10.22.2024 Around the Island A day to celebrate champagne:Time to toast the tiny bubbles Did you know that Friday, Oct. 25 is Global Champagne Day? All around the world, the best of times deserve the healthy pop of a cork and a celebratory...
05.21.2024 Around the Island ‘Stirring the Pot’ shakes and stirs it up at Shelter Island’s Ram’s Head Inn The Ram’s Head Inn presented a live cooking and cocktail-making show last Saturday, May 11, plucking original recipes straight from “Stirring the Pot,” the brand new cookbook from the...
04.17.2019 Around the Island Island spirits: Seize the sparkle! When traveling with my gallant groom, we enjoy sampling the local cuisine, but we also make a point of asking the natives where they like to eat. So it...
09.15.2018 Around the Island Island bookshelf: Led astray by spirits … and beach plums Not ready to let go of summer yet? September on Shelter Island can sometimes be a sweet dessert after the multi-course menu of June, July and August. Step out...
08.18.2018 Around the Island Finley’s Fiction helps launch ‘All Happy Families’ On August 11, a large group gathered at Finley’s Fiction to congratulate Island resident and author Jeanne McCulloch on the publication of her memoir, “All Happy Families,” recently published...