The week of September 18-24, people across our East End community enjoyed the iconic Negroni while supporting the Slow Food movement. With shared Italian roots and interest in a fair food and beverage system, Slow Food, Campari, and the Negroni are the perfect pairing.
For the past 10 years, Slow Food, Imbibe Magazine, and Campari have joined forces to increase their collective impact by using donations raised during Negroni Week to provide incubator grants for activities that support and promote good, clean, and fair food and beverage.
Here on the East End, we were fortunate to receive a grant earlier this year to expand our Flour Power program. This is a program that provides healthy and nutritious bread to people in need. The additional funds from the Negroni Week grant will be a significant boost to our efforts.
Thanks to all the restaurants, bars, art museums, liquor stores, and chocolate shops across the Forks that participated. We had fourteen venues on the East End register, and several of our participants sponsored some specials and fun events during the week. Pictured here are a few highlights:
- An evening with our guest leader, Nichole Sinning, enjoying the Negroni variation “Your Momma Don’t Dance” at Townline BBQ
- Tropical Negroni and snack pairing at Love Lane Kitchen in Mattituck, cocktails crafted by Joe Coleman at Doublespeak Cocktails
- Dinner at Noah’s with a round of classic Negroni’s enjoyed by guest leader, Becky Chidester and her East Marion friends.
