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News for Foodies: 11.28.19

Mon, 11/25/2019 - 11:03

Winter Produce

Winter shares are available in Quail Hill Farm’s community-supported agriculture program. Shares, which cost $470 for a family or $290 for an individual, include biweekly pickups of root vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, turnips, and parsnips, greens like kale and chard, dried beans, smoked peppers, herbs, and other seasonal or preserved produce as well the opportunity to harvest salad greens weekly in the farm’s greenhouses. Pickup days are Fridays and Saturdays with the next ones on Dec. 6 and 7.

Shares can be purchased online at peconiclandtrust.org or by calling the land trust in Southampton. 

 

Specials

The Highway Restaurant in East Hampton has several dinner specials planned for tomorrow through Sunday. The entrees include short rib agnolotti with Brussels sprout leaves and a parsnip puree for $32, and pan-seared diver scallops with a sweet potato and apple hash for $42. Peking duck with pancakes, hoisin sauce, scallions, and cucumbers is $59 and available tomorrow only.

Fresno in East Hampton, which is open Thursdays through Mondays, is offering food and drink specials from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Bar bites are $5, and include fried calamari with sriracha aioli, mussels in a coconut habanero broth with chimichurri crostini, and hummus with grilled flatbread and marinated olives. A cocktail or a glass of wine is $10, and beer is $5.

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