Food

The realms of fine food and fine arts will come together once again at the Watermill Center, where the Artists' Table brunch series returns starting June 5. From noon to 2:30 p.m., a farm-to-table meal by Martine Abitbol, an acclaimed chef and restaurateur, will be the backdrop for private presentations by Rachel Dickstein, an Obie Award-winning theater director, and Tomashi Jackson, a multidisciplinary artist who is the 2021 recipient of the Watermill Center's Inga Maren Otto Fellowship.

With protein focused diets only increasing in popularity, where that protein sourced is becoming more important. A local producer of beef jerky is making sure his beef is coming from sustainable sources.

New seasonal openings, menus, specials, bagel delivery, and more

Mother’s Day has passed, but in its honor Hamptons Doc Fest is presenting “Her Name Is Chef,” a documentary about changing gender roles in restaurant kitchens, online through May 23.     

Heritage is as important to Kristina Felix Ibarra as expression, and she has found a way to incorporate both in her love of food. It may sound simple, but it's not. Like much in her life, it's actually quite complicated.

In celebration of its 30th anniversary, Bay Street Theater will hold a series of outdoor fund-raising dinners through the late spring and summer. Tracey Mitchell, the executive director, and her husband Blaze Makoid, an architect, will host one featuring a performance by Richard Kind, an actor, at 7 p.m. on June 10 (rain date June 11). The cost is $2,500 per person, and only 28 seats are available. 

A "visionary" food and wine-centric benefit Guild Hall, new seasonal openings, and specials

"It started in the backyard, as barbecue stories do," Jason Wagenheim said. "I've hosted barbecues for upwards of 50 to 60 people. They'd say, 'Jason, you should open a barbecue restaurant or bottle this sauce.' "

Still more Mother's Day specials to celebrate our matriarchs this weekend and new openings to consider

Food news in Montauk, Cinco de Mayo fiestas, specials galore, Mothers Day menus, new seasonal openings, and more

Pandemic-related restrictions on restaurants, gyms, offices, casinos, and catered events, will be relaxed the coming weeks in New York, a direct result of improving Covid rates in the state, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Wednesday.

On Monday, the Golden Pear Cafe marked 30 years on Newtown Lane in East Hampton.

Harbor Bistro opens early for takeout, openings and other news from Montauk, farm markets opening, and more

Annabel DeGroot is an artist and photographer who bakes some mean madeleines, but her true passion lies in cheese and all of the fruits, cured meats, and herbs that complement it.

Tony Piazza of Piazza Horticultural Group shared a favorite recipe created by his grandmother, who grew up in Caserta, Italy. "This simple preparation was a spring staple growing up," Mr. Piazza said.

A cooking class, a new site for a farmer's market, Almond meal subscriptions, benefits for CMEE and Ronald McDonald House, and more

When Noah Wunsch started brewing hibiscus flower-infused water, he didn't set out to make it marketable as a business. He was simply thirsty for something that didn't have a lot of sugar, which had begun to slow him down as he aged.

Clubhouse reopens, a new gyro truck for Calissa, new management at Old Stove, and more

It might have been inevitable that Gail Watson would return to baking, even her famous wedding cakes, after a self-imposed hiatus in 2012, but it didn't always seem that way.

Easter dinner menus and weekend specials, takeout from Nick and Toni's, Dreesen's donuts live at M and R deli, and more

Holiday specials can be ordered from Carissa's Bakery, Highway Restaurant and Bar, Ed's Lobster Bar, and Bell and Anchor.

Gefilte fish, the oval-shaped balls of ground fish most commonly associated with the Passover holiday, might resemble quenelles, the French comestible often linked with the cuisine of Lyon, but you won’t find gefilte fish in Escoffier’s “Le Guide Culinaire.” 

New openings, more Easter and Passover fare, award-winning wines, and more

Seeking to address food insecurity and weaknesses in the local food system that have been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, the East End Food Institute and the City University of New York Urban Food Policy Institute launched an effort on Tuesday to develop a plan to improve the system with the help of farmers, food workers, and others. 

Stuart's Seafood Market, an Amagansett institution since 1955, is under new ownership, as Rashid Sulehri, the owner of Villa Italian Specialties in East Hampton, purchased the business earlier this month along with "all the business secrets including the recipes, and how they're successful and why they're successful." 

New seasonal openings of Bostwick's Chowder House and Rosie's in Amagansett, and Easter and Passover meals from all over

Passover catering by Art of Easting, the new release of Summer in a Bottle, pop-ups, and more

Known around the East End for her bossa nova song stylings with her guitarist husband, Marcello Pimenta, Ludmilla Benevides, or more familiarly Milla, has also enjoyed cooking for friends and family as another way to share Brazilian culture with them. In 2015, it gave rise to Milla's Puffs, a cheese and cassava flour bread that she prepares ready to bake in individual buns for a fresh-from-the-oven treat that is also gluten-free.

Last spring, with the help of his mother’s 10-year-old sourdough starter and cooking in his in-laws’ Water Mill kitchen, Stephen Robinson decided to ride the sourdough wave.

Cooking for St. Paddy's Day, new dinner specials, and Ayurvedic cuisine for delivery