Raising a glass in Long Island Wine Country as we celebrate International Women’s Day today, and as you toast, ask yourself, what role you will play in making the world a better place. Read about the strong and innovative women of our agricultural and maritime community on the North Fork of Long Island by visiting www.seasonedfork.com

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It is International Women’s Day is on Tuesday, March 8th and throughout the week we have shared stories about the achievements of women who have influenced our agricultural and maritime community. The series would not be complete without the story of Yvonne Lieblein, Entrepreneur, author, mother and community “composer”. Much like her newly published novel, […]

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Roast chicken for the Soul: Ode to Judy Rodgers. Juicy roasted chicken on panzanella salad or your favorite winter salad with some citrusy Sauvignon Blanc from Macari Vineyards.

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Striped bass with Chimichurri and herb garden orzo. Perfect with a glass of Paumanok Riesling, named by the Wall Street Journal’s blind tasting, led by High Johnson, as one of the nation’s top 12 wines, “Luxury dozen”

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Memory, Dirt and Reflection Just the idea of spring teases up desire in the gardener (and the would-be gardener). The onset of local flower shows, the arrival of glossy seed catalogues in the mail, even the sinking of shoes in the sucking mud under a stubble of leftover grass are enough to waken desperate longing […]

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A b-Oysterous Bible of Bivalves Reading a Mark Kurlansky book is like going out for a couple of beers with your favorite professor. You settle in to a comfortable booth with a frothy pint of anticipation. You tingle with the excitement of entering a more intimate relationship with someone you admire. You enjoy the delicious […]

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By Ruth Reichl I read Ruth Reichl’s first memoir, Tender at the Bone, many years ago and it never left me.  Her writing is so vulnerable, so raw, I cried and I cringed through the details of her childhood that in some ways were extremely foreign yet in other ways very familiar.  So when I […]

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A Chocolate Extravaganza – no calories, no kidding! Everything I know about chocolate, I learned from Maricel Presilla. Truly. Food writers like me don’t necessarily know everything about the food they are asked to write about, so we rely on the smarts, wisdom, knowledge and research of others. Sometimes — like when I was asked […]

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