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For this month’s cover story on making the most of your leftover turkey following Thanksgiving, contributing writer Rachel Bosworth spoke with a handful of chefs and poultry farmers for what they do with what remains of their bird. (more…)
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Several weeks back, I was on a road trip with family and, while driving back to Long Island on the Cross Island Parkway, I noticed what I thought might be a harvest moon. (more…)
The North Fork music scene could be described as atypical.
Unlike other communities where a particular venue might dominate the scene, featuring headlining artists and, in some cases, hosting major concert events, music here often takes a back seat to all the other things to do.
Yet it’s ever present. (more…)
JB Browder helps his mom and dad, Holly and Chris Browder, oversee the chickens on the Mattituck farm. (Credit: David Benthal)
Chart a course to the North Fork of Long Island and you’ll end up on one of two main roads flanked by farmland and vineyards. Each is a predominantly two-lane road dotted with farm stands come summertime. U-pick berries, hot sweet corn and barnyard animals are among the top attractions at the larger, more well-known roadside farms that everyone drives past on their way through town.
But if you turn a corner or two, you’ll find a handful of other farm stands and garden centers tucked away off the main drag. They offer bountiful homegrown goodness that is well worth the detour.
These out-of-the-way stands offer everything from fresh tomatoes and flowers to poultry and artisanal goods. Don’t let these hidden gems pass you by. (more…)
It’s about to be a new year on the North Fork.
As I wrote last year, the calendar dictates that Jan. 1 marks the start of a new year, but the northforker new year starts around May 15.
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The cover of the September issue photographed by David Benthal.
For the second straight year, the September issue of northforker was awarded Best Magazine in the New York Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest.
The special “Working Waterfront” issue paid tribute to the North Fork and Shelter Island fishermen, boat captains and others who rise early each morning to make their living on The Long Island Sound and Peconic Bay. (more…)