Dining
Todd Christy could do better. After two attempts at making the perfect shot of espresso, he still wasn’t satisfied.
Steamed Lobster
1 1/2 pound lobsters (one per person)
Unsalted butter
Salted butter
Lemon juice
At 8 a.m. Saturday morning (June 23), thirty volunteers of all ages will report to the First Congregational Church of West Tisbury to wash, cut and cull strawberries, a process that takes over four hours to complete.
Restaurant Week
Get a taste of what Vineyard restaurants have to offer at the fourth annual Restaurant Week, starting this Sunday, June 17 and running through Thursday, June 21. Enjoy three and four-course meals at most Island restaurants. Lunch costs between $10 and $20, dinner between $25 and $45.
Visit marthasvineyardrestaurantweek.com for a full list of participating restaurants.
Jane Hurst woke up last Saturday morning with a challenge: Think way back to last summer and collect all of the items necessary to conduct business at the West Tisbury Farmers’ Market, the first of the season.
In her search for the best raw chocolate, Bennett Coffey tasted chocolates from all over the world, including Bali, Peru and Ecuador. Eventually, she settled on a raw cacao from the Asociacion de Santipo in Peru, where money goes directly to farmers and the product is certified fair trade and organic. This raw cacao is the foundation of her Vineyard creation, Not Your Sugar Mamas, a local company dedicated to creating chocolate treats that not only taste good but are healthy, too.