This is our last weekend on the North Fork. Am I sad? Devastated would be a better word for it. Yesterday, I made my usual farmstand rounds: Wickham’s for the season’s last peaches, Sang Lee for the largest and freshest varieties of heirloom tomatoes.
Then I remembered an impossibly fresh honeydew melon I had devoured a [...]
As I was escaping the city for the Labor Day weekend, I was sprinting for the Hampton Jitney which takes me out to the North Fork. I didn’t have much time to spare so I ran into a pita joint called Grill 44 on the southwest corner of 44th and Third.
The sign said Mediterranean food [...]
Yes, I know New England is the home the ne plus ultra of clam shacks, or so says the NY Times, but in the otherwise very suburban LI town of Rockville Centre (my home town), there’s a first rate clam shack for those who can’t make the trip up north.
Try Bigelow’s, which has been there [...]
Well, I have to say that my morning was brightened a whole lot when I saw the great write-up of Edible Communities in the Times Food Section. This is one of my favorite publications to write for. The editor, Brian Halweil, is a peach and I love writing about local food and local [...]
I have to say it was downright thrilling to walk through the house that Jane Austen actually lived in for the last 10 of so years of her life. The house, in Chawton, Hampshire is situated in a charming village with thatched roof houses and gorgeous gardens.
Inside, you wander through a very modest home [...]
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