{Hungry}

There's a barn raising this weekend in Cold Spring and it got me thinking about farm fresh food. The tastiest produce I've had was in Brittany, where somehow they manage to grow artichokes the size of soccer balls (no, you wouldn't eat a flowering one, but it sure is pretty, isn’t it?). But the North Fork of Long Island (where I met KK Haspel, a biodynamic farmer who grows deliciously ugly heirloom tomatoes for two of my favorite chefs–Claudia Fleming and her husband Gerry Hayden) churns out some amazing produce too. If you vacation there this summer, make sure to make a reservation at the North Fork Table & Inn. In fact, you should book a room just to eat Claudia’s scones the next morning.