Jacques Pepin; Italian Renaissance Cooking; Farmers’ Market Dilemma

Howell Tumlin cultivates support for the Southland’s Farmers Markets; Jonathan Gold shares his latest restaurant pick; renowned chef, Jacques Pepin, celebrates Mother’s Day with a recipe just for Mom; Eric Muller brings science into the kitchen with some fun and simple experiments; travel to Italy with Dave Dewitt, who traces the history of Italian cooking during the Renaissance, and Mark Schatzker, who reports on his journey along Italy’s Amalfi coast; Andrew Smith documents American food culture in his book, The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink; and Laura Avery finds what’s fresh in the Market Report.