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RECIPE: Vegetarian Crab Cakes

This is based on Andrew Zimmerman’s recipe for Baltimore-style crab cakes, originally published in Food and Wine.

BOUNTY: Don't Fear the Fungi

Intimidated by the specialty mushrooms you see at the grocery or farmers market? Sarah Alford shares your curiosity and hesitation. Here's how to overcome your fears and get cooking.

Small-Town Nonsense

The word, technically, means language without meaning or ideas that are unintelligible. Around here, nonsense is the very Hamptons collision of small-town sensibilities and V.I.P. egotism. J Brooke has been taking notes on Hamptons pettiness — the everyday absurdity of life on the South Fork — and lived to tell the tale.

Hidden Gardens Benefit for Springs Food Pantry

E.A.T. in the Hidden Gardens, a benefit for the Springs Food Pantry, is set for Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Corbett Estate at 464 Old Stone Highway. 

Water Report: High Bacteria at Fort Pond

Concerned Citizens of Montauk on Tuesday warned people to avoid recreational activity in Montauk's Fort Pond this week. 

DIVERSIONS: I Tried It

What's an "inversion table"? What's the deal with that "sound bath" business? Carissa Katz, Jason Nower, and Christine Sampson tried out some trendy wellness treatments to give you, the reader, an honest opinion.

DIVERSIONS: South Fork Film School

The indie film scene here has become a vibrant playground for emerging talents pushing the boundaries of independent filmmaking.

DIVERSIONS: South Fork Film School

The indie film scene here has become a vibrant playground for emerging talents pushing the boundaries of independent filmmaking.

DIVERSIONS: King of the Castles

Who isn’t instantly transported back to childhood when they see a sand castle? Some of the most epic creations can be seen every summer at Atlantic Avenue Beach in Amagansett, where the Clamshell Foundation — for going on 33 years now — hosts an annual contest that pits friend against friend for beachy bragging rights in support of charitable causes.

DIVERSIONS: King of the Castles

Who isn’t instantly transported back to childhood when they see a sand castle? Some of the most epic creations can be seen every summer at Atlantic Avenue Beach in Amagansett, where the Clamshell Foundation — for going on 33 years now — hosts an annual contest that pits friend against friend for beachy bragging rights in support of charitable causes.

OVERHEARD: You Are Here

Look down. “Geodetic Survey” markers have triangulated the coastal landscape since the Thomas Jefferson administration.

OVERHEARD: The Beer Brothers

Eiji Shiga and Colin Lillie, best friends for 35 years and bartenders for 25 of them at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett, have quite the friendship origin story.

OVERHEARD: Gentleman John

The story of John Wick dates back to the very earliest days of Bridgehampton. We gleaned what follows from later newspaper articles as well as historical documents. It is the story of a Bridgehampton gentleman of some means who, during his lifetime, was, seemingly, a fairly normal, honorable citizen, but who, after his death, was remembered as a killer, monster, and sadist.

EDITORS' NOTE: #BestFriendSummer

Hot Girl Summer? Nah. This year calls for a hashtag that’s a little more grounded in reality. For summer 2024, our preoccupations have less to do with bikini bodies (having one or desiring someone with one) and more to do with good, stupid laughs, heart-to-heart confessions, and a hard seltzer with our bestie by our side. This is our pitch: make this your #bestfriendsummer, and tag us along the way. We wanna see the selfies.

ON THE COVER: Double Dipped, III by Candace Ceslow

Throughout Candace Ceslow’s work, there’s a central presence: the water. Through Candace Ceslow’s eyes, it contains multitudes — vast stretches of shifting emotion that push her to keep putting it down on canvas. The rhythm of the waves can be calming and meditative, as she notes in an artist’s statement on her website, or it can be fearsome. “The waves are ready to be worshiped. They are deities ready to crash and pull you under as sacrifice.”

On the Fourth: Reclaiming the American Flag

On this Fourth of July, we need to say clearly that the American flag belongs to us all, not one political party, not just one person.

OUT HERE: Weekend Warriors

The tug-of-war boys, here, didn’t come to play; they were really putting their back into it. This is the sandy strip beside the windmill, at the foot of Sag Harbor’s Long Wharf. It’s still there, 48 years later, but the wharf itself certainly looks different, doesn’t it? No mega-yachts in sight, no landscaping, no mood lighting. Would you go back and pull, if you could?

Free Music in Montauk, Times Three

Sunday music at Gosman's Dock, music on the downtown green on Mondays, and seafaring ballads at the Montauk Library Wednesday.

St. Luke's Summer Fair Is Saturday

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church’s annual summer family fair — a tradition since 1886 — will be held on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the church grounds on James Lane. 

Striking Workers Reach Agreement With Stop and Shop

The strike at the East Hampton Stop and Shop has concluded, following a tentative agreement reached Tuesday evening between the supermarket chain and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 342.