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The Sound of Beer
Anthony Cafaro, the beer DJ at WEHM. The first time Anthony Cafaro tasted Southampton Publick House‘s Double White Ale, “It was like hearing the Beatles,” he says. “I drank the usual bad stuff all...
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Eat More Long Island Oysters!
Michael Osinski Recently Rep. Lee Zeldin toured the Widow’s Hole operation and met several other members of the Long Island Oyster Growers Association. He came, like most people do, to see what,...
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Jean-Georges Vongerichten at Topping Rose House
Jean-George in the young garden at Topping Rose restaurant and hotel. From the outside, Topping Rose House seems unfazed. The utter-white 1842 Greek Revival mansion, reminiscent of a sleepy Southern...
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Cabernet Franc: Long Island’s Bad-Ass Grape
“Who rock grooves and make moves with all the mommies?” —Notorious B.I.G. In the last few years, a certain wine has garnered more interest and attention on the North Fork than any other. Merlot may be...
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Marie Eiffel Market: Pastries and Paris on Shelter Island
Whoever said you can’t buy happiness obviously never visited Marie Eiffel Market on Shelter Island. Right alongside the harbor on North Ferry Road, the market sells everything from handmade pastries...
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Air Bee-n-Bee
Laura Klahre installs a bee bundle. When most people think about bees, they think about large furry bumblebees or hives of honeybees. However, the most common types of wild bee are solitary bees. They...
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Ram’s Head Inn
Imagine the prongs on a tuning fork. Strike one, either or both and a beautiful buzz bounds through the space in between. Similarly, between the East End’s north and south forks is Shelter Island....
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Sparkling Pointe Excellence Brandy
It’s a good thing Gilles Martin’s difficult old grandfather didn’t get his way, or the world would never have Excellence, a delightful artisanal brandy made from North Fork estate-grown grapes. We’re...
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A Change is Gonna Come
“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” —Lao Tzu It’s rare when a day goes by without another story about the possible consequences of climate change. Many world...
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August/September 2016: Grist for the Mill
There’s something about this growing season, the 2016 vintage. We’ve had everything. We got almost no sun in March. Our April showers came in May, and then a heat spike was followed by breezy days in...
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