Food

South Fork restaurants with existing outdoor spaces began welcoming guests on Wednesday, and those without were working with town and village governments to set up temporary open-air outposts.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

If the outside world’s impression of East Hampton is that of wealth and celebrities, country clubs and fabulous restaurants, then this glossy quasquicentennial cookbook will firmly cement that impression.

New takeout, deliver, and grocery options on the South Fork, and wine and liquor offerings

Takeout options, grocery delivery, meal donations to health care providers, and more.

With restaurant dining shut down, food distribution networks disrupted, and the prospect of farmers markets in doubt because of the Covid-19 pandemic, several East End farmers said they are developing new ways to get their produce directly, and safely, to customers.

Restaurants and caterers are offering tasty choices for Passover seders or Easter dinner at home.

As Warren Zevon’s song “Splendid Isolation” plays in my head I continue to cook, cook, cook, and explore our new world very carefully.     

Restaurants come to you, The Palm has been sold, and other food news

From the time I write these words to the time you read them, many things will have changed again. It is certainly not my place to give advice of any kind regarding health and safety, but if you are interested in learning some good habits from a lifelong introvert clean freak, I’m your gal!

A Los Angeles food primer, from a poolside lunch to a celebratory meal at a classic, and the best of the high and low of West Coast cuisine

Get ready for corned beef and cabbage and all things Irish for St. Patrick's Day, more restaurant specials, the Clam Bar reopens, and more

Jason and Theresa Belkin, the founders and owners of the Hampton Coffee Company, whose official 25th anniversary was in November, decided to wait until after the holidays to celebrate in earnest — and to continue celebrating for a whole calendar year.

Union Cantina is dead, long live Union Burger Bar, plus a wine class, avoiding food waste, and more

Indian Wells Tavern in Amagansett has been sold and will close on Sunday, the owners, Chris Eggert and Kevin Boles, announced in a statement on Instagram on Tuesday.

Wine class and dinner, venison on the menu, nose-to-tail eating in the city, and more

Salads are easy, don’t require much, if any, cooking, are a good way to use up leftovers, and kind of fulfill a lot of nutritional requirements in one tasty bowl.

After 26 years in the kitchen, Lee Hanson, a longtime Hamptons weekender, with his co-chef Riad Nasr have worked in some of the most buzzworthy restaurants in New York: Balthazar, Minetta Tavern, Pastis, and Schiller’s Liquor Bar. They opened Frenchette in TriBeCa in 2018.

A wine tasting event, a benefit with samples of area restaurants, a talk on Loaves and Fishes, and more.