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Week of September 25, 2006: Pinkberry and Goblin Market. Plus, a menu translation for Lonesome Dove Western Bistro.

Gilroy has its garlic and Castroville its artichokes, but no one stakes a stronger claim to green chile peppers than Hatch, New Mexico, the self-proclaimed Chile Capital of the World.

With the fall social season in full swing, some high-profile places start serving midday meals.

The broad, flat, edible-pod Romano bean is also known as an Italian green bean, and as such, it’s often subjected to the thorough cooking Italians favor when it comes to vegetables, a realm where al dente rarely applies.

In Munich, Oktoberfest starts sixteen days before the first Sunday in October. In New York, that’s as good a reason as any for suds and a sausage.

Rail-thin models shimmying down the Bryant Park runway might make you want to go on a diet, but even fashionistas have to eat. Here’s where to go (besides the obvious Koi) during Olympus Fashion Week.

If last fall’s restaurant buzz was all about Tenth Avenue, this year the flash and dazzle gravitate to the West Village’s Seventh Avenue South stretch, where a brasserie trailblazer, his ex-wife, the folks whose chef he poached, and the magazine editor who likes to document such sticky situations all become neighbors.

No longer relegated to post-meal status, fanciful desserts have become the main attraction at newfangled lounges like ChikaLicious and Room 4 Dessert. Here’s where to get your confectionery fix this fall.

Three of the biggest names in food touch down in New York this fall.

Although heirlooms get all the glory this time of year, not all tomato hybrids are inherently evil. Take the insanely sweet Sun Gold variety, for example. No less a member of the tomato cognoscenti than Mario Batali is a big fan.