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Dreaming of chocolate mousse even as you’re trying to maintain a healthy, balanced diet? Wishing for a Caesar salad with a great dressing? How about a delicious dip for your Pop Chips?

Executive Chef Shaun Sells has joined Martha’s Vineyard’s storied Harbor View Hotel, leading the food and beverage operations for Water Street restaurant and Henry’s Hotel Bar. He relies on the best fare from the island’s local farms and fisherman.

Searching for a splendid Memorial Day picnic pairing? Graffigna, Argentina’s pioneering winery, asked Sara Bigelow of the Brooklyn-based Meat Hook butcher shop to create a recipe that captures the casual dining resurgence.

How about a spa-style breakfast in bed for Mother’s Day? No need to stress; the seven simple recipes from leading Destination Spas make Mother’s Day a snap.

The massive and much lauded tome on the science of food and cooking by a former chief technology officer of Microsoft was named cookbook of the year by the James Beard Foundation.

You know you need it, and now is the time - Easter, Passover and taxes are behind us and we’ve got five weeks until Memorial Day. Why cleanse? Do you want to bring those nasty toxins along on your summer vacation?

This season, easy-to-grow mint is a garden must-have. Mints are fast-growing spreading plants, so you need to give them room to grow without getting in the way, or you can contain them and plant in a pot.

April is National Soy Foods Month and the perfect way to celebrate National Soy Foods Month and kick-start healthier summer eating habits is by exploring the various ways to cook soy products.

Chocolate mousse is often a decadent, luxurious treat saved for those rare occasions where calorie counting has an off-day. This year, indulge the craving - guilt-free - on National Chocolate Mousse Day (April 3rd) with a delectable recipe.

"Rose Petal Jam" is a memoir cookbook and travelogue that chronicles author Beata Zatorska’s childhood in rural Poland, and includes her grandmother’s recipes for traditional Polish cooking.