News for Foodies 10.08.15
New at Babette’s
New menu items are on the list at Babette’s restaurant in East Hampton, which focuses on healthy and organic meals with vegetarian and vegan choices. A sample of the new selections offered at dinner, which is served from 5 to 10 p.m. Fridays through Sundays, includes Montauk striped bass with lemon sautéed Swiss chard, herbed fingerling potatoes, and oregano vinaigrette, pan-roasted sea scallops with apple, quinoa, and roasted root vegetables, spaghetti with meatballs made with free-range turkey, and “new foo yung,” which is pan-seared, herbed scrambled tofu with vegetables, organic brown rice, and teriyaki over udon noodles. Babette’s also serves breakfast and lunch daily, except for Wednesdays.
Three Courses and Art
The next Artists and Writers Night at Almond restaurant in Bridgehampton will feature Tucker Marder, a Springs native and graduate student in fine arts at Carnegie Mellon. He has shown his work at the National Aviary, the Phipps Botanical Garden, and underwater, and was chosen by Robert Wilson as a participant in the Parrish Art Museum’s Artists Choose Artists program. Most recently, his piece “Stampede!” — featuring more than 200 live ducks and three large abstract puppets — premiered as part of the Parrish’s Roadshow program.
The event, on Tuesday at 7 p.m., will feature a discussion with Mr. Marder and a family-style three-course meal. The $45 cost includes a glass of local wine or craft beer, tax, and gratuity. Reservations are a must.
Farm to School Money
New York State’s Farm to School program, which promotes connections between agricultural producers and local schools, has $350,000 in grants available for projects that will foster its goals, Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. recently announced.
Eligible projects in pre-K through 12th-grade schools and other entities that participate in national school lunch or breakfast or summer food programs include training for food service staff in using locally produced specialty crops, the purchase of equipment or capitalimprovements needed to use those crops, and employment of a local or regional farm-to-school coordinator.
Additional information about the grant program is online at agriculture.ny.gov/RFPS.html. Applications must be submitted by Oct. 19, and awards will be made in November.
Foraging for Wild Food
Chandra Elmendorf, a naturalist, will lead a walk in the woods to forage for wild edibles on Oct. 17 from 10 a.m. to noon in the area around Trout Pond in Noyac. In addition to the field identification of over a dozen edible plants, Ms. Elmendorf will discuss correct harvesting and the storage and preparation of wild foods. Sponsored by Slow Food East End, the walk will cost $15 for Slow Food members, $20 for nonmembers. Advance registration is required.
At Fresh
At Fresh in Bridgehampton, a lineup of nightly specials includes a Sunday night family dinner with three courses — enough for two to four adults, or two adults and two or three kids, for $72. Tuesday brings tacos for $22 ($12 for kids 12 and under), with half off bottles of wine with dinner on Wednesday, and a burger and beer or glass of wine for $18 on Thursday.
Last Chance
This weekend, Navy Beach restaurant in Montauk will be serving lunch and dinner on Saturday and dinner on Sunday. After that, it will close for the season.
Gosman’s Dock restaurant, down at the entrance to Montauk Harbor, will also close for the season after this weekend. Monday will be the last day of service for 2015.
Dinner and Theater
The 1770 House in East Hampton has teamed up with the John Drew Theater at Guild Hall to offer a special pre-theater two-course prix fixe for $27. Diners who reserve an early dinner spot between 5:30 and the 7:30 p.m. curtain call and use the code “JDT Lab” can claim the deal on dates that the theater lab puts on staged readings. The next will be on Friday, Oct. 16.