Outdoors   SAT JAN 5 In Search of Wintering Birds. 8 a.m. South Fork Natural History Museum, 377 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike, Bridgehampton. $7, free for  members. Reservations needed. 537-9735. Chatsfield’s Hole with East Hampton Trails Preservation Society. 10 a.m. Meet at the kiosk parking area, Route 114 and Edward’s Hole Road, East Hampton. 238-5134. Barcelona [...]

  By Amy Patton It’s a slice of Americana meets a scoop of contemporary chic. I’m talking about the Highway Diner & Bar, a one month-running labor of love conceived by restauranteurs Gunnar Myers and David Kuperschmid. The space on Montauk Highway that sits right on the border of Wainscott and East Hampton formerly housed [...]

  The holiday season brings much joy and laughter -— and also a lot of heavy foods and for some, libations. The result is many of this week’s revelers will enter the new year with an urge to turn over a new leaf, increase physical exercise, tackle those crossword puzzles and eat right. Virtually every [...]

On Monday, January 7 at 6:30 p.m. the Wellness Foundation (www.wfeh.org) hosts a vegan potluck dinner at East Hampton Middle School cafeteria. The event is free, although guests are asked to bring a vegan dish to share, a copy of the recipe and their own utensils and plates. Those ready to take their 2013 resolutions [...]

Almond (www.almondrestaurant.com) at 1 Ocean Road in Bridgehampton offers its third monthly “Artists & Writers Night” next Wednesday, January 9. The evening will be themed around Frank O’Hara’s Lunch Poems and Larre’s the traditional French bistro where O’Hara and other writers and poets gathered. A family style three-course menu created by executive chef Jason Weiner [...]

The 1770 House (www.1770house.com) on Main Street in East Hampton has named former Della Femina executive chef Michael Rozzi as its new chef. A third generation East Ender, Rozzi worked under chef Kevin Penner and James Carpenter at Della Femina starting in 1996, and was appointed executive chef of Della Femina in 2004. That restaurant [...]

Wineries on Long Island’s East End have completed the 2012 harvest, and their wines are now safe in tanks and barrels, with the initial post-harvest phases of winemaking complete. Merliance, formerly the Long Island Merlot Alliance, has compiled an overview of the harvest for merlot and other Bordeaux varietals commonly used in the red blends [...]

Bruce Buschel’s Bridgehampton restaurant, Southfork Kitchen, has been listed with Town & Country Real Estate for $3.85 million bringing into question the fate of the two-year-old eatery, which focused its menu on local, sustainable vegetables and seafood, cheese and wine. According to Town & Country Real Estate’s web listing, the Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Turnpike property is [...]

by Lauren Chattman After making and consuming cinnamon buns, crème brulee, and a variety and number of Christmas cookies too numerous to mention, it was time this week for a little, but not too much, culinary restraint. What could I make that would qualify as nutritious and satisfy my sweet tooth at the same time? [...]

Bringing the Bard (and “The Scottish Play”) to the East End Andrew Botsford as King Duncan, Tristan Vaughan as Malcolm and Vincent Cinque as Donalbain perform a scene from Macbeth during a rehearsal at LTV Studios on Saturday, 12/22/12. (Michael Heller photo)   By Annette Hinkle “All the world’s a stage, and all the men [...]