News For Foodies: 01.15.15

The Smokin’ Wolf barbecue takeout shop in East Hampton is taking orders for Super Bowl specials. The menu includes sliders, nachos, quesadillas, ribs, brisket, buffalo chicken wings, and more. For every $75 spent on food, those who order will receive a 12-pack of beer.

Weekly lunch specials are also offered by Smokin’ Wolf. This week, the specials include soup or chili made with chicken or beef, served with salad or mashed potatoes, grilled steak salad, cream of spinach soup, and grilled hotdogs with French fries for $7.75.

Closed for Reno

John Papas Cafe in East Hampton will be closed until about Jan. 25 for renovations and repairs.

For Cooks

In anticipation of a move, the Loaves and Fishes Cookshop in Bridgehampton is having a sale that will continue until mid-February. Everything in the store is 30 to 50 percent off. The shop will move out of its Main Street digs and reopen in early March at the Bridgehampton Inn, which is just down the road on the Montauk Highway.

Food Drive at Bakery

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Blue Duck Bakery Cafe will be collecting nonperishable food items to be donated to local food banks from Monday, the King holiday, through Jan. 31. The bakery-cafe locations are in Southampton, Southold, Riverhead, and Greenport.

Seafood Specials

The Seafood Shop on Montauk Highway in Wainscott has been running daily $10.95 takeout meal specials this winter that come with a choice of 20-ounce beverage, waffle fries or cole slaw, and a cup of clam chowder. Recent offerings have included quesadillas, fried local whiting, grilled salmon, and an oyster po’ boy.

Phone orders have been advised 15 to 20 minutes before pickup. A sign-up link on the shop’s website delivers daily notices about what’s cooking to your email inbox.

Tasting Times

Both Channing Daughters winery and Wolffer Estate Vineyard remain open in the winter for tastings. Channing, which is on Scuttlehole Road in Bridgehampton, is open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Drop-in visitors pay $10 to sample as many as six wines. The sampling is free for Wine Club members. Those with more than six people in a group have been asked to reserve in advance.

Wolffer’s Montauk Highway wine stand is closed for the season. Guests will be accommodated in the main winery building on Sagg Road seven days a week from 11 a.m. with closing Sunday through Thursday at 6 p.m. and on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Tasting prices vary depending on the options selected, but they run about $18 per person.

Topping Rose Class

Kyle Koening and Cassandra Schupp, who are the head chef and pastry chef, respectively, at the Topping Rose House restaurant and inn in Bridgehampton, will lead a cooking class Wednesday tied to the season and a particular technique, in this instance, pureeing.

Participants will learn to prepare each of the dishes for a three-course meal, as well as make a classic cocktail. The menu is butternut squash agnolotti, slow-roasted beef brisket, and, for dessert, cranberry panna cotta trifle. After that, everyone will sit down to eat the fruit of their labors, which will be accompanied by a wine paring.

The cost is $175 plus tax. Students can stay over for the night at a reduced price and get a 10-percent discount on gift cards and selected items. Phone reservations are a must, the restaurant said.

A reminder: Topping Rose hosts a farmers and artisans market the third Saturday of the month until the end of April. This week’s expected vendors include Browder’s Birds poultry, Carissa’s Bread, East Hampton Gourmet, Miss Lady Root Beer, and Great South Bay Candles, though the roster can change from month to month. Hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Citta Specials

Weeknight diners at Cittanuova in East Hampton Village can chose from several tempting options through April. On Tuesdays, pizza and a draft beer plus dessert are $15. Steak night, every Wednesday for eat-in only, features a $19 tagliata cut. On Thursdays there is a $15 three-pasta sampler.

Happy hour seven days a week from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. features $4 drafts, $5 small-plate dishes from the kitchen, $5 half-bottles of pino grigio or Chianti (normally about $14), and $6 mixed drinks.

Champion Chili

Registration has opened for a Jan. 25 chili cook-off to benefit the Clamshell Foundation academic scholarships and local food programs. Only 32 competitors will be allowed. An application can be downloaded from clamshellfoundation.org. Individuals can enter for $25, businesses for $100. Each participant has to prepare two gallons of chili. Doors open to the public at 1 p.m., and admission is $20, $10 for children under 12.