Summer 2007

DEPARTMENTS 3 GRIST FOR THE MILL Editor's Letter 4 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 5 SPILLING THE BEANS • Raspberries Saved the Land at Silferleaf Farm By Carlha Vickers • Business Heats Up at Summerhouse Baking By Alison O’Leary Murray • The Butcher, the Baker, the Farmer By Rachel Travers 11 FARMER'S DIARY • Why the Farm Bill Matters to You! By John Lee 13 SUBSCRIBE TO EDIBLE BOSTON 14 COOKING FRESH • What’s In Season • Our Friend the Plum Tomato! By Irene Costello and Joan MacIsaac 47 EDIBLE NATION • Food Fight 2007: A Citizen’s Guide By Dan Imhoff 60 EDIBLE EVENTS 62 ADVERTISER'S DIRECTORY 64 SAVOR THE SEASON COVER PHOTOGRAPH By Ilene Bezahler

FEATURES 21 A PECK OF LOCAL PICKLES By Genevieve Rajewski 24 GROUND CHERRIES: FRUIT OR VEGETABLE? By Cynthia Graber 26 A KERNEL OF CORN HISTORY By Kim Motylewski 28 MIRACULOUS CORN By Kim Motylewski 31 HUITLACOCHE: FRIEND OR FOE? By Andra F. Stanton 33 LOBSTER: SUMMER'S MEAT By Drew Spangler Faulkner Photographs by Michael Piazza 39 BOSTON'S REAL BREWER By Alex Loud Photographs by Michael Piazza 42 MORE THAN JUST DRY JOURNALISM By Alex Loud 43 THE NEW ENGLAND SUSTAINABLE FARMING PROJECT By Colleen Matts 49 FRANCES MOORE LAPPÉ By Carlha Vickers 51 A SHORE THING: MASSACHUSETTS' NORTH SHORE By Jill Rose 53 AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL: BON APPETIT MANAGEMENT COMPANY By Rosie DeQuattro 55 A LITTLE GREEN IN THE KITCHEN: GREEN RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION By Matt Robinson 57 FARMERS' MARKETS