Food

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.

A new virtual barbecue experience, cookies at the doorstep, Dopo in Southampton, and more

A recent cold soup recipe testing tear (vichyssoise, cantaloupe, beet-jalapeño, Sungold tomato, and zucchini-basil) has been easy, fun, very inspiring, and economical, as well.

New Vietnamese at the Hampton Racquet Club, Moby's has a market, and new specials at Bridgehampton Inn and Nick and Toni's

A "sacred sound journey" was followed by lunch at Shou Sugi Ban House, a Japanese-inspired "luxury wellness resort and spa" in Water Mill, where the consulting chef, co-founder of Noma (!), Mads Refslund, was on site cooking.

Union Burger expands to steaks and sushi, Main Street Tavern opens, Carissa's Bakery's new delivery service, a happy hour at Bostwick's, and more