August 2001

Features

• News and Notes: August 2001

• Plotting The Perfect Garden

  A master gardener applies the principles of parterre design to the amazing array of heirloom vegetables at his Pennsylvania retreat. He shares his know-how, and five recipes.

• Quick Summer Recipes

  As a journalist who coauthors cookbooks with chefs, Melissa Clark is expert at interpreting restaurant food for the home cook. But her own delicious, user-friendly recipes need no translation.

• Six Garden Planting Tips

• Garden Layout Lessons

• Grilling Tools

• Diamonds are Forever

  Todd English worships the Red Sox. The Sox worship his food. At a ballpark lunch, Nomar Garciaparra and his teammates say thanks by giving the chef a few pointers on the diamond.

• Favorite Vegetable Varieties for an Heirloom Garden

• Where to Go Next: Provence

• Wine Guide Fact Sheet: Rosés

• Wrap Party

  Delicious filled bundles for stress-free grilling.

• Tastemakers: Alan Smith, Plant Manager

• The Edible Flower

  In his restless search for new flavors, one chef discovers the power of the petal.

• The Nantucket Food Network

  If the well-connected visitors who converge on the island every summer want to eat well, they should hook up with Michael Fahey. He has the best connections of all.

• The Tomato Prince

  Louis-Albert De Broglie rules a tomato kingdom: He grows 514 varieties at his château-hotel in France. A few of the most worthy appear at an extraordinary dinner party in his greenhouse.

• Message in a Barrel

  Experts can size up a wine long before it goes into the bottle. Lettie Teague picks up some pointers during a barrel tasting with winemaker Helen Turley.

• Minding his Manor

  Once an Astor estate, Cliveden is now one of England's grandest hotels. An Astor cousin checks in to check out the changes.