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“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...

“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...

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...

“Maintaining family pizza making with a grain-free, nightshade-free and cow-dairy-free diet pushed me to continue trying out recipes,” Northampton resident Toni Doherty wrote. “This cassava-flour crust flatbread (baked in advance and then layered with...

Yoshi, Sabine Merz’s beagle, admiring the challah from Woodstar.How to enter: Snap a pic of something delicious-looking and send it with your name, town and a sentence or two to features@gazettenet.com.

Alison and Bruce Kriviskey of Easthampton picked up this bounty from specialty shops and farm stands in and around the Valley “on one beautiful autumn Saturday.”How to enter: Snap a pic of something delicious-looking and send it with your name, town...

Dan Gardner of Northampton picked up this carton of wax beans from a farm stand in Hatfield and noticed “the color and seeming chatter among the beans.”How to enter: Snap a pic of something delicious-looking and send it with your name, town and a...

Anne Burton of Amherst beautifully arranged pears from Clarkdale Fruit Farms in Deerfield in her ceramic goblets.How to enter: Snap a pic of something delicious-looking and send it with your name, town and a sentence or two to features@gazettenet.com.

Forager Blanche Derby of Northampton says that she “honors the autumnal equinox with salad made from edible flowers and greens which are available at this time in September. Some are weeds while others are cultivated. Taking center stage is the lovely...

Linda Marston of Amherst made this cauliflower crust pizza topped with homemade pesto, eggplant and portobello mushroom. She noted that the “eggplant and basil for the pesto were two of the garden items delivered to me last week by Phyllis Lehrer for...

E. Lary Grossman of Hatfield said this delicious eggplant parmigiana grinder was enjoyed at Starr’s Pizza in Florence. “The preparation, with the eggplant minimally battered, but seasoned and seared till tender, is authentic Italian style,” Grossman...

Leslie Laurie of Pelham made this “refreshing watermelon feta salad with a touch of olive oil and homegrown mint” in a hand-thrown bowl by Megan Hart of Conway.How to enter: Snap a pic of something delicious-looking and send it with your name, town...

This late summer garden bounty was grown by Tim Diehl and Debbie Charren of Northampton. Pictured are sun gold tomatoes, shishito peppers, Japanese eggplant, and three varieties of squash. How to enter: Snap a pic of something delicious-looking and...

“Bibi, my mother, learned to make these tomatoes when she spent a school year in France, right after WWII,” says Janet Henderson of New Salem. “Still a top family favorite with corn on the cob and steak on the grill.” How to enter: Snap a pic of...

Simplicity prevails. Here we have “freshly baked whole wheat bread topped with mixture of poppyseed, sesame seeds and kosher salt,” sent in by Diana Stein of Amherst.How to enter: Snap a pic of something delicious-looking and send it with your name,...

Alice Swersey of Northampton sent in this work of culinary art! It’s a pear custard tart and it’s perfection. How to enter: Snap a pic of something delicious-looking and send it with your name, town and a sentence or two to features@gazettenet.com.

Leona Searle of Amherst made “this blueberry delight … with fresh blueberries from our neighbors! Yummy with a cup of coffee.”How to enter: Snap a pic of something delicious-looking and send it with your name, town and a sentence or two to...

Jodi Hnyda of Florence has the right idea: “I love to keep it light and fresh when it’s hot outside!” This bowl of yum contains cucumber, mango, garden greens, tofu and feta atop pearl couscous.How to enter: Snap a pic of something delicious-looking...

Amy Dopp of Easthampton made this blueberry pie on the Fourth of July for her family, using fresh berries picked from Bird Haven Farm in Southampton. How to enter: Snap a pic of something delicious-looking and send it with your name, town and a...

Alex Barron of Easthampton prepared this piyaz (a bean salad or meze in Turkish and Persian cuisines) with kale, tomatoes and dill from Mountain View Farm. The beautiful robins-egg-blue bowl was handcrafted by Ida Barron at Easthampton Clay.How to...

Betsy Feick grew these gooseberries in her plot at Grow Food Northampton's Organic Community Garden. “I rinsed them, cleaned off the stems and flower ends and they are ready for the freezer,” she said. “Eaten plain, they burst in your mouth, sweet and...