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PORTOBELLO MUSHROOM CAP FILLED WITH SEASONED CRAB MEAT, AND TOPPED WITH PARMESAN CHEESE   courtesy of Chef Robert Barolin at City Square Café, Manassas, Va. INGREDIENTS: 4 each portobello mushrooms de-stemmed and cleaned 1/2 lb crab meat 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped 1tbs chopped parsley 1tbs Old Bay seasoning 1 cup dry white wine  Read more »

Chef  Rosario Gamboa  recently learned the art of making flowers in Mexican Gelatinas. Now she sells them in her bakery located in Gaithersburg, Canela Bakery. She showed JC on 9 News Now at Noon, just how she makes these awesome desserts. Canela Bakery 806 Muddy Branch Road Gaithersburg, MD 20878-2780 (240) 631-9599

On my trip to visit my daughters recently I took a few different books to read. The one I want to share with you is A Peacock in the Land Of Penguins. I believe everyone experiences a time in their life when they don’t fit in…when they want to stand up for themselves for being  Read more »

When you think of hospital food you normally don’t think of fresh and tasty meals, but patients at some area hospitals are eating more locally grown and raised foods.  Louise Mitchell manages the Sustainable Foods Program at the University of Maryland, and she talked with JC about the push for a bigger presence of sustainable  Read more »