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If you like to cook, chances are you also enjoy listening to music. When you’re in the kitchen, music can be inspiring, energizing and uplifting. For myself, whether I’m making soup, preparing dinner, baking or canning - music helps to clear the mind, keep spirits high and my energy up for all the tasks at hand.  Staying positive and relaxed becomes especially important when making a time-consuming dish or a complicated recipe.

Here on the west coast, we’ve seen everything from high winds with heavy rain to beautiful sunny days over the past month. Like the old saying goes, March has come in like a lion and out like a lamb, and thankfully we can all breathe a collective sigh of relief that spring has arrived.

The days are getting longer, cherry blossom trees are in full bloom and there’s lots of local produce coming into season to cook with. We can begin replacing those winter comfort meals with market fresh dishes using halibut, stinging nettle, chives, spinach, radishes, rhubarb and moral mushrooms.