DEPARTMENTS
7

GRIST FOR THE MILL

8 NOTABLE EDIBLES
5,000 bulbs, 12,500 ears. Artsy wines. Drunken apples. Smokey for summer. Chips and dips. Fungus among us.
19 CULT OF TASTE
Summer sparklers.
22 EATER AT LARGE
Hands-on chefs.
24 IN THE KITCHEN
Jack Bishop and Lauren Chattman.
26 COOKING FRESH
29 EDIBLE EVENTS
30 ROADSIDE DIARIES
Wickham's Fruit Farm, Cutchogue. Vicki's Veggies, Amagansett.
35 DIRECTORY
46 END OF THE BIN
Farmstand signs contest.
  COVER
Shinnecock Blues,
by Brian Halweil.
FEATURES
11 FARMGIRL ANGST
Directly Fresh?
What an 18-wheeler and busy customers have in common.
  12 OUT TO SEA
Chix in the Sound
The past and future of Long Island's lobster.
  16 HANDS IN THE DIRT
The Rookie
A novelist's apprenticeship as a gardener on the East End.
  32 FROM GOOD LAND
The Wolf's Peach
Staking tomatoes and other forms of insanity.