Local Flavor

Perhaps no one in history has gotten so carried away by the taste of a cookie — and one dunked in tea, at that — than Marcel Proust in “Swann’s Way.”

Cake. The modern slang for an easy task, as in “piece o’ cake.”

Did you ever wonder where the good restaurants find their beefy tomatoes, their tender mache, their knobby salsify? (Also known as Oyster Plant, recipe follows.)

Cooking aboard a boat requires special organizational skills in order to avoid being a slave to the galley.

Pineapples don’t grow on pine trees or palm trees or underground as many people once thought.

The hunt is over. The spoons have all been gathered up and counted after the egg-rolling race. So now what do you do with all those colorful Easter eggs?

Blades Robinson, Indian River County firefighter, is recognized by other divers with a considerable trace of envy as the best lobster catcher in the area.

Christmas is celebrated all over the world and often a part of the celebration is a party, and an important part of the party is the hors d’oeuvre.

Mary Jane Cole is an interior decorator who got tired of doing her decorating somebody else’s way.

Avocados were allegedly discovered in Mexico as early as 231 B.C.

Let’s start with the truth. I have been told I am a good cook.

Do you suppose the picnic was created when Eve gave Adam the apple in that lovely, al fresco setting of the Garden of Eden?

I remember my first experience driving through a citrus grove in full bloom.

When Jim Seitz joined some friends for dinner 35 years ago, he had no idea of what that evening of fine food and wines would lead to.

A man in the kitchen often means one who makes toast and coffee for breakfast, or who is adept at the adjacent outdoor grill charcoaling something as uncomplicated as burgers and hot dogs or steaks custom-cooked to perfection – as long as everyone requested theirs medium rare.

Local and fresh are current buzzwords that connote quality and healthfulness, plus a boost to the local economy.

Bestselling novelist Debbie Macomber was a cook long before she was a writer. And

Recently I experienced the sights and scents of plants from around the world.