Celebrate with a salad… said no bear ever! While National Pride Month in June will see more of us hitting the streets, May’s National Salad Month is still worth a little celebrating.  As spring days warm toward summer our palates crave lighter, fresher, brighter tasting foods and admit it, you kind...

May is National Salad Month, the perfect time to bone up on summer side dishes for all those bear pool parties. At the risk of insulting your Aunt Betty’s famous potato/pasta recipe, it’s time for a mayonnaise intervention. Don’t get me wrong, I love mayonnaise and think no turkey sandwich...

Easter eggs are like puppies and children. Fun up front with lots of responsibility on the backside. Sure, sitting in a sunny kitchen, watching colorful tablets dissolve like alka seltzer in cups of vinegar and boiling water seems like the start of a magic adventure. Delicately you use the copper...

Every year, in late March or early April I return to giving live cooking demonstrations at farm markets in the Mid-Atlantic. And every year I’m three to four weeks ahead of the first spring produce. Shy of some fresh greens and a few early radishes, the first few warmer weeks of the season still...