Food

Amber Waves Farm hosted a class on mocktails, i.e., zero-proof drinks, led by a mixologist from Boisson, the world’s largest distributor of booze-free libations.

Katie Baldwin and Amanda Merrow, co-owners of Amber Waves Farm in Amagansett, started the farm during 2008 financial crisis. “Our friends who had taken more conventional paths were losing their jobs,” Ms. Merrow said. "It felt risky starting a business, but it feels like life is risky, and it was less risky for us to be in control of our destiny. We thought, ‘The world is a weird place, maybe we should grow our own food.’ ”

Music will return to Calissa restaurant in Water Mill with Fat Joe, Wyclef Jean, D.J.s, and more, and outdoor feasts featuring local chefs and purveyors are set for Quail Hill Farm and Share the Harvest Farm.

The Star’s food writer dropped in to an elaborate outdoor dinner from Outstanding in the Field at Fireplace Farm in Springs, with Almond’s Jason Weiner in the kitchen and Suki Waterhouse, an actress and musician, in attendance.

Artisanal ice? Because Albert Vigneau’s company Hampton Ice makes flawless cubes, oversized cubes, even spheres and personalized ice, his product is in demand for benefit events, private parties, restaurants, and more.

El Verano opens in Southampton, Jonathan Waxman will "Stir the Pot" at Nick and Toni's, the Bridgehampton Inn has a new bar lounge, and more.

This is the time of year that we are fishing and gardening, shopping at farmers markets, and entertaining alfresco. And yet we want our meals to be quick and simple, without heating up the kitchen too much. Summer sauces to the rescue!

Shippy’s reopens, specials from Bird on the Roof, workshops at Amber Waves, and Tomato Girl Summer comes to the Pridwin Hotel in the form of a cocktail.

Three local sisters and a cousin have opened Bonfire Coffeehouse in Amagansett, offering not only high-quality java, but also salads, egg sandwiches, croissants, cookies and brownies, and much more.

Some dishes were very good, but with uneven cooking and lofty prices, Enchanté Bistro in Southampton gets a lukewarm review from our food critic.

Sushi gets a rebrand in Montauk, D.J.s and live music at Navy Beach, fireworks over Three Mile Harbor at Si Si, and El Turco has a prix fixe special.

LT Burger in Sag Harbor is now eLTacobar, with the same ownership but an affordable Mexican menu featuring tacos, bowls, salsa and chips, quacamole, aguachile, and more.

Dopo La Spiaggia is now Buttero, Fisher’s brings Sweden to Montauk, Bostwick’s happy hour, the Clam Bar caters, and the Maidstone Hotel hosts a French pop-up.

Sag Harbor Kitchen is poised to open with a Michelin-honored chef, Fini Pizza of Williamsburg has landed in Amagansett, Elaia Estiatorio in Bridge adds music and brunch, and El Turco in East Hampton has half-price menu items.

Laura Donnelly has compared prices, selection, and quality at 13 fish markets and vendors from Montauk to Southampton, so you don’t have to.

After years behind the bar at venues such as Gurney's in Montauk and Sag Harbor's Le Bilboquet, Jarhn Blutstein has taken the elevated cocktail experience on the road with East End Mixology.

French wine bar coming to Sag Harbor, cafe and brunch menus at Surf Lodge, Father’s Day lunch and dinner options, supper club evenings in Southampton, and Springs Brewery on the move.

Sag Harbor has no less than six coffee spots, including Grindstone’s second outpost at the cinema, and a new home for Jack’s Stir Brew.

As part of an effort to teach people about planting edible trees and plants, a new apple orchard has been planted on the farm plot of Stony Brook Southampton’s FoodLab, with help from the Milk Pail in Water Mill.

A new taco outpost in Sag, Kissaki to welcome pastaRAMEN, Bostwick’s seafood market, a new beer garden on Napeague, and Grindstone expands once more.

An age-worthy rosé wine dinner at Nick and Toni’s, Bridgehampton's new farmers market, duck and rosé at Almond, and other tidbits from the culinary front.

With strawberry season soon upon us, Laura Donnelly provides an international overview of the fruit, a guide on where to find and pick it locally, and recipes.

Mary Schoenlein of the late, lamented Mary’s Marvelous is back in the kitchen—her own kitchen—creating and testing recipes, some new, some tried and true, for a new cookbook.

A new nut-ritious and local snack for sale, Rita Cantina's new dishes and brunch, two new Montauk eateries, a Wolffer reboot, Meatless Mondays are back, and more.

Self-serve frozen yogurt, milkshakes, nitro cold brew coffee, home-made doughnut holes, cookies, and candy can all be found at the Sweet Spot, a new shop on East Hampton’s Newtown Lane.

Authentic Lebanese falafel in a variety of forms is now available for takeout in Sag Harbor by restaurateurs who make everything from scratch.

Share the Harvest Farm is open, Moby’s is back, East Hampton and Springs Farmers Markets are set to open, and more.

Rowdy Hall plans a move to Amagansett in the space most recently occupied by Main Street Tavern after Labor Day. It will remain open at its present location through the summer.

Jeremy Blutstein's new Montauk restaurant is "a steakhouse, but not a steakhouse," and the vision of an obsessive locavore with "the chops to cook your chops."

A new gourmet butcher in Wainscott, Gosman’s and Salivar's now open in Montauk, a North Fork wine dinner, Enchante takes over Red Bar, a new cookie from Tate’s, New York City chefs to take residencies at Rosie’s, and more.