Chef In the Kitchen

January 2022
Happy New Year!

December 2021
December brings us a month filled with multi-cultural celebrations: Hanukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and New Year’s Eve.

November 2021
Now that the weather is cooler and the seasons have changed, we are seeing more and more people cooking at home – which is excellent practice for the holiday season to come!

October 2021
This year, our holidays will probably be a little different because of COVID-19. Instead of gatherings, we may have more socially distanced fall celebrations than in the past.

September 2021
Back-to-school is going to be a little different this year. Because of COVID-19 and the new Delta variant, some schools are postponing in-school classes and opting for online home-schooling. 

August 2021
Authentic Hatch Peppers are a Southwestern favorite, named after the original growing area in Hatch, New Mexico. Melissa’s Hatch Peppers are grown in the Mesilla Valley, just north of Las Cruces, New Mexico. 

July 2021
The most celebrated holiday of the summer is Independence Day or the 4^th of July.  Independence Day in the United States is an annual holiday commemorating the formal adoption by the Continental Congress of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, in Philadelphia, PA.

June 2021
Father’s Day and the official first day of summer fall on June 20^th this year! Families nationwide will be celebrating with fun and plenty of food. Now that the Covid vaccine has become readily available, more families will be able to celebrate in person!

May 2021
This year, Cinco de Mayo, May 5, 2021, falls on a Wednesday! Cinco de Mayo has become an "American" celebration with festivities happening nationwide. The holiday started with a celebration in the U.S. in 1863 to show solidarity against the French rule.