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Places you should try: The Riverhead Project

By Vera Chinese On December 20, 2011 · In Featured, Food

I think I found my new “special occasion” dining spot. Although it has been more than six months since downtown’s The Riverhead Project opened its doors on Maple Avenue, it wasn’t until Saturday that I had my first meal there. I make no exaggeration when I say I was blown away. As someone who is [...]

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Boulder Creek closes, auctions off restaurant equipment

By Vera Chinese On October 24, 2011 · In Featured, Food

Have you ever wanted to take a piece of Boulder Creek Steakhouse in Riverhead home with you? Now you can. The Route 58 restaurant has closed and a liquidation company will be auctioning off all its utensils, appliances and decor until 6:30 p.m today, Monday. About 20 to 30 people lined up this afternoon to [...]

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North Fork brewers join the viticulture set in offering sip-and-savor sessions

By Vera Chinese On October 20, 2011 · In Featured

Patrons at the Greenport Harbor Brewing Company’s tasting room have only six choices to sample — well, maybe seven if you count the trays of pretzels on the bar — but that doesn’t stop it from filling up on many weekends. That’s probably because beer aficionados won’t find this deal in any restaurant or bar. [...]

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Cody’s BBQ serves up southwestern fare on East Main Street

By Vera Chinese On October 7, 2011 · In Featured, Food

When perfecting a piece of barbecued meat, Rich Gherardi says one component will make or break a rack of baby back ribs or beef brisket — and it’s not the barbecue sauce or meat rub. “When it comes to barbecue, to get the meat right, it’s all about temperature,” the owner of the new Cody’s [...]

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Aquebogue vineyard adds Jamesport bistro

By Vera Chinese On August 26, 2010 · In Events, Food

Arie Pavlou, a graduate of the Cordon Bleu culinary and hospitality school in Paris, shows off a giant chicken of the woods mushroom he found in Wading River recently. He said the mushroom weighed 30 pounds before he cut it up and sauteed it for risotto. Last spring, a “coming soon” sign appeared outside the [...]

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NOFO fest takes boomers back

By Vera Chinese On August 5, 2010 · In Lifestyle

A shirtless man in khaki shorts played a little air guitar. A middle-aged woman in a pair of unbuttoned, folded-over denim shorts swiveled her hips to the music as a man with long white hair tied back in an American flag bandana threw his fists in the air. Such was the scene at the North [...]

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BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO Jenifer Pappo of Middle Island (left) gets a skin treatment using Petit Verdot Repair Serum from Mary Allmaras, owner of Vindu Skincare, at Martha Clara's vineyard tasting room recently. The winery, where the product line was unveiled, provides the wine base for Ms. Allmaras' products.

Wine’s benefits applied to skin

By Vera Chinese On May 27, 2010 · In Lifestyle, Wine

Skin care products and North Fork wineries do not necessarily go hand in hand. But Mary Allmaras says that the same antioxidants found in red wine can rejuvenate a sun-damaged and aging face.

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