News for Foodies 08.25.16
The East End’s restaurants are in end-of-summer mode, just getting through the busy season, so breaking news on that front is slim. But there are a few upcoming events for which foodies might like to line up tickets.
Nadia Ernestus of Hamptons Brine will present “Fermentation With a Kick: Canning Spicy Kraut” on Sept. 4 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Amagansett Farmers Market. Besides demonstrating how to make spicy sauerkraut, she will discuss the health benefits of incorporating fermented foods into one’s diet. Tickets are $45, and the price includes all materials and supplies needed to begin making sauerkraut. They may be reserved online at amagansettfoodinstitute.org.
Eating for Wellness
“Garden to Table: Eating for Wellness,” a program at Bridge Gardens in Bridgehampton on Sept. 10, will combine a harvesting trip to the vegetable garden, salad making, and tastings, with a talk by Barbara Kinnier of the Wellness Foundation of East Hampton, about how to get all needed nutrients and protein from plant-based foods. Those who attend have been asked to take along a picnic of plant-based foods to eat and share. Admission is $10 a person. Reservations, which are required, can be made with the Peconic Land Trust in Southampton.
Kids’ Pizza Night
Amber Waves Farm and the Children’s Museum of the East End will mark the end of summer and the start of a new school year with a pizza night on Tuesday from 5:30 to 7 at the farm, which is behind the Amagansett Farmers Market on that hamlet’s Main Street. Pizza-lovers may choose their own toppings for personal pies to be baked in a wood-fired copper oven, and there will be family-friendly activities such as a tour of the farm, crafts, games, and an opportunity to pick fresh flowers. The cost is $35 per person, or $25 for members of CMEE or the Amber Waves C.S.A. program. Space is limited, and preregistration is required with CMEE.
Preview Tonight
A five-course tasting menu to be served at the Surf Lodge in Montauk tonight will be prepared by Gabriel Hedlund, a Swedish chef taking his focus on Nordic cuisine to a new restaurant opening in Manhattan’s East Village next month, to be called n’eat. Mr. Hedlund cooked in several restaurants in Oslo before moving to Copenhagen, where he worked at Noma and Kokkeriet before coming to the U.S.
A cocktail hour at 7:30 p.m. will be followed by dinner, with dishes centered on local produce and seafood. The cost is $100 per person, excluding tax, gratuity, and beverages. The menu will include cured duck with pine and thyme; lamb tartare with buckwheat, chive, and borage; smoked onion with local fish, house-made fresh cheese and juniper; squid with mushroom, poached egg yolk and brown butter, and short rib with pickled berries and mini-beets.
Longstand Farm Stand
Vicki’s Veggies in Amagansett is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. The business, with three generations involved, including the stand’s namesake, Vicki Littman, who now works alongside her mother and her daughters, grows its own offerings and also works with local farmers, bakers, and food producers. It has become a go-to spot for many foodies, including a certain ex-Beatle who lives, at least part time, nearby. A celebration tomorrow from 3 to 6 p.m. will include refreshments and other activities.