DEPARTMENTS
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GRIST FOR THE MILL

8 NOTABLE EDIBLES
Back to school. Send wine, please. The big cheese. Peach with pedigree.
Squashes galore.
11 FARMGIRL ANGST
Farm family planning.
15 CULINARY CONVERSATION
The head of the Farm Bureau.
20 CULT OF TASTE
Merlot.
22 PECONIC FORAGER
Edible underworld.
25 IN THE KITCHEN
Summer in a jar.
27 COOKING FRESH
31 EDIBLE EVENTS
32 ROADSIDE DIARIES
Harbes Family Farm, Mattituck. North Sea Farms, North Sea.
35 VISUAL VICTUALS
Tending bees.
41 DIRECTORY
50 AFTERTASTE
The price of potatoes.
  COVER
Madonna and child,
by Lindsay Morris.
FEATURES
12 OUT TO SEA
Return of the Mollusk
Can reviving a legendary shellfish revive a culture?
  16 HEIRLOOMS
Boys of Summer
Scallops, Pekins, sarsaparilla, and other edible memories.
  30 FROM GOOD LAND
Black and Blue
The next time you fly, you might be tasting East Hampton soil.
  36 HOMESTEADING
Waste Not, Want Not
How one self-sufficient couple stretches the harvest.
  39 ON THE VINE
Grapes without Pesticides
A few vineyards rebel.