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Restoration Farm Teaches Members Canning Basics
The air is fragrant with cloves and cinnamon and a large water bath is hissing steam atop the stove. Several members of Restoration Farm in Old Bethpage are clustered around the range as head grower...
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Local Bourbon for a Local Hero
The word “local” gets tossed around a lot when it comes to artisanal products, but is it merely a descriptor of location? The best products rely not only on local ingredients and ingenuity, but embody...
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The Sprouts of Summer
Each year, I look forward to opening day at Restoration Farm like a baseball fan eagerly awaiting the inaugural pitch of the season. It’s that first delicious, revitalizing moment after a long winter...
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Bobby Tomatoes’ Fresh Start
Bob Scala always appreciated the raves he’d get for his homemade sundried tomato and parsley spreads. His friends and family would devour the bright, colorful purees with crackers, over pasta and as...
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Local Food and a Relationship Delivered to Your Door
Imagine arriving home and finding a cooler brimming with fresh local food – and, all it took to get it was a few keystrokes at your computer. For the local food devotee, it’s like Saint Nick has...
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Churches Dig In To Fight Hunger
When it comes to fighting hunger, churches in Bellmore are taking a hands-on approach, and congregants don’t mind getting their hands dirty. In 2011 – at the urging of members Susan Salem and Annie...
View ArticleIt’s June and Thoughts Turn to Pumpkin Pie
[nggallery template=carouselag id=1] The spring showers have been stubborn—and the first tender green leaves of spinach were harvested late—but at Restoration Farm in Old Bethpage, hearty, auburn-hued...
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Farmers Market Cures Commuter Blues at Railroad Stations
For several decades the Long Island Railroad parking lot in my hometown has generated a vivid physical response – stress. It’s not that I don’t love my job, but I really don’t relish the trip to...
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The Season of Clams and Chaos at The Shack
Summer is high season at The Shack in Centerport, but you can’t get a reservation and don’t expect white tablecloths or finger bowls. If anything, plan to jockey for a parking space. The rugged,...
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Freeport’s Nautical Mile Says “Sandy Who?”
A giddy, street festival atmosphere is building on a hot and sunny June Saturday morning at the north end of Woodcleft Avenue in Freeport. A crowd gathers. There’s a sense of elation as Mayor Robert T....
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The Shack in Centerport
Enjoy the clams and please don’t rev your engines. You’ve got to admire a joint that has the audacity to offer “chaos” as a featured menu item. The Shack in Centerport has proudly dished out “clams and...
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IN OUR FIRST ISSUE: The Shack in Centerport
Enjoy the clams and please don’t rev your engines. You’ve got to admire a joint that has the audacity to offer “chaos” as a featured menu item. The Shack in Centerport has proudly dished out “clams and...
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An Apple Orchard Revival
Glenn Aldridge points to a lithe, young fruit tree on a steep bluff overlooking Old Bethpage Village. “See that? That’s a happy tree,” he says smiling. A longtime volunteer at Restoration Farm and a...
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A Proclivity for Pickles
He calls himself “Pickle Me Pete,” he sports a jaunty uniform of emerald green and gleefully dishes out fresh, handcrafted pickles to a string of inquisitive customers. Plainview resident, Pete Starr...
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Attack of the Heirloom Tomatoes
Inevitably, someone would scream, “Run for the hills!!” during a tense, nail-biting moment in those kitschy 1950s alien horror films. At Restoration Farm in Old Bethpage, “Run to the fields!!” is...
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Simply Cider and Apples at the Jericho Cider Mill
Apple George Zulkofske Some might look to the leaves for signs of fall. But for many, the true harbinger of autumn on Long Island is when the cars queue up at the historic Jericho Cider Mill on Route...
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Church Garden Goes Farm-to-Table for Fundraiser
The Garden at St. Mark’s in North Bellmore will host a benefit Farm to Table Harvest Dinner Saturday, October 5 to support its community garden. Since its inception three years ago, the church garden...
View ArticleFreeport’s Nautical Mile: The Surge After Sandy
[nggallery template=carouselag id=6] There’s a sense of quiet desolation and abandonment on a raw December morning at Freeport’s historic Nautical Mile. Just weeks earlier, Superstorm Sandy tore a...
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Garlic Therapy
Depending on your perspective, the annual autumn garlic planting at Restoration Farm in Old Bethpage is the epilogue of the current growing calendar or a prelude of the season to come. For several...
View ArticleGiving Thanks at Restoration Farm
[nggallery template=carouselag id=9] Homemade pies filled with locally grown winter squash, chunky fresh cranberry sauce, root vegetables, garlic, broccoli and Brussels sprouts filled the cornucopias...
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