Dining
When Eric Johnson and his wife, Leslie, were trying to come up with a name for their new frozen yogurt shop, they were sure of one thing.
Hot Dog Heaven
Dinghy Dogs’ second annual Hot Dog Topping Contest is on: the deadline for bringing your recipes, pictures or descriptions of the top dog toppings to the Dinghy Dog House on the Oak Bluffs Harbor is August 24.
Bring your recipes, pictures, and/or descriptions down to Dinghy Dogs on the Oak Bluffs Harbor by Tuesday, August 24.
Sample the finalists’ dogs and cast your vote for this year’s winner on Friday, August 27. The winner will be announced that night.
Center for Pizza Eating
Martha’s Vineyard’s Flatbread Company is different from other pizzerias in two ways: first, the restaurant uses locally grown organic ingredients, and second, it holds a benefit night every Tuesday, when the restaurant donates $3.50 for every flatbread sold between 5 and 10 p.m. to a local nonprofit organization. Tuesday, August 24, the proceeds will benefit the Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living.
Flatbread is located at Nectar’s at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport.
Vitamin C with Carbs
It’s out of the pulpit and into the peach pit this Saturday at the West Tisbury Congregational Church’s annual peach festival. From noon to 4 p.m. gorge on peach ice cream, peach shortcake, and peach smoothies on the church lawn. Peach preserves are also available for take home.
So get reunited with Peaches and Herb, run off with James and the Giant Peach (don’t forget to squash Spiker and Sponge along the way) and get peachy keen with this Island tradition. For details, call 508-693-2842.
Chef Johnny Graham of the Home Port in Menemsha was one of the top 20 contestants on Bravo’s Top Chef. Chef Kyle Garell of Sidecar in Oak Bluffs started his own cooking show on Martha’s Vineyard Television. And while Mario Batali and Bobby Flay may not be there, Mr. Graham and Mr. Garell will go to head-to-head tomorrow as the West Tisbury Farmers’ Market becomes the next kitchen stadium.
Divas Uncorked
The divas have done it again, divining a star-studded lineup — with master of wine Sandy Block, Barbecue University’s Steven Raichlen, and Top Chef contestant Ariane Duarte — for the fourth annual Divas Uncorked Wine and Food Festival on Martha’s Vineyard.
Festival events begin on Thursday, August 12 and continue through Sunday, August 15.
This year, the event will again provide fund-raising support for the Island Grown Initiative..