IN WESTERN WASHINGTON, our usual summers end with a heap of unripe tomatoes and a tiny sigh as we head into the rainy months. Every so often, we’re lucky enough to experience the opposite problem of ...

Amanda Cohen, chef and owner of Dirt Candy (86 Allen Street, 212-228-7732), has been cooking for twenty years. It’s something she fell in love with — and into — after college. She recently moved her ...