What's Cookin? Long Island Locavore

03/06/2025

Local Les Dames d'Escoffier International member produces high quality sauces on Long Island ❤️
Fracine's Outrageous Food

Elevate your dessert!

Pictured here Homemade Swiss Roll cake with Francine's Outrageous Foods Raspberry Coulis!
Ingredients:Raspberry puree, sugar, lemon juice, French Eau de Vie🇫🇷1.

02/14/2025

PISTACHIO CAKE
Gluten-free, dairy-free, easy
Recipe:

11/17/2024

Great night out! This Tuesday 11/19. Get the girls together. Have a couples or date night out. Kick off the holiday season with a night of giving back to the community. For more on the event, check out the FB page Smithtown Children's Foundation Community Table

10/08/2024

Top 50 restaurant shares recipe. As the temperature lowers, farm fresh carrots get sweeter. Chef Steve Gallagher of shares his recipe for Carrot Ginger Soup w/ mascarpone & amaretti crumble.
DYI or make a reservation!

08/28/2024

There are plenty of local tomatoes still available!
Take advantage while you can.

By Nancy VallarellaPhoto credit – Nancy Vallarella Imagine a summer day in the South, where the air is thick with heat, the cicadas are serenading, and the kitchen is bustling with the creation of a timeless delicacy: the Southern Tomato Sandwich. This unassuming yet irresistible treat is more tha...

07/12/2024

🥒🥒🥒 Where are my Pickle People? 🥒🥒🥒

By Nancy Vallarella Fermented foods are all the rage for promoting gut health.Most of the pickles found in the grocery store are not fermented. They are made using vinegar brine. Vinegar, combined with water, salt, and spices, creates a brine that preserves the vegetables and imparts a sharp, tangy....

07/09/2024

Easy Peasy English Pea Salad

Bring it to your next gathering!

06/29/2024

Garlic Scapes 101

Everything you need to know and where to go to get farm fresh dishes made with them on Long Island.

Full article ( By moi ) - https://messengerpapers.com/2024/06/long-island-locavore-garlic-scapes-101/

05/04/2024

Thank you Long Island Messenger!

They have given me the opportunity to report on Long Island's local harvest and share recipes.

It's going to be a great growing season!!

By Nancy Vallarella Long Island’s strawberry season is synonymous with Memorial Day weekend, as U-Pick fields open, offering ripe berries for eager pickers. Before you get lost in the strawberry patch, there’s some good and not-so-good news. On the bright side, strawberries are packed with nutri...

02/04/2024

Sunday Sunlight🌞
Celebrating after two weeks of overcast gloom with a fairly healthy brunch!

Sunny side up eggs on Trader Joe's crispy hash browns with a side of homemade guacamole.

Cantaloupe and blueberry yoguart parfait.

Have to say it was a nice change from a couple weeks of Seasonal Affect Dieting - peanut noodles, olive oil potato chips, mashed potatoes with braised meats, dumplings, pancakes, and just about any empty carb available.

Thanks for the side of vitamin D mother nature!!!!

11/12/2023

This duo of chefs are destined to lead a new generation of up and coming culinary craftsmen.

Bendell Cellars paired up with Fyr & Salt for a five course dinner last night that was a true Long Island culinary adventure.

Chefs Max Mohrmann and Jonathan Shearman brought their wood-fired stove to execute a evening of fine dining only to have it complimented by well crafted wine from Corey Creek (Bendell's small batch vineyard) winemaker Marin Brennan.

It was super enjoyable and totally not a cookie cutter Long Island dining experience. Watch out Napa - Long Island's North Fork is coming for you!