Summer Food Bling: the $10 Dollar Tomato, $120 Lobster salad - Welcome to the Hamptons
$120 Lobster Rolls, $30 for a basket of berries, welcome to the Hamptons for the summer. Playground for the uber-rich and food-obsessed, food bling has taken over. Private chefs are getting millions of views on social media accounts, showing the lifestyle and food of the Hamptons. The Red Horse Market in the luxurious area of East Hampton, is known to attract famous faces including Martha Stewart, Alec Baldwin and the Kardashians
The Barefoot Contessa author, Ina Garten, has often praised Loaves & Fishes, a gourmet food store in Sagaponack, New York, as her go-to place for ingredients and event hosting. Since its inception in 1980, the store has been a preferred caterer and to-go meal spot for celebrities like Garten, Jimmy Fallon, and Aerin Lauder.Â
Loaves & Fishes also publishes cookbooks that highlight Long Island's farms and seasonal produce. One of their cookbooks, The Loaves and Fishes Cookbook, is written by Anna Pump, who Garten has said is an inspiration to her
Summer Rosé Sangria Recipe:
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1 (750 ml) bottle good rosé wine
1/2 cup Pom Wonderful pomegranate juice
1/3 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (3 lemons)
1/4 cup superfine sugar
3 tablespoons Grand Marnier
1 tablespoon Cognac or brandy
Water and ice, plus extra ice for serving
1/2 cup fresh raspberries
8 large fresh strawberries, hulled and quartered
2 red plums, pitted and sliced ¼ inch thick
Combine the rosé, pomegranate juice, lemon juice, sugar, Grand Marnier, Cognac, 1 cup of water, and 1 cup of ice in a large glass pitcher. Stir in the raspberries, strawberries, and plums, cover, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours but preferably overnight.
When ready to serve, fill wine goblets or highball glasses halfway with ice. Pour the sangria over the ice, spooning some of the macerated fruit into each glass. Serve ice cold.
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