Food & Wine

Long Island Larder So they're over. The holidays seem to begin with Halloween and stretch on and on through Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Ramadan, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, and for some benighted families (like mine), with three or four birthdays tossed into the melee, it ain't over till it's over. East End Eats: The Maidstone Arms There are noisy, lively restaurants where you go when you're in a party mood and there are restful, nurturing places where you go when you want to unwind and relax.