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News for Foodies: 12.26.19

Fri, 12/20/2019 - 14:37

Rowdy Specials

Rowdy Hall in East Hampton will have lunch specials on Tuesday and Wednesday. A crab omelet for $16 and a salted caramel tart for $12 are available both days. On Tuesday, creamy potato leek soup is $12, and a steak sandwich with onions, melted Gruyere, and a side of French fries is $18. On Wednesday (New Year’s Day) “hair of the dog soup” made with cheddar cheese and Montauk Brewing Company’s Driftwood Ale is $12, and eggs Benedict with a field green salad is $18.

Blutstein at Beard House

Jeremy Blutstein, the executive chef at Showfish in Gurney’s Star Island Resort in Montauk will be preparing a seafood-centric dinner featuring East End produce at the James Beard House in New York on Jan. 16. The menu will include dishes such as squid ink risotto with bonito, fennel pollen, and cured duck yolk, and oysters with fermented Meyer lemon kosho, sesame, and winter truffles. The cost is $180, including alcoholic beverages. Tickets are available on the James Beard Foundation’s website.

Tomato Tasters Rate 2026 Crop

The annual Great Tomato Taste-Off at Quail Hill Farm brought some 100 tasters to the property to taste and rate 44 varieties at their seasonal peak.

Sep 3, 2026

News for Foodies 09.03.26

Wolffer Estate Vineyard releases its first Summer in the Bottle Rosé Zero, a rosé with zero-percent alcohol, Jason Weiner is named featured chef at Outstanding in the Field, and there’s a new chef at Elaia Estiatorio.

Sep 3, 2026

Florence Fabricant Trades Places

For the first time in 15 years, Florence Fabricant, the prominent food and wine writer, will be the guest, not the host, of Guild Hall's Stirring the Pot series of culinary conversations.

Aug 27, 2026

News for Foodies 08.27.26

Montauk’s Naturally Good Foods and Cafe is now open for dinner on Fridays from 5 to 8, while East Hampton’s Highway restaurant and bar will close for good after dinner service on Sept. 7.

Aug 27, 2026

 

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