By DineHuntington.com/Foodie@longislandernews.com

POWER DINNER: Where do power brokers take a meal around here? Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House and one-time presidential candidate, followed up a book-signing appearance at Huntington’s Book Revue with a meal at Jonathan’s Ristorante (15 Wall St., Huntington Village 631-549-0055 jonathansristorante.com) last Monday, Nov. 12. In town to promote their book “Victory at Yorktown,” Gingrinch, his wife and co-author Callista, and a few friends talked politics while dining at a round table in the center of Jonathan’s dining room.

WHAT CAN TWO BLONDES TEACH YOU? Plenty if it’s about cooking. The owners of Two Blondes and a Stove (26 Clinton Ave., Huntington village 631-673-1300 twoblondesandastove.com) have created more than Huntington village’s newest breakfast hotspot. Their after-hours cooking classes are also proving to be pretty popular. This week’s is sold out but there are still spots available for the next Dec. 3 class on creating the Ultimate Cocktail Party, and Dec. 10 class on creating the Ultimate Holiday Dinner Party II. Classes are hands-on, in the kitchen, and what makes them even better is that you get to eat all three courses that you prepare in class.

LIKE OIL AND VINEGAR… Any foodie who walks into The Crushed Olive (278 Main St., Huntington Village 631-423-1500 thecrushedolive.com) is like a kid in a candy store. But the array of flavor-infused olive oils and balsamic vinegars can almost be mind-boggling, if not overwhelming. To help customers best use their products, The Crushed Olive has published “The Infused Palate,” a cookbook filled with 93 recipes from appetizers through desserts that shows you how to incorporate their olive oils and balsamics into easy-to-understand recipes. The book is the work of Eileen Sanger Profit of Miller Place, who works at The Crushed Olive’s Stony Brook location; it is available at all of The Crushed Olive’s locations.

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