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By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — With folks confined to their homes in the early days of the pandemic, but still looking for local produce, Julia Coffey and her team at Mycoterra Farm branched out to bring products to their doors in the form of Mass Food Delivery.While...

Pat Riggs of Leeds made eggplant involtini (an Italian dish of thin slices of meat or vegetable wrapped around another food) from America’s Test Kitchen “The Completely Vegetarian Cookbook.” “It was my first try,” she said, “and it turned out as delicious as it looks!”

Longtime Northampton resident Diane Keating makes these English muffins for friends and family each holiday season. “I have special molds to create the shape and have adjusted and tweaked the recipe throughout the years,” she says.

By MOLLY PARR

After frying and freezing dozens of latkes in preparation for Chanukah this year, I am now convinced anything can be latke’ed. Of course there were the typical potato with-a-little-grated-onion latkes, and then typical-for-me were the broccoli and...

These latkes were so picture perfect, they were submitted twice! Once by Danny Czitrom of South Hadley, who cooked them, and once by Leslie Laurie of Pelham, who got to enjoy them at Gail Hornstein’s “end of Chanukah party” in Northampton.How to...

Mary Carey of Amherst made this forest-themed cake “by frosting a big Rice Krispies Treat with melted mini chocolate peanut butter cups and decorated it with meringue mushrooms, sugared cranberries and rosemary, and a little glass fox.” Next, she says...

Jane Nevinsmith sent us this photo of the gingerbread people and sugar cookies that Susan Glowatsky baked for the Hadley Senior Center holiday party earlier this month.How to enter: Snap a pic of something delicious-looking and send it with your name,...

We’ve been getting a lot of beautiful pie photo submissions for the Weekly Food Photo Contest, and this week’s winner is picture-perfect. Steve Arons of Hatfield says that this sour cherry pie is “one of many delicious recipes and cooking skills I...

“Vanilla cake with vanilla butter cream frosting and fruit on top has been a family birthday favorite for 20 years,” Toni Doherty of Northampton wrote, adding, “I allowed whimsy to guide the toppings this time!”How to enter: Snap a pic of something...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — After a few months of a temporary closure in which its owner was determining the next steps, Bittersweet Bakery & Cafe recently reopened its doors with a revamped business plan.Laura Thiem, who owns and operates the 6-year-old bakery and...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — New life may soon be coming to the vacant farmstand at the intersection of Routes 5 and 10 and North Hillside Road.Maple Valley Creamery, the Hadley-based dairy farm that also operates Maple Valley’s Scoop at the Silos, is eyeing the...

“I was struck by the patterns and colors of this sliced Rossa di Milano,” Howard Moore of Northampton wrote. “It might not be all that impressive to others, but like a parent showing off baby pictures, I am biased because I grew these from seed.”How...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

Leading a roughly 100-person crowd across a two-day, 43-mile trek from Springfield to Greenfield, NEPM radio host Christopher “Monte” Belmonte raised more than $572,000 to end hunger during the 15th annual March for the Food Bank.Belmonte, dressed as...

By ALEXA LEWIS

The 15th annual March for the Food Bank with Monte Belmonte will once again traverse the 43 miles from Springfield to Greenfield over Monday and Tuesday.The march has become known not only for the creative costumes donned by marchers pushing decorated...

By ALEXA LEWIS

While many families are gearing up for their holiday feasts, a large number of Massachusetts residents are struggling to put food on the table. Amid unusually high prices and the conclusion of many pandemic-era supports, local food banks and survival...

Agnes Banas and her granddaughter made this festive appetizer tray for Thanksgiving last year. They used cheeses and salami for the feathers, a red pear for the body, a grape tomato for the head, and black olives for decoration. How to enter: Snap a...

By MOLLY PARR

My two kids started a whisper campaign about my baking. Bea, my 9-year-old, insists I burned the bottoms of their cupcakes at their fourth birthday celebration. I honestly don’t remember doing so, but they are insistent. Note: My husband just read...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

Making his way from Springfield to Greenfield during his annual walk to raise money for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, local radio personality Christopher “Monte” Belmonte looks to increase the visibility of one of the country’s greatest...

Amy Driver of Holyoke made her pumpkin pie of the season. Driver tells the Gazette she changed things up a bit by making pistachio whipped cream, which she described as a “wonderful combination.”How to enter: Snap a pic of something delicious-looking...

By LISA GOODRICH

Upon walking in the door at Puza’s Pure Food Market in Southampton, a commitment to fresh, local produce is on display. Visually, produce appears to fill a substantial portion of the store. As the harvest season eases toward the holidays, bins and...

John Coan, of Leeds, tell us he decided to test his “baking chops” by making this Dutch appeltaart for his husband’s birthday. He reports that it was “delicious as it was festive.” How to enter: Snap a pic of something delicious-looking and send it...