ISSUE 26: DECEMBER 04-FEBRUARY 05

Cover:

Blue Corn (Shawn Dell Joyce)

Features:

Pizza and Dom Perignon: The Cosimo Restaurant grou. by Abby Luby

Civil service. by Kathy Baruffi

Californis a la carte. by Leslie Coons

The state of agriculture in the Hudson Valley (excerpts). by Jayne Daly of The Glynwood Center

Departments:

Traditions: Kolache. by Michael Pardus

By the glass: It's all Greek to me. by Steven Kolpan

Locally grown: Working man's mesclun. by Keith Stewart

Last call: Comfort food for uncomfortable times. by Gary Allen

Good stuff: Challon ducks; Regional farm maps; Rogowski gets a MacArthur; Heritage spuds; Ag report; Gadaleto's Guinness record.

Dining out: Georgian and Indian cuisine.

Openings: The Greig Farm Marketplace and Bakery; Opus Terrace Steakhouse; Soul Dog; Locust Tree; Umami Cafe; Olde Hudson.

Books: Our annual look at new and old tones of interest.

Recipes:

Veal chops stuffed with prosciutto, fontina and sage (Luis Ferraro / Cosimo's Restaurant Group)

Sage-potato gnocchi with lobster, butternut and delicata squash(Luis Ferraro / Cosimo's Restaurant Group)

Kolache (Michael Pardus)

Fish taco (Joseba K. Encabo)

Margarita (Joseba K. Encabo)