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Food A single whiff of a truffle can be nearly intoxicating. Depending on the variety, the inhaler might detect notes of garlic, fried cheese and gym socks (white truffles) or [...]

The article focuses on apple farming along with its varieties. Topics discussed include the Black Oxfords variety of apple grown by farmer John Bunker and his wife Cammy Watts at their farm in Maine along with community supported agriculture (CSA) started by them, the book "Apples of Uncommon Character" by Rowan Jacobsen and recipes for Apple Butter Tart, Chilean Drunken Apple Cake and Cornbread, Apple, and Sausage Dressing.

The article offers the author's insights on the manufacturing process of Cru Sauvage chocolate of Felchlin. The author relates his experience of traveling to Bolivia for a research about cacao and chocolate, along with chocolate connoisseur Volker Lehmann. He says that the chocolate was made from ancient cacao tree which grew in the farms of Rio Grande in Bolivia. Furthermore, he mentions the book "American Terroir," by Rowan Jacobsen which offers information on cacao fruit and chocolates.