Long Island Potato Candy: The Sugar-Saving Confection of the 1940s Farm Hub
Before Long Island was a bedroom suburb of New York City — before the Levittown…
Pine Barrens Pine Needle Tea: The Lost Vitamin C Survival Drink of Early Settlers
Walk into the Long Island Pine Barrens on a January morning and you will find…
The Forgotten Shinnecock Corn Mush: Indigenous Sustenance During the Lean Years
Tucked behind the manicured hedgerows and oceanfront estates of Southampton, just two miles from one…
Depression Cake (Wacky Cake): Baking on the East End Without Eggs, Milk, or Butter
Flour, sugar, cocoa, vinegar, oil, and water. No eggs cracked over a mixing bowl. No…
Cornmeal and Blackstrap Molasses Mush: The 1800s Farmhand Breakfast of the East End
Long before the North Fork became synonymous with Chardonnay and farm-to-table weekend brunches, the eastern…
Long Island Weakfish Bake: The Lost South Shore Seafood Staple Before Overfishing
Somewhere in the collective memory of every family that grew up within earshot of the…
