Food & Farm

The egg roll, featured at Monday Munch, makes one think of that golden oldie, “Yes, We Have No Bananas.”

Tomatoes and the sweetest corn imaginable are everywhere right now. Red tomatoes, green, purple, yellow, orange, striped and tie-dye too.

Even though there’s no zucchini on the menu at the next Charlotte Senior Center Monday Munch, this seems an apt time to give a tip of the hat to zucchini, the vegetable described by “The Almanac” as “staggeringly productive.”

Eggplant, zinnias, blackberries, cash, dry goods, backpacks, bread and more; how are these related?

We purchase them at the market. We dine on them in salads and sauces. Some of us indulge in the joy of growing our own at home, but how much do you really know about tomatoes?

Taquería El Califa de León, one of the nearly 11,000 registered taco shops in Mexico City, recently rated a Michelin star.

New Englanders wait for sweet corn season all year, and for two or three months we delight in using it as much as possible, from breakfast to dinner, and the occasional midnight snack.

When we think of Cape Cod, we often think “fish,” but during the early 20th century, as chicken became more accessible and affordable, cooks in the Northeast (and everywhere else) began pumping up chicken’s popularity.

July is the month for national eating celebrations. Consider:

Planning to pick your own fruit this summer? Let’s review some pick-your-own-fruit etiquette to keep in mind when you go.

If your garden is anything like mine this season, you are seeing a jungle that is difficult to keep up with.

This is another of those New England dishes with a funny name; a quick braise of midsummer veggies has long been a favorite when we find the new produce coming in abundantly, but don’t want to stand over the stove too long.

The state Agency of Agriculture has awarded more than $1,600,000 in grants to 13 farm operations across Vermont. Two of those farms are in Charlotte.

The Monday Munch at the senior center 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. menu is bacon cheeseburger sliders, Montreal style slaw (no mayo), chips, dip, strawberry shortcake and lemonade.

It has been said that the only constant is change.

Besides rescuing Anne Frank’s book from the slag heap, editing with Anne Tyler, John Updike and a zillion others, she was instrumental in bringing M.F.K. Fisher and Julia Child to the nation’s attention.

What a delight, to find that first, perfect sweet strawberry of the season. They have arrived, and berry season in my book marks the real beginning of summer.

The menu for the Monday Munch at the Charlotte Senior Center 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on June 3 is lasagna, garlic bread, garden salad, cream cheese bars with fruit and whipped cream.

The senior center’s Monday Munch on May 20 (11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.) features chicken noodle soup, green salad and homemade dessert.