RECIPE: May offers lots of opportunities for home cooks to show off

The month of May tends to be one of those busy months with lots of chances for “foodies” to be in the spotlight. Mother’s Day, graduat ion open houses, wedding and baby showers are just a few of the special occasions that come up this month.

Local Flavor: Let bells ring with maple cookies

To celebrate this week’s opening of the new Essex Bakery & Cafe, I thought I would ask our Executive Pastry Chef Perrin Williams for one of her favorite recipes that best incorporates “local flavor.”

Hatfield-McCoy feud was never a food fight

It's been said the legendary feud between the Hatfields and McCoys was sparked by any of several events — a stolen hog, a star-crossed romance or even a heated election-day brawl drenched with alcohol. But there's one thing we know for sure: The families ate many of the same foods. A McCoy descendant living in Lexington compiled the recipes.

Mom and daughter bond through baking

generous squirt of lemon juice would fix my pasta salad right up, my mom told me last weekend. We were putting the final touches on our dishes for a potluck wedding, but my orzo-and-lentil salad was bland. Lemon juice is a cure-all, my mom said. And she was right....

More on artichoke balls, plus a recipe for redfish on crawfish and corn salad

Restoring the Margaret monument is a project of www.monumentaltask.org