Over The Barrel... with Lenn Thompson

3rd Annual Slow Food Pig Roast

Summer is winding down on the East End, but it's far from quiet out here.

We're only a few weeks away from the hectic, road-clogging pumpkin-picking season and there are also some delicious events coming up for local food and wine lovers.

This Saturday at 6:00 p.m., Paumanok Vineyards (1074 Main Road/Route 25 in Aquebogue) is hosting PIG@PAUMANOK.3, the 3rd annual Slow Food Pig Roast. The New York City and East End (Long Island) chapters of Slow Food USA are joining forces for the event.

Attendees will enjoy the best, local, East End bounty including a raw bar, a pig roast (with all the fixin's) and dessert. There will also be live Jazz throughout the day and Paumanok's winemaker, Kareem Massoud, will pour the award-winning wines from his family's winery. Chef Bryan Futterman, of Foody's in Water Mill, will be doing his thing with the pork as well.

Tickets are available ONLY online at www.brownpapertickets.com. (Search for "Slow Pig at Paumanok".) Tickets are $85 for Slow Food Members and $95 for non-members, and include everything you can ask for in an end-of-summer party- food, drink, music, gratuities, and good times.

Proceeds will support the children's Good Food Education Programs of Slow Food East End and Slow Food NYC. On the East End, Slow Food East End supports the Good Food Education Program at the Hay Ground School, having donated a greenhouse to support a year-round Edible Schoolyard.

If you're not familiar with Slow Food USA, it is a national, not-for-profit association that supports a good, clean, and fair food chain - one where food is real and authentic, where it is produced sustainably and humanely, and where producers are treated fairly and eaters have opportunity to enjoy good, clean food. To learn more about Slow Food, visit www.slowfoodusa.org.

On Sunday, the North Fork Reform Synagogue is having its second annual North Fork Foodie Tour for those - like myself - who are dedicated to eating local and reveling in Long Island's bounty. For $25 you get a behind the scenes look at several local farms. If fresh, delectable goat cheese is your thing, you'll want to visit Catapano Dairy Farm. For locally grown produce, farms such as Sang Lee Farm, Satur Farms, Garden of Eve Organic Farm and Golden Earthworm Organic Farm are a part of the tour. Tyl Llwyd Farm offers a birds eye view of what it's like to raise chickens.

Croteaux Vineyards and Shinn Estate Vineyards are also a part of the program, and you'll want to make sure that you visit to tour the vineyards and taste their wares. For more information, visit www.northforkreformsynagogue.com. Advance tickets are available at Gallery M in Greenport, Complement the Chef in Southold, Cecily's Love Lane in Mattituck and at Garden of Eve Organic Farm in Riverhead, but if you want to buy your tickets the day of the event, just head over to Shinn Estate Vineyards where they'll still be available.

Back to Contents