Tip# 19: Be a NoFo Foodie

Today from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm the North Fork Foodie Tour takes place from Jamesport to Orient.  Want to see the best of the local, artisinal producers and growers?  Spend this beautiful Sunday on a self-guided tour and visit organic farms, boutique wineries, even a dairy and lavender farm.   All are opening their doors and many are providing special, insider visits to those on the tour not offered to the public.   

Not to miss  are two cooking demonstrations by local, 'celebrity' chefs Tom Schaudel (A Lure and A Mano) and veteran John Ross (now a Suffolk Times food columnist) this afternoon.  If you have read Tom Schaudel's book, Playing With Fire, than you know to expect a laugh or two along with some innovative recipes featuring local ingredients and exotic flavors.  And John Ross is considered the historian of Long Island regional cuisine.  Both talks take place at Charnews Farms in Southold, with Tom at 1pm and John at 3pm.  At 2pm, Chris will be speaking about Browder's Birds, and raising our pastured chickens along with the benefits of such. 

Other highlights on the tour:  

 
Tomato tasting at 11am with Stephanie of Invincible Summer Farms and her incredible array of heirloom tomatoes (at Charnews Farms)
Special Vineyard walk at Shinn Estate Vineyards at noon with Barbara Shinn
Catapano Dairy offers guided tours of their goats, dairy and cheesemaking facility at 11:00a, 1:00p and 3:00 pm
Take an old-fashioned hayride at the Harbes Farms and learn about the farm and family history
At McCall Wines, Russ McCall is giving a tour of his 100 acre-farmstead that includes vineyards and grass-fed Charolias cattle at 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30
Guided Tour and talk with Karen Lee at Sang Lee Farms at 2:00pm and tastings all day
KK's The Farm will have tours on the half hour focusing on biodynamic growing from 10:30 - 2:30

Find the full line-up here: http://www.northforkreformsynagogue.org/calendar/events/
 

Don't miss this rare opportunity to get to know the extraordinary people producing local foods that make the North Fork such a unique and special place!

Tickets may be purchased on the day of the tour, after 9 a.m. at The Peconic Land Trust Ag Center at Charnews Farm or after 10 a.m. at any place participating in the tour. Children under 12 are free. 

Purchase price benefits the North Fork Synagogue Reform. For more information: Call 631.722.5712

A Little Background

Hello! Just looking for a place to catalog all the good people, good food and good design we encounter every day out here on the east end of Long Island.  I also find myself constantly recommending what to do and see to our city friends, and others,  and I thought it would be fun to compile it all in one place as a reference guide of sorts.

I've lived in the city for almost 10 years and on the North Fork for about the last three. Over this past year, I've experienced a transition from a "weekender" to an "insider" (I dare not say, local) and discovered a whole different experience which I want to share. I hope you enjoy my thoughts, ideas and opinions  - and just ignore them if you don't!  I'll do my best to document our life out east and share insider tips as I come across them.  Cheers and enjoy!