If you're looking for a go-to Chinese restaurant on Buford Highway, then you should add Yummy Spicy to your rotation. Why it matters: This no-nonsense restaurant has a large menu filled with Sichuan ...

With golden rice with red curry paste, salmon, crunchy vegetables and a soya-ginger-lime sauce to liven things up, this crispy rice salad is an explosion of flavors.

Let’s focus on the charmingest bits of Stony Brook and the Setaukets that lie between Route 25A and the Long Island Sound.

Sarah Copeland’s sweet and spicy tofu with soba noodles. David Malosh for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews.