From the instructions to competitors: "Pick a lighthouse anywhere in the world and create a hearty soup, potage, gumbo, bisque, bouillabaisse, or chowder that represents that special place and the unique people who lived and worked there." My favorite entry was a steamer chowder served by Lifestyles for the Disabled. The ingredients — including steamer clams, salt pork, potatoes, and sweet onions, as well as clam broth, cream, butter, and sherry — were cloaked too thoroughly and evenly to permit a suitable photo. Evidence of the namesake ingredient will have to do. Also shown: leavings of the afternoon.
Lighthouse Point Fest and Soup Tasting
Outside the National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, St. George, Staten Island
www.LighthouseMuseum.org/lighthouse-point-fest-2017
(The 2019 festival and soup tasting was held on September 28)
