Going Out of Tomatoes Sale!!

  Make sure to head to the farmer’s markets this weekend or next to snag some ripe tomatoes for the end of summer celebrations. With the late spring chill carrying

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A New Season and a New Start for the Chesapeake Kitchen

  My apologies. I haven’t been posting in a while because it has been a busy few months for me! In addition to running Gertrude’s, I’ve been working with all

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Seasonal Summer Dishes

The days are getting longer and writing time is getting shorter! We’ve been very busy at the restaurant with private parties, including bridal showers, graduations, and celebrations, all taking advantage

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The Winter Market

    Every year about this time, in the dead of the Chesapeake winter, people constantly mention to me their dismay of no local food being available for their kitchens.

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The Three Sisters of Summer

Late summer into the early fall is the season of the Three Sisters, a Native American method of planting and growing corn, beans, and squash together. Native legend has it

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Blue Crab Summertime Blues Road Show

    My apologies for the disappearing act, but it’s been a hectic graduation and wedding season at Gertrude’s and I have gotten way behind with the blog. Things are

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The Chesapeake Kitchen Garden

            Well, it really wasn’t such a horrible winter. Yet mild as it may have been, the icy grip of Old Man Winter still has been hanging

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The Urban Chesapeake Waterman

            When we look at that beautiful piece of pan-seared rockfish on our plates, or sit down to a plateful of shucked Chesapeake oysters freshly

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Welcome to the New Chesapeake Kitchen

  Welcome to the New Chesapeake Kitchen – where the old is once again new! The latest, hottest craze in the food world is “local cuisine.” It’s all about using

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