Mark and Lynn experience the Heat of Angry Goast Pepper Company...

Lynn brought back a bounty from Vermont including Angry Goat Pepper Company's Smoke Maple Habanero Mustard. This Mustard, one of many offerings from the Angry Goat Pepper Company is an unheard of combination of sweet and heat that tastes like no other mustard we have ever had.  The company has a myriad of other products sweet, savory and everything in between. We have gone through this jar quickly but fortunately Angry Goat's website offers products online...M&L

Lynn discovers Vermont's Stonecutter Spirits...

Lynn had recently visited Vermont with friends on a knitting retreat.  She was constantly impressed with the food and spirit scene at the Dorset Farmer's Market. Among the offerings she found there was Stonecutter Spirits Heritage Cask Whiskey. This Whiskey, aged in former bourbon and cabarnet barrels for a minimum of 4 years, the Heritage Whiskey had a distinctly smooth finish with hints of spice and oak.  We have enjoyed drinking it "neat" but the Stonecutter site lists several cocktail suggestions. The spirit is only available in Vermont and Massachusetts at present so we are treating this bottle as a "special occassion" spirit until we can get back to Vermont. 
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Duke's Liquor Box In Brooklyn impresses with curated spirits...

Lynn and I visited the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn are were fairly overwhelmed by the great tastes, colorful characters and to use an overused word "hipster" culture embedded there. One of the places we visited was Duke's Liquor Box which is a beautifully curated, bespoke liquor store.  The manager there was really helpful and knowledgeable about the exotica in the shop.

We took home a savory  Fernet which we have enjoyed very much. We will definitely be back...
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Mark and Lynn duck into the charming Five Leaves in Greenpoint...

On our recent trip to the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn Lynn and I had the opportunity to visit some of the eateries that we had long wanted to visit one of which was Five Leaves. The restaraunt, in part the brainchild of the late, great Heath Ledger had a breezy, bistro vibe and hip looking servers and bartenders.  Even though we were there at an in between time arund 3 the place was jumping.  The staff handled the rush with pose and finesse.  Lynn and i had a couple of drinks and tried the Charred Shishitos and the "Devils on Horseback" which was bacon wrapped medjool dates with habenero vincotto and almonds.

The drinks were crisp and savory on a hot August day and the food was the perfect bar snacks.  Our short stop here help us get our second wind and push through the rest of our day trip.  The menu had a number of itmes that we were tempted by such as the Tuna Bahn Mi, Charred Fennel and Grilled Okra.

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Green Street Food Truck brings vegan yumminess to Long Island....

I had read about the Green Street Food Truck on Facebook which is (at present) Long Island's only "plant based/gluten free food truck."  Lynn and I were lucky enough to catch them at Just Breathe Yoga recently where I had the "tuna bowl" consisting of (among other things) spinach and chickpea tuna while Lynn had the Thai  Bowl with Raw Zucchini noodles, grilled tofu and peanut sauce.

The food was great and Owner Matt Korsky and his co-worker Alissa Logue were charming and personable.  Safe to say we will continue to patronize the exceptional fare of GSFT as much as possible....
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Noah's On the Road helps cap Summer 2018,,,

As is often the case, Summer got off to a late start this year with the weather chilly well into the season.  We managed to pack a lot of our Summer "Bucket List" into what felt like a couple of weekends.  One thing we checked off of our "list" was to get to Noah's food truck out of Greenport's Restaurant of the same name.  We had a delicious fish taco paired with a beer from Greenport Brewing and are looking forward to visiting the food truck when we are not trying to cram Summer into a weekend...

Sag Pizza makes a splashy debut in Sag Harbor....

We had been excited about the opening of Sag Pizza for several months mainly because it is owned by the owners of LT Burger which we have consistently enjoyed over the past few years.  The space, occuppied for decades by the beloved Pizza Parlor Conca D'Oro has been transformed into a sleek yet warm high end pizza parlor.

We went on a busy August weekend recently and though the restaraunt was crowded and bustling it had a relaxed feel with families taking a break from the heat mostly dining on some of the imaginative fare, mainly the wood fired pizza.  Lynn had the yummy Vingole pizza with clams, garlic scallion butter, guanciale, oregano and lemon.  I had the Montauk Tuna Crudo which fairly melted in the mouth.  Sag Pizza had a nice selection of wines, many of them local such as the Wolfer Rose which was a blessed remedy from the dog day heat of the noon sun.

The vibe was full on Summer with a sexy, near ceiling height poster of Sophia Loren in her movie star prime lounging on a beach in a black one piece.  Our waiter had a charming and comically appropriate Italian accent.  The section we sat in was comfortable but the seating was tight.  In spite of this, diners were friendly and relaxed and the vibe was unhurried. Definitely looking forward to many a return visit to try the other appetizing fare such as the Farmer's Pizza (with shishito pepper among other items) as well as the Medditeranean Octopus and Chopped "Arthur Ave" salad with salami, olive, filone, pepperoncini and gem lettuce...
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