Last week food writer Kathy Gunst invited me to  Central Middle School in South Berwick, Maine to meet with a group of  delightful, curious,  first, second, and third graders. Our mission was to expose kids to a new way of experiencing foods using their sense of smell, touch and sight and finishing with taste. The [...]

This week my 22 year old  daughter, who is a great cook and lives in Boston, was looking for vegetable recipe ideas. She wanted something new and I suggested cooking an eggplant but she didn’t want to because ” Eggplant  takes so much time, you have to salt it and let it sit before you [...]