Dan’s Papers May 6, 2011 danshamptons.com Page 38
HAMPTONS EPICURE Stacy Dermont
Who we are is what we ate. When people meet me for the first time they assume I’m “from the city.” Because I dress so badly – it reads as arty. After talking for a while, they sometimes ask if I’m from one of the old East End families – both because I’m odd and because I talk about local farming a lot. I was raised upstate in North Otto, where Appalachia overlaps with The Rust Belt, where nothing happens but the weather (a.k.a. snow and mosquitoes). I still love our valley (note: I cannot be a hillbilly because my family lived in a VALLEY.), but I prefer life in the Hamptons in the main. Once in awhile, though, something comes along that makes me really miss the food where I grew up. I opened a piece of mail this morning that began: “You are cordially invited to attend the 99th Annual Reunion of the G.W.G. Bowen Homestead Association. It will be held Aug. 57th. Come join in the fun of Fish Friday at Holiday Valley followed by Bingo, games and prizes at the Bowen Homestead, relax Saturday or enjoy trips to Niagara Falls, Sculpture
Gardens, Letchworth State Park, Picnicking at Forty, rocking on the front porch or compete in the Bull Ring Grand Championship Challenge.” My first thought? “Yum, a fish fry!” Recently, eating the fish and chips at the Southampton Public House reminded me of the fish fries I used to enjoy with my family upstate. Every tavern had ‘em every Friday night. As a kid I assumed that this was why Friday was called “Friday.” It was so exciting to get a fish fry. I wasn’t allowed to when I was very young because my parents worried that I might choke on a bone. To be allowed to order fish fry was a sign of maturity and extra exciting if it was beer battered. I was consuming BEER! How urbane. Though my job involves sampling the finest restaurant dishes and edible products the East End has to offer, I miss upstate cheese curd, maple syrup and leeks. I’ve solved my curd craving by importing squeaky cheese from the Cuba Cheese Shoppe during the colder months. I just got my two gallons of grade B upstate maple syrup from Mark Church in East Otto. It has to be dark, or it’s “too fancy.” He and his wife very kindly shipped it to me by United Parcel Service, marveling at what an Otto ex pat would and could pay for it. My family hasn’t hit on a good way to transport leeks to Long Island yet. The leeks that we grew up on are now called “ramps” and are imported by East End restaurants from Virginia. They taste the same as I remember them, but it’s just not the same as diggin’ them outta Green’s Woods and rushing them home to make them into soup and Limburger sandwiches.
People say that ramps freeze well, but I can’t imagine that they’d play nice with the ice cubes in my freezer. I read in The New York Times last month that scientists fear many ramp populations are in danger from over harvest. Don’t we ever learn?! Eat in moderation, in season, people.(And maybe call in the occasional rush order.)
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tight, I can’t believe you pulled off much once we got back home.” “That’s true, the mom’s on Island are tight, but so are the kids.” “Stop. I don’t want to hear anymore. Besides, I will be avenged in 12 years, when your daughter becomes a teenager.” “She’s not going to get away with anything! I will be all up in her business. I will know where she is at all times.” “I am buying front-row tickets for that show! You’re not going to have any more control over her than I had over you.” “I’ll interview parents before I let her spend the night in some stranger’s home.” “I’m sure you’ll be a better parent than me, despite your nervous breakdown.”
EVERYTHING OVER A MILLION Sales Reported as of 4/22/2011
Cliffeton Green to Derek Francis Kellett, 11 Grouse Lane, 1,600,000
EAST HAMPTON
Estate of Ann M Wilson to John A Werwaiss, 45 Davids Lane, 3,725,000 Alfred Portale to Helen M Chardack, 100 Egypt Lane, 1,166,667
HAMPTON BAYS
SOUTHAMPTON
Jeffrey Klansky to Natalia Vyecheslavovna Potapova, 115 Toylsome Lane, 4,100,000
Newfoundland LLC to Damon Giglio, 14 Main Street, 256 Elm Street Nugent Street Property LLC to Henry & Milo LLC, 22 Nugent Street, 1,070,000
WESTHAMPTON BEACH 538 Dune Harbor Associates LLC to Gabriel S Melamed, 538 Dune Road Unit 9, 1,531,100
Leslie Klotz to David & Jennifer Puritz, 20 Peconic Crescent, 1,980,000 Francois Teissonniere to Madeline Vaz, 4 North Shore Road, 1,471,000
MATTITUCK
Estate of Joseph C Sullivan to Ronald & Theresa Furman, 1455 Meadow Beach Lane,1,325,000
NORTH HAVEN
Allison Diana to Jon P Vaccari, 26 South Harbor Drive, 1,600,000 Danielle & Nicholas Wayne to Marcus Kline, 1 Fox Crossing, 1,550,000
SAG HARBOR
Ali & Ulku Tamsen to Bradley Turk, 8 Northside Drive, 1,350,000 Margaret & Peter Stahl to Skyflelds Holdings LP, 236 Redwood Road 1,350,000 ,
SAGAPONACK
Joy Hildreth-Henry to FEM Building & Development LLC, 152 Sagg Road, 1,200,000
Frank Imundi to Cynthia & Matthew Mark, 182 Ericas Lane, 4,000,000
SHELTER ISLAND
Agnes Albinson to R & B of Shelter Island LLC, 1 Landing Lane, 1,075,000
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EAST HAMPTON
Michael Scaraglino to Michael David Friedler, 17 Deep Six Drive, 540,000 Dora Melero to Bradford & Cintia Parsons, 109 Cedar Drive, 507,000
HAMPTON BAYS
Pamela Feldman to Amy & Martin Curran, 9 Foxboro Road, 575,000
MONTAUK
Brenda Faulkner to John & Kelly Towers, 6 Ditch Plains Road, 850,000
NORTH HAVEN
Estate of Gertrude D Glazebrook toJanis E Bronstein, 9 West Drive, 550,000
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Gregory T Strong to William A Babinski, Parsonage Lane, 974,000
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Sandy Gallin New York Inc to Natasha Esch, Sagaponack Road, 3,250,000