The last weeks of summer can be a melancholy time as the all too short season winds down. But for a certain breed of hunter-gatherers late August, early September is prime season for beach plum ...

Laura O’Brien’s annual preparation of beach plum preserves involves a collection so secretive that she uses East End foragers who pick the wild fruit in places their grandparents revealed to them ...

HERE’S ERICA. BUTTERFLIES, BUNNIES AND A BRIER PATCH. BLUEBERRY JAM FOR YOUR SANDWICH IN THE TOWN OF SANDWICH ON CAPE COD. THIS ENCLAVE OF SWEETNESS IS THE THORNTON BURGESS SOCIETY AND THE GREENBRIER ...