Flavor First

May 2024
Spring is here, and summer is just around the corner! Time for the perennials to start blooming! And, yes, this includes asparagus.

April 2023
Every time I post photos of my French Onion Soup on social media, I’m barraged with comments about how delicious it looks.

September 2021
About ten years ago, I was asked to develop ten recipes using a delicious tart cherry that is often dried, the Montmorency cherry. My project was for ChooseCherries.com, which provides recipes and information about Montmorency tart cherries. 

August 2021
Fruit in a savory dish? Generally, I am not a fan. Fresh strawberries or raspberry vinegar in my salad? Not so much. I know I'm not the only one who feels this way, but sometimes I wonder where or how my food preferences originated. 

July 2021
July is the height of tomato season, and about the time I start running out of ideas for new ways to serve them. When we have a big crop, I tend to make gallons and gallons of tomato sauce.

June 2021
Exploring ethnic cuisine can be tricky, especially if it entails using unfamiliar ingredients. Thai cuisine is a perfect example because its complex flavors are, in part, attributable to components that are not a part of mainstream American pantries.

May 2021
The greatest treasures of the sea are not buried. Some of Mother Nature's unrivaled riches are cloistered in frosty ocean waters; plump and glistening salmon, mackerel, and herring. 

One of the nation’s leading advisors on health and nutrition, Cheryl is a James Beard award-winning chef and has written several NYT bestselling cookbooks...

April 2021
My husband and I took our first cruise together early last year, before the pandemic ended all travel plans. We chose to visit the Yucatan Peninsula, with stops in Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico.