Foodstuffs: Bostwick's Returns And Artists At Almond

Bostwick’s Seasonal Return

Bostwick’s Chowder House in East Hampton will reopen for the 2022 season on Thursday, March 31. Business hours, leading into the summer, will be Thursday through Sunday beginning at 11:30 a.m.

On the menu are appetizers including baked stuffed clams, seared tuna, raw bar sampler and several homemade chowders and soups. Entrees include fish and chips, seafood pasta, sautéed crab cakes, fish tacos, lobster roll and flounder sandwich.

Takeout will also be available and orders can be placed by visiting bostwickschowderhouse.com or calling 631-324-1111. Bostwick’s Chowder House is at 277 Pantigo Road, East Hampton.

Almond Artists & Writers Dinner Series Is Back!

Almond Restaurant in Bridgehampton is excited to announce the return of the “Artists & Writers” series with artist Nanette Carter on Monday, March 28, at 7 p.m. Cost of the event is $49 and includes a three-course family style meal and one glass of wine or draft beer (tax and gratuity not included).

An artist who has been exhibiting her work nationally and internationally in numerous solo and group exhibitions since the mid-1970s, Nanette Carter creates abstract collages expressive of her sensitivity to injustice and humanity in the context of contemporary life and her responses to the drama of nature. Her shaped works, produced in multimedia on Mylar since 1997, are evocative of concepts in the history of abstract art and reflect the African American abstract art tradition, exemplified in the works of Alma Thomas, Sam Gilliam, William T. Williams, Howardina Pindell, Romare Bearden, and Alvin Loving Jr. In fact, Loving (1935–2005) was Carter’s mentor. A close friend, he inspired her in his view of invention in art as the result of process, in a manner akin to how jazz musicians create something new by riffing off of a melody.

In her art, Carter combines rectilinear structures with animated gestures, forming constructions that recall the lineage of African American quilt-making, while drawing on jazz, Japanese prints, Russian Constructivism, Abstract Expressionism, and other sources. She describes herself as a “builder, fascinated by the act of bringing pieces together to create a work of art,” while noting that “building is one of civilizations’ oldest endeavors.” In 2013 she began her Cantilevered series, metaphorically using an architectural term referring to structures anchored by a plinth at one end that extend horizontally—almost defying gravity—as a paradigm for the balancing act in all our lives in the twenty-first century. Her series, The Weight, begun in 2015, speaks to the weight “compounded on us as we reflect on our history and aspire to move forward to better ourselves.”

Almond Restaurant is at 1 Ocean Road, Bridgehampton. Reservations are required for the event and can be made by calling 631-537-5665. Visit almondrestaurant.com for details.

St. Patrick’s Day Offerings

On Thursday, March 17, at The 1770 House, Chef Michael Rozzi will prepare traditional corned beef and cabbage with all the trimmings as part of the restaurant’s two-course $55 prix fixe menu. The 1770 House Restaurant is at 143 Main Street, East Hampton. Visit 1770house.com for details.

Also available this week is L & W Market’s old school corned beef and cabbage dinner to-go. The cost is $119 for a dinner serving four people. For Purim, the market is offering Hamantaschen cookies ($16 for 6 pieces, 3 flavors). L & W Market is at 2493 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton. Visit landwmarket.com or call 631-537-1123 for details.