Amber Waves Classes
Amber Waves Farm is offering a number of classes and workshops this fall. From digging up dahlia tubers for safe winter storage and drying flowers to making pasta or spreads for bread, there is something for anyone interested in home, hearth, and garden.
Sign up is on the Amber Waves website and class fees range from $5 to $50.
Highway to Fall
Highway Restaurant and Bar is celebrating the shoulder season with pink paloma cocktails for Breast Cancer Awareness month and will donate a percentage of sales to the Breast Cancer Coalition.
The restaurant is also bringing back some favorite theme nights, such as Thai night on the first Thursday of every month, featuring a full menu swap with Thai-style dishes. Peking duck nights are also back on Fridays every week. The restaurant recommends reserving a table and duck ahead of time, as they do sell out.
Shuko's sushi service will be featured on Saturday nights this fall and Sundays bring the Highway pizza truck to the front of the restaurant, weather permitting, for signature pies served to those dining in the restaurant.
Fall for Restaurant Week
Long Island Restaurant Week's fall iteration will return on Nov. 6 with participating restaurants choosing to offer one or all of four options: a two-course lunch for $22, and three-course dinner options priced at $27, $37, or $44.
Participating restaurants on the South Fork so far are Calissa in Water Mill and the Southampton Publick House and Manna at Lobster Inn in Southampton. Further details and the latest participants will be offered in an issue closer to the event, which runs until Nov. 13.
Updated information is also on the Long Island Restaurant Week website.
Saluting Sour Power
Slow Food East End will celebrate the fall harvest with a festival devoted to fermentation in collaboration with Jamesport Farmstead.
The "no-till organic farm" has a cornucopia of cabbages planted for the use of Slow Food during this event, which celebrates both the chef and board member Peter Berley's commitment to fermentation's health benefits as well as the 200-year history of cabbage growth and harvesting on Long Island.
On Oct. 22 they will lead a workshop in shredding and making sauerkraut with traditional tools. The Slow Food blog has documented the season's planting with photos and stories.
