors Night is pretty...
View ArticleAttend: Lost Foods, New Foods: Artisan Cuisine & Wines Benefit
Agricultural history meets agricultural future at a deep and delicious event to benefit The Amagansett Food Institute (AFI) and the Southampton Historical Museum. Lost Foods, New Foods: Artisan...
View Article10 Things We Can’t Wait to Eat and Drink at our Food Truck Derby
Our Food Truck Derby is our favorite event of the summer—and it turns out that it’s a favorite event, period, for some of the participating food trucks, too. It’s easy to understand why. Henry James...
View Article10 (More) Things We Can’t Wait to Eat and Drink at our Food Truck Derby
A scene from last year’s Food Truck Derby. Yesterday, we whet your appetite with 10 Things We Can’t Wait to Eat and Drink at our Food Truck Derby. Now, with two days before the Derby to go, we’re back...
View ArticleFun in the Sun at our 2016 Food Truck Derby
A brutally hot and humid afternoon did not deter the hoards of people who came out for the 2016 Food Truck Derby, on the grounds of Hayground School, this past Friday. The line to get in was long and...
View ArticleGet Ready for Slow Food East End’s Gala in the Garden
You know what this summer has been sorely lacking? Garden parties. Luckily, that’s all about to change thanks to Slow Food East End. On Saturday, September 10, Slow Food East End will host its...
View ArticleThe Art(s) of Brunch at The Watermill Center’s International Brunch Series
At the Watermill Center, an “interdisciplinary laboratory for the arts and humanities,” brunching has become an art with their successful International Brunch Series. This exclusive event brings...
View ArticleGood Dirt: The American Farmland Trust to Host Long Island Soil Health Field...
The Farm Beyond at Charnews Farm For almost as long as there has been a Long Island, there has been farming on the post-Ice Age peninsula named Paumanok by its original farming inhabitants. Throughout...
View ArticleSlow Food Potluck to Rescue Fast Disappearing Local Pumpkin
Chef Stephan Bogardus for the North Fork Table and Inn visits the Long Island cheese pumpkins before harvest at Invincible Summer Farms in Southold on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. You too can join the...
View Article6 Local Halloween Parties You Should Be Afraid to Miss
Photo by John Musnicki Forget creepy clowns and certain presidential candidates—the truly scariest thing this Hallowen is FOMO (fear of missing out). Why, you ask? Because look at all the local...
View ArticleHonoring Susan and Myron Levine and Celebrating the Once-Elusive Long Island...
The evening was clear and cold, but the atmosphere inside 18 Bay Restaurant on Shelter Island was all warmth. An intimate dinner of about 45 guests—many from the Slow Food community—gathered on...
View ArticleThe Long Island Cheese Pumpkin Takes on the Big Apple
The Long Island Cheese Pumpkin Renaissance continues this fall as the Long Island Cheese Pumpkin Project heads to the city for three days of cheese pumpkin madness – including beer and cook-offs — at...
View ArticleWant to Support Your Local Makers This Holiday Season? Skip the Mall and Head...
If you’re anything like me, you face the same dilemma every year when it comes to holiday shopping: you want to buy your loved ones gifts with meaning—items made by local makers in ethical,...
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