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Photos and video: Riverhead’s annual ‘Horseradish Day’

By Vera Chinese

Hundreds of people lined up to take home their annual jars of horseradish and to enjoy the smorgasbord of food during Riverhead’s yearly horseradish party Wednesday. The informal, unadvertised event was held in a barn at Martha Clara Vineyard in Riverhead.

The event was started in the 70s by East End journalists Don Smith and Art Penny, lawyer Pete Danowski and lawyers with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office.

This year, 20 bushels of giant horseradish roots were peeled, cut up, ground and whirred in food processors, then mixed with lemon juice and vinegar.

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BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | Bill Sanok of Mattituck holds up unpeeled horseradish roots.



Vera Chinese has been the editor of northforker.com and northforker magazines since May 2014. Prior to that she spent two and a half years as a staff reporter for the New York Daily News. She joined the Riverhead News-Review as a staff writer in January 2010 and was named Associate Web Editor nine months later. She previously worked for the Southampton Press Western Edition and was named the third place 2008 Rookie Reporter of the Year by the New York Press Association. She graduated from Wagner College in 2006 where she received a bachelor's degree in English. She earned a master's degree in English education from New York University in 2007. She is a 2002 graduate of Eastport High School and has lived on the East End for more than 20 years.

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