We're celebrating the artisans, writers, makers, and more who make up the diverse and inspiring world of food.

Today: We sail the Long Island Sound with Bren Smith of Connecticut's Thimble Island Oyster Co. and learn about sustainability and the sea.

You'll be hearing from the staff at FOOD52 every week in Too Many Cooks, our group column in which we pool our answers to questions about food, cooking, life, and more.

The weather is cooler, the sun is setting earlier, and it's time to stop eating tomato salads and turn on our ovens again. With that in mind, this week we're answering the question: What's the first thing you cook when the weather gets cold?

Comfort food is as personal as it is delicious -- soups, stews, ragus, you name it. What's your fall go-to?

Memories of apple-picking come in silent vignettes for me, flashes of rural orchards and empty bushels and testing the strength of my 12-year-old forearms, a little fog for dramatic effect. 

Each week in Kickstarter Love, Feed52 features a Kickstarter project that focuses on food and the community. Basically, it’s about cool people doing cool things with food. This week, it’s a small business championing their local food system.