Fast Easy Recipes

FEAST column: Cook without following the book
FEAST students learn how to use a recipe as a guide in cooking. The exact ingredients are rarely on hand for a meal, so everyone is comfortable with finding substitutions for the missing foods.

'Dragon Soup' cookbook is a fundraiser for Humboldt Light Opera Company
BAYSIDE -- The Humboldt Light Opera Company has launched a fundraising cookbook titled “Dragon Soup and Other Delectables,” comprised of recipes from some of the company's performers and The Babes (the all-female singing group).

WATERCRESS SALAD IS A TASTY MAIN DISH
A new cookbook by Tasha DeSerio celebrates salads as a main course. Her “Salad for Dinner: Simple Recipes for Salads That Make a Meal” (Taunton Press, paperback, $19.95) presents such simple but sophisticated combinations as Garden Lettuces with Skirt Steak, Avocado and Toasted Pumpkin Seeds; Summer Chanterelle, Corn and Green Bean Salad, and Warm Young Artichoke and Potato Salad.

Chucklet & Honey's mail-order cookies find sweet success
Chuck Hargett Owner/baker Chucklet & Honey Southern Bakery 615-200-0780 http://chuckletandhoney.com Chucklet & Honey, a bake-to-mail-order cookie company, has only been around since September 2010.