Spring 2007

DEPARTMENTS 3 GRIST FOR THE MILL Editor's Letter 4 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 5 SPILLING THE BEANS • Straight from the Hearth By Paul Sussman • Maple: Beyond Pancakes By Rachel Travers 8 SUBSCRIBE TO EDIBLE BOSTON 9 FARMER'S DIARY By John Lee 10 COOKING FRESH • What's in Season • Hail Asparagus! By Irene Costello & Joan MacIsaac 16 EDIBLE TRADITIONS Fiddleheads By Elizabeth Gawthrop Riely 53 EDIBLE EVENTS 55 ADVERTISER'S DIRECTORY 56 SAVOR THE SEASON Photographs By Stephen Munshin   COVER PHOTOGRAPH By Michael Piazza

FEATURES 18 THE TABLOID EXPLOITS OF BEES AND THEIR HONEYS By Rose DeQuattro 23 THE TRADITIONS OF MAPLE SUGARING By Kathleen White Photographs by Michael Piazza 27 FRESH FOOD AND COMMUNITY: NOW AT A FARM NEAR YOU By Amy Hannes 31 DUXBURY PEARLS: ISLAND CREEK OYSTERS By Michael Kirkpatrick Photographs by Michael Piazza 35 WALKING THROUGH A GARDEN ON YOUR TONGUE: ORGANIC FARMER: EVA SOMMARIPA By Karoline Boehm-Goodnick 39 A BOUNTIFUL CULINARY HERB GARDEN By David Gilson 41 FOR THE LOVE KIDS: VALLEY VIEW FARM By Kim Motylewski Photographs by Kindra Clineff 43 CHARCUTERIE: THE WHOLE HOG By Clare Leschin-Hoar 45 A GARAGISTE GROWS IN LINCOLN: TURTLE CREEK WINERY By Jonathon Alsop 47 GRAPE NUTS: WHAT IT'S LIKE TO PICK GRAPES IN NEW ENGLAND By Andrew Murray 49 THE BENEFITS OF BUYING LOCAL By Steve Johnson