On Saturday, June 12, from noon to 4 PM, Sag Harbor author Stacy Dermont will sign copies of “The Hamptons Kitchen,” which she co-wrote with Bridgehampton’s Hillary Davis, at the Open Minded Organics (OMO) Farmstand on Butter Lane in Bridgehampton. (The rain date for this event is Sunday, June 13.)
Copies are available at the farmstand all season and at the Open Minded Organics sister business, The Apothecary, which is located on the Long Wharf in Sag Harbor, year-round. A signing at the apothecary is being planned for later this summer.
This cookbook and guide to the East End, featuring over 100 seasonally inspired recipes, features a list of local purveyors including Open Minded Organics. James Carpenter and Nicholas Reisini, the chefs behind OMO the Kitchen, will be dishing out some specials inspired by the cookbook from the OMO Food Truck that day.
“I’ve known Stacy for years, since before she started volunteering at the Sag Harbor Farmers Market in 2010. Foodies find each other,” said farmer and businessman David Falkowski. “We’ve always enjoyed talking about food and growing food.”
“But when this cookbook came out, we were blown away!” added his partner in life and business Ashley Falkowski. “It’s gorgeous and so in-tune with the growing season — I can’t wait to try the specials our chefs come up with on June 12.”
Located at 720 Butter Lane in Bridgehampton, the stand offers — in addition to their certified organic gourmet and medicinal mushrooms — a host of fresh produce, local products, and plants for the garden.
On Saturday, June 19, from noon to 3:30 PM, photographer Barbara Lassen and North Fork Chocolate Company chef, and painter, Steven Amaral will offer a joint show of their work at Borghese Vineyard in Cutchogue.
The afternoon will also feature a selection of food from the North Fork Chocolate Company, a full-service chocolatier and caterer. Based in Aquebogue, the North Fork Chocolate Company is owned by Chef Steven Amaral and Ann Corley. North Fork Chocolate has been producing custom chocolate bars for Borghese Vineyard for years.
Dermont will also be on hand to sign copies of “The Hamptons Kitchen.” The book is on sale in the Borghese Vineyard gift shop.
The trio — Amaral, Lassen, and Dermont — are deer friends and have worked together many times at various food events. This is the first time the three have built a food event around themselves, and paired it with wine.
Jokingly dubbing it “The Hamptons Kitchen Road Show,” the moniker just might stick.
The three are considering adding other food professionals, and additional venues, to the “road show” mix. No reservations are necessary to attend the June 19 event, unless a party is larger than six guests.
Among the area wines featured in “The Hamptons Kitchen” are Borghese Barrel Fermented Chardonnay paired with Davis’s recipe for Peconic Bay Scallops with Riesling Cream; and Borghese’s Allegra Late Harvest Chardonnay paired with Dermont’s Warm White Chocolate Parsnip Pudding.
Delicacies on offer at the June 19 event will include Chef Steve’s take on the Warm White Chocolate Parsnip Pudding, as well as a range of savory and sweet treats, all readily paired with Borghese’s delicious wines, available by the glass, or bottle. Curbside pick-up is also available at the winery — call ahead to 631-734-5111.
“We couldn’t be more pleased to be featured in this gorgeous new book,” said Giovanni Borghese, second-generation owner of Borghese. “This should be the norm — pairing great local foods with great local wines — we’re delighted to offer this fine example to our club members and other patrons.”
“We’re so excited to spend time together — and for the first time as ‘foodie road warriors’ — at Long Island’s first vineyard!” said Dermont.
“Local is beautiful — and scrumptious!” said Amaral. He and Dermont cook with local ingredients, sometimes together in Amaral’s professional kitchen, aka, the “Chocotorium,” and Lassen often documents the results.
“It was only natural to ‘take the show on the road’ to share our combined love of everything local — and working together is always a celebration,” said Lassen.
Lassen and Amaral currently have another joint show of photographs and paintings on view at the North Fork Chocolate Company, at 740 Main Road in Aquebogue, through Labor Day.