Alison DelRe

I'm Maria Filosa from WDIY and you are listening to Tasty Seasonal Recipes for the Everyday Chef. Lately I've been trying to add more healthy treats to our household and I've come up with a few that would be perfect for a tea party, a birthday gift or even Easter. Now don't panic, I still use chocolate in my recipes but I've added a healthy flair to the mix.

Kenn Michael speaks with Will Hϋbscher about his exhibit “A Journey Through Mongoland” through April 7 at Connexions Gallery in Easton.

Kenn Michael speaks with Curlee Raven Holton about his exhibition "A Visit to my House" A personal and public narrative through March 29, 2013 at the Williams Center Gallery at the Williams Center for the Arts, Lafayette College. 

Waldemar Vinovskis talks with David Ruhf, member of the Bach Choir about their performance of Mendelssohn’s fiery Oratorio “Elijah” on Sunday, March 10th at the First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem at 4pm. 

Host Kenn Michael speaks with Douglas Ovens, Muhlenberg College, Music Department Chair about the Love Songs and Other Wonders concert celebrating his 60th Birthday and his composed works on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 8pm in the Empie Theatre of the Baker Center for the Arts on the Muhlenberg College campus. The concert is free and open to the public.

Waldemar Vinovskis speaks with Allan Birney, Music Director of the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra about the Sinfonia's special Birthday Bash Concert - Celebrating 30 years on Saturday, March 2, at 7:30pm at the Christ Lutheran Church in Allentown. 

The Great Kilt is also known as the "breacan an fheilidh" or "feile mor". The first known reference to this mode of dress was made in 1594 in The Life of Red Hugh O’Donnell in a description of a corps of Hebrideans who had come to The O’Donnell’s assistance: “They were recognised among the Irish soldiers by the distinction of their arms and clothing, their habits and language, for their exterior dress was mottled cloaks of many colours with a fringe to their shins and calves, their belts were over their loins outside their cloaks."

In the Irish Neolithic period, the significance of the date of Imbolc has been based on the arrangement of a number of Megalithic monuments, such as the Mound of the Hostages at the Hill of Tara. At this site in County Meath the inner chamber of the passage tomb is aligned with the rising sun on the dates of Imbolc and Samhain.

Today, Imbolc is usually called Brighid's Day or Saint Brighid's Day. Brigid (also known as Brighid, Bríde, Brìd) is the Gaelic goddess of poetry, healing and smithcraft.

Haggis is a savory pudding containing sheep's pluck, which is the heart, liver and lungs of a mature sheep; minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally encased in the animal's stomach and simmered for approximately three hours.

Most modern commercial haggis is prepared in a sausage casing rather than an actual stomach.

As the 2001 English edition of the Larousse Gastronomique puts it, "Although its description is not immediately appealing, haggis has an excellent nutty texture and delicious savory flavor".