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...idea of "self-evident" truths was one that drew less on Locke, who was Jefferson's favored philosopher, than on the scientific determinism espoused by Isaac Newton and the analytic empiricism of Franklin's close friend David Hume. In what became known as "Hume's fork," the great Scottish philosopher had developed a theory that distinguished between "synthetic" truths that describe matters of fact (such as "London is bigger than Philadelphia") and "analytic" truths that are so by virtue of reason and definition ("the angles of a triangle total 180 degrees"; "all bachelors are unmarried"). Hume referred to the latter...
...success. In 1973, Louisa and Alex Hargrave, a young couple fresh out of Harvard, set out to build a vineyard in Cutchogue, N.Y. It wasn't considered an ideal spot. For centuries, would-be vintners had been discouraged by the overly sour native grapes found along the North Fork of Long Island, a narrow stretch of land some 90 miles east of New York City. Not dissuaded, the Hargraves purchased a farmhouse along with 66 acres of land, 10,000 rooted vines and a textbook titled General Viticulture...
...worked out beautifully. Today the Hargraves' original vineyard produces more than half a dozen varietals, and many other vintners have followed in their grape-stained footsteps. The eastern end of Long Island--which includes the North Fork and South Fork (better known as the Hamptons)--is now a burgeoning community of vintners and wine sellers. It's home to about 30 wineries, producing more than 20 European varietals, mostly Merlot, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc. Compared with Napa Valley, Calif., the East End is a blip in terms of wine production--500,000 cases annually, a small...
...North Fork wineries are mostly located along two parallel roads: Route 25 (Main Road) and Route 48 (Sound Avenue), which run from Aquebogue to Orient. (See box on following page for directions from New York City and New England.) You've hit the right spot when you see WELCOME TO LONG ISLAND WINE COUNTRY signs along Route 25 in Aquebogue...
...cooking that’s hard, then. It’s the talking about cooking. “It’s really hard not to use food metaphors,” Katzen says, remembering public television fundraisers where she implored viewers to “fork over their dough.” The message then, of Katzen’s dining-hall-to-home-cooked-meal transition advice, with apologies made for literally using a figurative phrase, is that any graduating senior can stand the heat and should get into the kitchen. Polenta pie awaits...