The autumn harvest brings a variety of healthy and delicious produce, from squash and sweet potatoes to apples and pears. Fall fruits like apples offer essential vitamins and antioxidants that help prevent chronic illness and slow aging. Fall vegetables, like squash, contain alpha- and beta-carotene...
Long Island has a storied history around potatoes. At the peak of potato production, 70,000 acres of the crop were grown by over 1,000 different farmers on LI. Though a significant amount of the land used to grow potatoes has been given over to new...
Long Island’s East End is famous for its picture-perfect wine country, local distilleries and beer microbreweries. Getting here from Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens is a breeze on the LIRR, Hampton Jitney or L.I.E. (Long Island Expressway) and usually takes only around 2 hours. Our many...
Wine-growing regions around the world have become known for the characteristics of the wines they produce. Wine enthusiasts know wines that come from Argentina are generally ‘peppery’ in taste and those that come from the Chianti region in Italy are generally savory, for example. Bedell...
Spring has popped up in the East End and we couldn’t be more excited. The sights, sounds, and smells of the North Fork are in bloom for the first time and there are so many things you can do to indulge your senses. Here are...
