Food

New openings, new specials and family meals for take out, and new vendors from the city are in the mix this week.

In spite of a shady backyard and miserable soil in Sag Harbor, the chives and parsley return first. They can be snipped constantly to add to salads, roast birds, baked potatoes, any vegetable dish, egg salads, and grilled fish.

Restaurants can begin offering outdoor dining as part of phase two of the economic reopening, which will begin early next week, and municipalities will be given leeway to approve sidewalk and even street dining in order for businesses to meet state guidelines.

With food distribution channels disrupted, supermarket shopping fraught with anxiety, and grocery delivery slots hard to come by, the reopening of farmers markets here may be more anticipated and more celebrated this year than ever before.

Share the Harvest Farm will open its farm stand on Long Lane in East Hampton today and offer $65 boxes of produce for pickup on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.

Nothing can stop us from having picnics and barbecues! With a bit of care and common-sense planning, it’s quite possible we can share these outdoor meals with others.

Beacon, Duryea's, and Silver Lining Diner reopen, a pizza class with Laurent Tourondel, barbecue specials, and more

Talks with local food purveyors are back in virtual form, gourmet takeout, and lots of out east openings

I asked friends on Facebook recently how their shopping, cooking, and eating habits have been altered or changed. Every single person who replied has changed their shopping, cooking, and cleaning habits for the better.

David Falkowski, who has operated his Bridgehampton farm, Open Minded Organics, since 2003, has become a bit of a roadside philosopher during the Covid-19 pandemic, and we could all use a little of his sound and uplifting advice.

Man shall not live by bread alone. Alone in quarantine, however, man seems to live for bread, and East End bakeries are in overdrive working to satisfy that hunger and provide other small pleasures of the sweet variety.

There's good news for foodies, even if you're stuck at home. Mecox Bay Dairy is delivering, L and W Market has a halal cart menu on Saturdays, and Lulu Kitchen, 1770 House, and Nick and Toni's are among the eateries offering tasty meals to go for moms.