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New research has found that the Mediterranean diet is linked to a healthy heart. The diet is rich in vegetables, fish, olive oil and nuts. Thinking of switching or adopting some of the principals of the diet? Here is a Mediterranean diet recipe from the Mayo Clinic to get you started. Have a healthy recipe you'd like to share? Send it to andrea.walker@baltsun.com. Ingredients 1 small eggplant, peeled, cut into 1/4-inch slices 1 small yellow zucchini, cut into 1/4-inch slices 1 small green zucchini, cut into 1/4-inch slices 6 medium mushrooms, sliced 1 sweet red pepper, seeded, cored and cut into chunks 2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil 6 cups water 1 1/2 cups coarse polenta (corn grits)

Event Broadway brunch -- Learn to make brunch dishes with Broadway themes at 11:30 a.m. March 30 at For the Love of Food, 20 Clarks Lane, Reisterstown. $75. Call 443-865-0630 or visit fortheloveoffood.com. Spring tasting --Taste spiral-cut ham, quiche and coconut cake from noon-3 p.m. Saturday at Whole Foods Market, 2504 Solomons Island Road, Annapolis. Free. Call 410-573-1800. recipetips.com This site has an extensive selection of recipes and tips that may help with your spring holiday cooking, including a guide on how to dye Easter eggs with natural ingredients.

Food Network star Giada De Laurentiis says that her mother would make frittatas, the Italian egg dish, with whatever leftovers she had in the refrigerator. " That was the joke," she tells viewers in segment of her cooking show. "What's in the frittata today, Mama?" What better dish to serve Mom on Mother's Day? A frittata is quick and easy, and the kids can help. As a bonus, Mom wakes to a clean fridge. An omelet without the fold and a quiche without the crust, the frittata has its own selling points: It can be sliced and eaten, hot or cold, with a fork or fingers.

The Waterfront Kitchen is offering Monday evening cooking classes with chef Jerry Pellegirino. The Monday Series of hands-on cooking classes at Waterfront Kitchen are taught by chef Jerry Pellegrino in the restaurant's kitchen. Tastings and wine are included in the $59 per class fee, and reservations are required. On Monday, April 30, the Pellegrino will demonstrate "The Art of the Savory Pie," in all manner of forms, from the traditional British pasty and empanadas to quiche and pot pies.

Named after Napoleon Bonaparte, Bonaparte Breads recalls a time when a family-size loaf of bread cost 60 francs. Loaves of Bonaparte walnut, rosemary-lemon, quatre fruits (with apricots, golden raisins, almonds and prunes) or olive Kalamata bread cost from $3 to $7 at this authentic French bakery. The Lefilliatre family, which owns the bakery-restaurant, has a long history with breads -Bonaparte Breads has operated since 1788 in Paris, where it sits on the Seine's Left Bank. Lefilliatre family members opened the business in Savage Mill in 1996.

This review begins at the end, on a Wednesday morning, when I show up at work with a couple of slices of Dangerously Delicious savory pies to share with my co-workers. Everyone loves them. The crusts are superb, the fillings delicious. One of them is steak and chili pie, the other is a version of the classic pot pie, and there's not anything we'd want to change about either of them. Rodney Henry's pies are always good. I am popular. I had bought these pies the night before at the Dangerously Delicious pie shop in Federal Hill, by the Cross Street Market.

Tre Con Pear Gourmet is the dream of Trisha McMullen and her mother, Connie. The two are the pair (spelled pear because we're dealing with food here) in the name of this new deli and catering business. Tre stands for Trisha and Con for Connie. The dream is lovely -- nice food, nice place, nice people -- but I wish they had a bit more hard business sense.The place is laid-back to the max, which is great if you're not in a rush. For instance: It's not clear, if this is your first time, that you put your order in at the counter in back, not at the cash register.

The Snow Hill Inn104 E. Market St., Snow Hill, (410) 632-2102.Hours: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m Monday through Friday for lunch; 5:30p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.Sunday for dinner.Credit cards: V, MC, AE.No-smoking section? Yes.We came upon the Snow Hill Inn during a day trip to Furnace Town and the Pocomoke River State Park, about a half-hour drive from Ocean City.The restaurant at the bed and breakfast was a welcome respite from the heat and humidity that sent us reeling from the forest to civilization and air conditioning.

Sip and splatNew Zealanders dressed in Velcro suits are bounding off a mini-trampoline and sticking themselves to a Velcro-covered wall the latest madcap pub sport."

St. John's College, the school that studies Great Books, and its neighbor the U.S. Naval Academy, the school that studies great sea battles, combine each year for an unlikely triumph - a really great lawn party where the annual croquet match takes a back seat to the elegant picnic food. Each year, in the spring, the two schools meet on the campus of St. John's - just steps away from the walls that surround the Naval Academy - for a lopsided competition. (St. John's leads in the series, 22-5.