July/August 2009 TOC

In This Issue

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READERS WRITE

9
NOTABLE EDIBLES

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TASTEMAKER DOYENNE OF DUCK For 25 years, Ariane Daguin has preached the game bird gospel

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FOODSHED GREEN GODDESS Her perfect produce is many chefs’ secret weapon

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IN THE…

Aftertaste:
WWJD?

Jimmy Carbone hath created the Good Beer Seal.

The Locavore Pour:
Message in a Bottle

Empire State grapes take on the Big Apple.

No Passport Needed:
Spices of Life

In Curry Hill, variety–and bargains–abound.

Back of the House:
Mas

Little farmhouse in the big city.

Iconic Foods:
The Hot Dog

To examine what the wiener means to Manhattan–and vice versa–we bite into hot dog history.

Beer Here:
Southampton Publick House

Where great beers are not taken lightly.

In the Kitchen With:
Victor Navasky

The longtime editor of The Nation has a progressive palate.

The Foodshed:
Green Goddess

Her perfect produce is many chefs’ secret weapon.

Tastemaker:
Doyenne of Duck

For 25 years, Ariane Daguin has preached the game bird gospel.

Notable Edibles:
Stick it to me

Disposable chopsticks are so last year.

Notable Edibles:
Pera Adana Kebabs

Think of Sezai Çelikba? as a chef de kebab.

Notable Edibles:
Edible Eden

This summer The New York Botanical Garden favors flora that prefer the soup pot to the flowerpot.