Maire Gilbert

 Growing up, I spent most of my summers in rural Michigan, and always looked forward to eating at some of the finest Pennsylvania Dutch style restaurants that Michigan has to offer. Their end of summer soups often combined local&nbs...

 A couple of weekends ago, I attended one of my fav food events - Reno's Rib Cookoff. Okay, okay, there's tremendous potential for experiencing some of the least healthy eating with all those high fat ribs covered with sweet BBQ sauce, but it...

Here's another recipe from the table of my Italian friends. This potato salad is called a "Russian salad" when it's served as part of an Italian meal. You'll notice that while it has potatoes, it differs from the usually American version because&n...

 Padron peppers are small green peppers, often served as a tapas dish at Spanish restaurants. You can find their cousins, shishito peppers, on Japanese sushi menus. In the Americas, it's easy to find small multi-colored peppers, yellow, orange and...

Here's another farmer's market goodie I couldn't resist - zucchini blossoms. I usually either pick up some at the farmer's market or pick them from my garden and fix them this way. I love the combinations of textures, the crunchy fl...

Sometimes I see something at the farmer's market ... and I just have to try it. Purslane is one of those somethings that I saw at the market. Not that I haven't seen it before. I've pulled hundreds or thousands of purslane "weeds" out of my garden over...

Here's another recipe that's great for entertaining. It can be made ahead of time, it keeps well warm, and it's easy for guests to serve themselves. You'll notice that I don't have any photos of the actual sliders, This went over so well that people re...

is a Southern style cole slaw, meaning it's more on the vinegary side than the mayo side. The larger size makes it easy to get many colors without wasting lots of leftover cabbage. If you don't want to make as much, feel free to cut the proportion...

I had a wonderful salad at Iris in New Orleans. This is my version of it. It combines savory smoked meat with sweet blueberries and a mouthpopping blue cheese. Topped with sweet jelly vinaigrette, it's a summertime delight. With all cold...

The mayhaw is a southern speciality, and is celebrated in Louisiana, Georgia, and several other southern states. The mayhaw is a fruit that grows on trees which like swamps and warm temperatures. It has it's own individual taste, which many c...