Kerry Dunnington is an evangelist for eating in season. The local cookbook author and caterer founded the Baltimore Eat in Season Challenge in May, under the auspices of Slow Food Baltimore, to showcase local chefs’ creativity in using seasonal — and often local — ingredients.

Growing up in Baltimore, Dunnington was accustomed to eating seasonally because that’s how her mother cooked. “As my catering business grew, I couldn’t believe that people were asking me for crab in January and asparagus in December,” she said. “For the most part, people have no idea that a carrot has a season, that chocolate has a season.”

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