Bacon Festival Coming to Walt Whitman Shops

There will be something for everyone at an outdoor festival Sept. 14-15 at Walt Whitman Shops, as long as bacon, butter, bourbon or beer is one of those things.   The I Love Bacon, Butter, Beer and Bourbon Fest is scheduled for the parking lot, from Read More …

‘The Sporkful’ Podcast to Raise Funds

Dan Pashman of the award-winning podcast The Sporkful will bring his talents to the Harborfields Public Library Thursday with a live conversation with ‘Caterer to the Stars’ Mary Giuliani. The program is a fundraiser for the Friends of the Harborfields Library and the Greenlawn Civic Read More …

Food and Film Feast at Cinema Arts

The Long Island Food and Film Feast is set for Sunday at Cinema Arts Centre. The evening will feature a series of short documentary films and a multiple course sustainable dinner, with a speaker to address the topic of the film. Sponsored by Slow Food Read More …

Church Hosts Food Packup to Help Needy

An ecumenical group of adults, teens and children  came together Monday at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Cold Spring Harbor to act on the ideals of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,  packing up 20,000 meals for those in need. The Right Rev. Lawrence C. Provenzano, Episcopal Read More …

Island Harvest, SPCA Offer Help to Federal Workers

Island Harvest and the SPCA are offering temporary food assistance to workers hit by the federal government shutdown. “We at Island Harvest Food Bank recognize that some federal workers living on Long Island are struggling to put food on their families’ tables due to the Read More …

Young Republicans Collect, Donate Food for Holiday

The Huntington Young Republicans  collected food donations for the third straight year. Food was collected this weekend at Best Market stores in Huntington Station and East Northport and then donated to St. Hugh of Lincoln for distribution before Thanksgiving.    

Groups Help With Food for Tri-CYA Kids

Community groups and a local supermarket chain responded to Councilwoman Joan Cergol’s call to help end summer hunger, providing food and donations to aid food-challenged youngsters who participate in programs sponsored by Huntington Tri-CYA.          Cergol issued the call earlier this month, Read More …

Enviromensch: Quit Wasting Food

By AMANDA LINDNER My favorite way to lower my waste? Eat it! One thing I’ve learned over course of this #enviromensch process is how much food I’ve thrown away without even realizing it. Beet greens for instance,are an excellent source of iron, vitamins, fiber, phosphorus Read More …

Postal Workers, Island Harvest Lead Food Drive

The National Association of Letter Carriers,  Island Harvest Food Bank and the United States Postal Service (USPS) for the 26th annual Stamp Out Hunger campaign on Saturday. As the nation’s largest single-day food drive, postal carriers across the country will collect nonperishable food items donated by postal customers. On Long Read More …

Want Brunch? Hatch Opens in Huntington

Hatch, a brunch place which recently opened in Huntington Village, knows it exists in the age of Instagram. On the walls, motifs of flower-suns and birds. There’s a lot of natural light, and cartoons play on a TV above the bacon mural (!?). There’s another Read More …

Collecting for a Good Cause

Volunteers spread out to Stop & Shop stores around Huntington on Saturday to collect donations of nonperishable food items for Island Harvest. Stopping shoppers as they were entering stores, the volunteers asked them to drop off an item or two when they exited the stores. Read More …

Lupinacci Meets With Long Island Cares

Supervisor Chad A. Lupinacci met with members of Long Island Cares, Inc. and representatives from Huntington food pantries at Town Hall Wednesday, April 4, to discuss ways the town can collaborate with the groups to end hunger. “Long Island Cares and our food pantries do Read More …