Edible East End

Nov 11, 2024 | edibleeastend.com | Meghan Harlow

Looking for something to celebrate before the holiday season officially kicks into gear? Look to the bustling New York cider scene, where there is always something worth celebrating—from New York apples to all the cideries transforming them into liquid gold—and then join the party at the NY Cider Festival NYC this Saturday, November 16, at Hudson Yards.

Aug 13, 2024 | edibleeastend.com | Bridget Shirvell

What does a woman want? Wine and spirits, handmade jewelry, and fresh pies to start, especially when they come from women-owned brands. Nationwide the number of women in business has rapidly increased over the past ten years, but it’s still far from an equal playing field. It’s one reason why we’re thrilled to see and support so many women-owned businesses in Eastport. “Eastport is really the best-kept secret,” says Emily Weiss, who opened Beyond the Beaten Path in the hamlet 24 years ago.

Aug 13, 2024 | edibleeastend.com | Meghan Harlow

When Amy Steinhaus Kirwin and Rebecca Edana first met, years ago at the Southampton Arts Center, they were amazed by all they had in common. For starters, they were both from Los Angeles—hardly the most common city of origin among contemporary East End residents. “And then,” says Edana, “we discovered that both of us were Jewish.”“At the time, there were no other Jews out here—or at least it seemed that way,” says Steinhaus Kirwin. “New York was supposed to be full of Jews,” adds Edana.

Nov 28, 2023 | edibleeastend.com | Emily Cappiello

Sometimes, East Enders don’t know how good they have it. With an abundance of oyster farms off the coastline, all one has to do is pull over to the side of the ride to grab some super-fresh bivalves. As a result, oysters have become their own East End food group, if you will, finding their way to the table for everything from summer soirees to holiday gatherings.

Nov 28, 2023 | edibleeastend.com | Meghan Harlow

Step inside the handbuilt cooler at North Fork Flower Farm in Orient, where all flowers are stored for at least 24 hours immediately after harvesting, and you’ll be amazed at what you find. In a world full of supermarket flowers, the overwhelming majority of which are imported from huge agro-industrial plantations in South America, the flowers you’ll see here, on the easternmost edge of the North Fork, are something else entirely.