Food News for October 2, 2025

Watermill Center’s Artists’ Table Pairs Art and Locally Sourced Cuisine

The Watermill Center will host its next Artists’ Table event on Saturday, October 11, at noon, featuring Puerto Rican artist Natalia Lassalle-Morillo.

Part of the center’s year-round brunch and dinner series, Artists’ Table invites guests to connect with international artists through intimate presentations, followed by a chef-prepared meal spotlighting locally sourced ingredients.

Lassalle-Morillo’s work, created in collaboration with nonprofessional performers and researchers, examines memory, history, and Caribbean collective identity through performance, film, and installation. Her current project, “En Parábola/Conversations on Tragedy,” reimagines the myth of Antigone through the lived experiences of Puerto Ricans in New York and across the archipelago.

The event is presented in partnership with Abrons Arts Center. Seating is limited and reservations are required.

For more information, visit watermillcenter.org.

Wölffer Estate Hosts Annual Harvest Party

Wölffer Estate Vineyard will celebrate the season with its Annual Harvest Party on Saturday, October 11, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Wölffer Wine Stand in Sagaponack.

The family-friendly event will feature live music, food, drinks, and activities for all ages. Guests can enjoy Wölffer wines and ciders, along with seasonal fare, while taking part in fall festivities set against the backdrop of the vineyard’s fields.

The entrance to the event will be through the field just east of the Wine Stand, located at 3312 Montauk Highway, Sagaponack.

For more information, visit wolffer.com.

​​R.AIRE To Host Spanish Wine Dinner With Emilio Moro

R.AIRE in Hampton Bays will host a five-course wine dinner with Emilio Moro on Thursday, October 9, at 6:30 p.m.

Each course, prepared by Chef Alex Bujoreanu, will be paired with wines from Emilio Moro, known for its century-old Tempranillo vines in Spain’s Ribera del Duero. Winemaker Mario Sánchez Moro will be on hand to share insights into the wines and their history.

The menu includes tuna tartare with ajo blanco and grapes paired with a 2023 godello, sea scallop with truffle and jamon paired with a 2021 malvasia-verdejo, porchetta with sous vide potato paired with a 2022 Tempranillo, beef Wellington paired with La Felisa Tempranillo 2022, and smoked manchego mousse with a signature Emilio Moro cocktail.

Dinner is $110 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Reservations are available at hamptonmaid.com/raire.

R.AIRE is located at The Hampton Maid, 259 East Montauk Highway, Hampton Bays.

Levain Bakery Founders To Sign New Book in East Hampton

Levain Bakery’s co-founders, Pam Weekes and Connie McDonald, will celebrate the bakery’s 30th anniversary with a book signing at their East Hampton location on Saturday, October 11, from noon to 2 p.m.

The event will give guests an early opportunity to purchase and have signed copies of “Levain Bakery: A Story of Friendship, Community, and Cookies” before its official release date. Each attendee will also receive one of Levain’s signature cookies.

The new book chronicles the bakery’s rise to becoming a New York City institution, blending recipes with personal stories, illustrations, and three decades of memories.

The signing will take place at 41 Main Street, East Hampton.