The Minimalist: Solving Squid Spatter (and No, Not the Ink)
Some lessons emerge from frying squid: wet squid spatters more than dry, and lots of squid spatters much more than not so much squid.
July 31, 2009
Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch
How American cooking became a spectator sport, and what we lost along the way.
Film Food, Ready for Its ‘Bon Appetit’
The new movie “Julie & Julia” is the latest film to feature food that is edible and even delicious — no half-cooked turkeys colored with motor oil or ice cream carved from Crisco.
HEDGE EXEC ADMITS GUILT (New York Post)
A former hedge fund manager pleaded guilty yesterday to fleecing investors out of $20 million to finance a lavish lifestyle that included a home in the Hamptons and a treasure trove of jewels and artwork. Mark Bloom also admitted selling his…
The Hamptons Magazine Snob-Off [Feuds] (Gawker)
The high society better-than-yous who summer in The Hamptons are under the impression that there is some legitimate moral stratification of Hamptons summer society magazines. They fuss and fight as…
Our Lady of the Hamptons plans $3.7 million expansion (The Southampton Press & The East Hampton Press)
Our Lady of the Hamptons Regional Catholic School recently got the go-ahead from the Diocese of Rockville Centre to launch a $3.7-million capital campaign to finance construction of a gymnasium, four new classrooms, and a solar system that will power half the school.
Unreal Estate: Divided Fortunes in Hamptons (TheStreet.com)
Property sales north of Hampton’s main highway have been especially hard hit by the housing downturn.
THE GREAT INDOORS IN THE HAMPTONS (New York Post)
THE best place to eat in the Hamptons is in a garden or on a porch — at your house or a friend’s. In a land blessed with luminescent air and a fantasia of great fish and produce from local markets, why throw money away in restaurants peddling…
Hamptons’ Blue Parrot; Surf Lodge’s $26 Lobster Roll: Food Buzz (Bloomberg)
July 29 (Bloomberg) — “ Delta Air Lines ” was inscribed on the knives. But we weren’t on a flight, we were dining in the Hamptons at a land-based eatery that evokes the universally miserable experience of eating crummy food in an economy class seat.
Drink Up! Thrillist Party in the Hamptons (NBC New York)
MoshPix: Party-goers had a blast drinking cocktails by the pool and celebrating the launch of Thrillist Hamptons at Day & Night in Southampton over the weekend.
