July/August 2011

The New Meat

A hip New York chef calls them “sexy.” No, they are not talking about succulent patés or sinful chocolate soufflés. They are talking about vegetables.

By Jane Roy Brown

Grassy Goodness

When it comes to landscaping, changing from synthetic chemicals to organics is a transition — one that can take five or six years.

By Susan Mary Down

Go Swimming

A swim school opened its doors on Black Rock Turnpike in January, below Old Navy.

By Mike Lauterborn

Next Big Thing

Kicking Daisies are poised to rock the world

By Mike Lauterborn

Outer Limits

AL FRESCO A LA FAIRFIELD

By Dan England

A Clean Slate

An illustrator leaves her mark

By Mike Lauterborn
Photographs by Pamela Rouleau Flowers by Tina Ahlberg, Hansen’s Flower Shop

Fit and Polished

The history of exercise can be found right in my basement

By Doug Colligan

Say Om

Written And Photographed by Wendy Carlson

The Next Patriarch?

“I’m sure there will be a Kennedy back in Congress in a couple of years.” Having made that statement, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is hardly surprised by the follow-up question. “Might that be you?”

By Morton Dean

Bugged

Don’t laugh, but I’m terrified of spiders, especially when I can see the whites of their eyes.

By Victoria Secunda