Food & Dining
The Romaine empire
Exploding popularity has bred some bad into this wonderful lettuce
Photo By: Robert J. Byers
The good news: Americans are eating more romaine lettuce (full of vitamins) and less iceberg (full of not much). The bad news: Romaine these days is kind of crummy.
Grilled romaine, drizzled with vinaigrette or homemade buttermilk dressing, makes a unique summer salad.
The Main Ingredient
Seek out fresh sour cherries for the ultimate cherry pie
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- This is it, folks: We are now in the middle of the three-week sour cherry season. If you spy any - at a farmer's market, a pick-your-own place - snap them up. It may be your only chance to taste a real cherry pie.
Sorta turnip, sorta cabbage
My (Rob's) father was proud of his German-Slovak roots. You would have thought it was some kind of wonder hybrid by the way he touted it over my mother's Italian heritage. But when it came to food, poor Dad didn't have much to say.
'I want my baby bok ...'
You've probably tried bok choy, even if you didn't mean to. You know when you get Chinese food, and it's full of those big square pieces of some crunchy white vegetable that doesn't have much flavor? That's bok choy.
Bob Schwarz
Food Notes
  • Capitol Market, etc.
  • Support grows
  • And a tasty meal, too
Food Notes
  • Capitol Market, etc.
  • Market day
  • Short of perfection
  • Best left unsaid
Rhubarb: Garrison Keillor's favorite tests a cook's moxie
When Martha Hewett teaches high school students how to cook, she never gets to rhubarb, a perennial vegetable that a few generations ago occupied a small spot in many kitchen gardens.
Food notes
  • Capitol Market, etc.
  • Market day
  • Short of perfection
  • Best left unsaid
Food notes
  • Capitol Market, etc.
  • Chef gone
  • Fayette market expands
  • Free choice
  • Kicked, abused
Julie Robinson
Summer party food starts with walk through market
Michele Crist uses the freshest ingredients when she cooks for friends and family. A walk through the Capitol Market recently inspired her selection of summer appetizers.
Table talk: Summer party food starts with walk through market
Michele Crist uses the freshest ingredients when she cooks for friends and family. A walk through the Capitol Market recently inspired her selection of summer appetizers.
Be berry patriotic
Greens on the grill
Does this scenario sound familiar? A well-meaning spouse makes the magnanimous offer to grill out, so the main cook in the house can "have the evening off." The weary cook rolls his or her eyes, knowing that the labor-intensive side dishes will not be prepared on the grill.
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