Food

With an influx of vacationers, migrant Manhattanites, and day trippers who ventured east this summer, restaurateurs worked tirelessly to apply the state's health guidelines in ways that could fit their new business models, but even the most prepared in the restaurant industry sometimes struggled to keep up.

The pepper, which is a fruit, has more than 50,000 varieties, ranging from the popular and humble bell pepper to the wickedly hot Carolina Reaper.

Bridgehampton Inn's new menu for September, and ayurvedic food delivered to your door.

An appreciation of Julia Reed: author, wit, journalist, Southerner, cook, keen observer of everything from politics to music, and East Hampton visitor. She died on Aug. 28 at the age of 59.

Greek to go and Greek to eat outdoors, along with delivered barbecue, and a celebration of the U.S. Open with commemorative drink and glass.

The three cookbooks in the "Farm Series Cookbook: Summer" each focus on a different month and a particular farm: the Green Thumb in Water Mill for June; Foster Farm in Sagaponack for July, and Pike Farms, also in Sagaponack, for August. They were composed with the help of Licia Kassim Householder.

New Lobster House in Sag Harbor, meal packages from Art of Eating, and Ess-a-Bagel comes east

Chances are, if you have enough sun in your backyard you are growing tomatoes this summer. If not, you have no doubt found a staggering array of them available at every farmer's market, farm stand, and even a few grocery stores.

A Greek treat, new dinner items on the Wolffer Kitchen menu, a catered dinner, and more

It is always great fun to pose a food question to friends on Facebook. The question this time was along the lines of "have you found yourself buying interesting, esoteric, unusual foodstuffs online lately? Have you accidentally purchased more than you meant to?"

A new pastry chef for Almond and L&W Market and new dinner specials in East Hampton

Whoever it was at Hampton Racquet who thought to bring Viet Cafe of New York City out to do a pop-up V Cafe at their Center Court snack bar is a genius. The food is fresh, light, and inexpensive.