November 2002

Features

• One Person's Quest For the Perfect Apple Pie

  F&W's editor in chief enlists star baker Peggy Cullen to help realize a decades-old dream: re-creating the perfect pie of her childhood.

• Renovation: Investing in Your Kitchen

  Designers, real estate brokers and other experts share sound remodeling strategies.

• Secrets to a Successful Thanksgiving | Fast, Easy, Make Ahead

  20 delicious recipes that are fast, easy or make ahead

• Shopping: Toronto's Bargains

  The city is surprisingly stylish and, given the exchange rate, remarkably inexpensive. here, the best places for tabletop buys.

• In Pursuit of Latin Flavors

  On a road trip from San Juan to the Puerto Rican rain forest, four-star chef Eric Ripert brakes for green coconuts and fried plantains, and finds the inspiration to create eight marvelous Latin-accented recipes.

• Low-Country Thanksgiving

  Robert Stehling of Charleston's Hominy Grill is dedicated to low-country cuisine, but he's no purist. At a sprawling Thanksgiving, he updates the classics—from pickling shrimp with orange juice to spiking pumpkin pie with bourbon.

• Craft: Trunk Show | Wood Work

  In the hands of three very different designers, wood is transformed into beautiful dining tables, bowls and spoons.

• Eden: A Guided Tour | Back to Nature in Hawaii

  A culinary explorer on Hawaii's big island signs up for three agritourism adventures and bites into her first jaboticaba.

• Artisans: Dairy Queens

  Leo's Latticini is more than just a little, old-fashioned Italian food shop in Queens: It's the best place on earth. A devotee pays homage to the mozzarella sisters.

• Spirits: Brown is Beautiful | Learning to Love Bourbon

  Bourbon is America's own spirit, but many consider it an inferior whisky. A writer who once fed the drink to his dogs learns to love it.

• Trends: Sugar Buzz | News from the Dessert World

  From brilliant young pastry chefs to a splendid supermarket dulce de leche, there's never been so much dessert news. Here, a look at the sweetest developments.

• Natural Wonders | Organic Ingredients

  They may not be at Burger King—yet—but organic ingredients are just about everywhere else. We've picked out a few favorites and asked Michael Romano, the chef at New York's Union Square Cafe and a longtime organics booster, to share eight delicious recipes.