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.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo called a drive-in concert held Saturday in Bridgehampton "a gross violation of common sense," while Southampton Town officials responded to a state inquiry into the event by saying they were conducting their own investigation.

The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill will open its galleries for the first time since March on Aug. 7, with three exhibitions of works by and about East End artists drawn in large part from its permanent collection.