I knew that Mother’s Day was fast approaching when I saw a homemade sign advertising local rhubarb on the back of a farm truck. Follow that up with local asparagus being harvested, and finally with …
Cinco de Mayo is a minor holiday on the Mexican calendar, but North Americans look forward to it as it’s a reminder to indulge in some of our favorite ethnic foods.
Passover began Monday and ends Tuesday, April 30, meaning there are plenty of days and nights to dine on many traditional dishes of this important Jewish holiday. The list of traditional foods is …
It’s almost transition time for some local farm markets as they switch from winter hours and products to the fresh springtime harvest, locations and times. Among those is the always popular …
Gone are the days when most homemade suppers featured a standard serving of meat, vegetable and starch.Those still happen, of course, but interspersed with them are pasta dishes, hearty soups, …
For as long as someone has been making lists of national and international food favorites, vanilla has been at the top.It always comes as a surprise to fans of chocolate, but America and the world …
Years ago I interviewed a local candy vendor who told me that his customers shopped at his store twice each Easter season: when the holiday candy first appeared on the shelves to eat immediately, …
It might seem a little early to talk about spring salads, since the season doesn’t arrive for almost a week. But some local farms are ahead of the curve by growing vegetables in high tunnels.
They say that everyone is a wee bit Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, but regardless of whether that is true, everyone can eat like an Irishman. Traditional Irish cuisine is hearty, healthy and filling, perfect for a blustery March day.
I attended a funeral recently, which got me thinking about funeral food. The funeral was to celebrate the life of a woman who had lived a long and fulfilling 98 years. And although her family will …
In winter, with no fresh fruits and vegetables in season locally for inspiration, it can get difficult to conjure up ideas for dinner. Those in search of dishes appropriate for Lent’s meatless …
We all can eat like a president on Presidents Day, on Monday thanks to the multitude of recipes citing the preferences of past presidents found on the internet. Among the many, William Howard Taft …
This year the Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day are four days apart, which is an improvement on previous years since the NFL moved the Super Bowl to the second Sunday in February.
