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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! To celebrate, Erin Carey of Easthampton served her son corned beef and cabbage dinner while he was home for spring break.How to enter: Snap a pic of something delicious-looking and send it with your name, town and a sentence...

If you’ve yet to try cauliflower crust pizza, a gluten-free, higher-fiber alternative to traditional wheat-based pizza crust, Linda Marston’s Artichoke Pesto Pine Nut Pizza may make you a convert. “Cooked in the toaster oven on a pizza stone” for that...

Raisin Horn of South Hadley sent us this photo of John Horn’s bacon and scallion quiche, with a perfectly crispy top, along with the note “Dinner is always great with the fresh ingredients we find in the Pioneer Valley since moving here in 2023.”...

By PAT JAMES

After moving from the city into a rural home with land 25 years ago, I was excited that the property was mostly bare ground that I could bend to my will and create beautiful gardens over time. As a kid, I’d helped in the garden a lot, so how hard...

‘Buns both naked and glazed,” writes winning photographer Robert D. Shycon of Northampton. “My wife, Linda Dell, makes these cinnamon buns with sourdough starter she began in the Great Sourdough Start-up of 2020.”How to enter: Snap a pic of something...

With this winning photo, Rachel Markowitz of Northampton brings us closer to granola than we’ve ever been before. Her homemade batch “adds the necessary crunch and spice to my morning yogurt-and-fruit bowls.”How to enter: Snap a pic of something...

Robert Boulrice of Florence wins the prize for best subject line of an email: “Antipasto!” This one, which he created, “features grilled asparagus wrapped in prosciutto, eggplant seasoned with Italian herbs then breaded and fried, sweet red peppers,...

By PAT JAMES

Community gardens grow on all kinds of land. Many gardens start as derelict lots, long abandoned by owners who sometimes reclaim the property after community gardeners reveal its beauty and productivity.Schools and parks are common sites for community...

When it’s this cold outside, I don’t simply want to eat this savory baked french toast, I want to be it: warm, tucked cozily into a pan, full of cheese. Specifically, “rosemary, brie, whole grain mustard, and frozen raspberries from our own bush,”...

By LISA GOODRICH

Farms are the foundation of our local food system, with farmers markets, farm stands, and community markets providing the predominant means of providing local food to customers. And for some members of the community, the ability to order fresh, local...

By Caitlin Ashworth and Jack Suntrup

Radio personality Monte Belmonte’s fight against hunger took a giant step forward Tuesday when his two-day, 43-mile march from Springfield to Greenfield raised a record $183,299 and counting.“I felt like I had the wind knocked out of me for the last...