In search of uncommon vegetables to use in recipes, I turned to Melissa’s. The California-based company has since 1984 been a provider of produce to chefs and supermarkets, including my own ...

I sometimes wonder why soup is such a comforting food. Maybe it’s because after you combine a few ingredients and put the soup on the stove to simmer, it softly bubbles along, taking responsibility ...

Anna Thomas, a few canvas bags hanging on one arm, wanders the rows of the Ventura farmers market just eight hours before her guests are to sit around the table in the soaring great room of her home ...

Any other time, I wouldn't give a second glance to a recipe for celery soup. I use celery when I make a pot of stock, and sometimes I add it to salads and slaws. It goes into mirepoix to use as a ...

In the final day between grocery shopping expeditions, my vegetable bins can be close to empty. Among two or three other long-lasting contenders, celery is one of the last holdouts. Although the ...