Meet Coastsider at the Chili Chowder Cookoff tomorrow

Coastsider will be at the Chili and Chowder Cookoff tomorrow at Pillar Point Harbor.  I hope you’ll come by and say hello to me and the family. This is Coastsider’s first public event and we’re very excited.

We’re serving "Grandma Craner’s Long Island Clam Chowder", a manhattan-style chowder recipe that I got from my grandmother who lived her entire life in Shelter Island and East Hampton, when it was more fishing village than playground of the rich. I’m going to post the recipe on Coastsider a little later. Right now, if you want to taste it, you’ll have to come to the Cookoff.

We participated in the Cookoff last year I can tell you from personal experience that it’s a great event. The event benefits the Coastside Family Medical Center, which brings medical care to the coast for both the insured and uninsured.

If you live on the coastside, you know this event is coming because the publicity has been relentless. But if you haven’t decided whether you’re going, set aside some time to come see us there.

We’re going to be giving away a framed print by my wife Cheri, whose photos appear on the site, to current and new members who post a comment on a special story I’ll be posting later. You don’t have to come to the cookoff to win.

The pictures at right show folks setting up for tomorrow’s event.