Food Safety Classes

Starting Tuesday, March 25, ServSafe food sanitation classes will be held for anyone who requires the certification to meet the rules to be a person in charge in a restaurant or other food service establishment.

Cynthia Barletta and Alice Robinson of Public Health Network Services will teach the classes, which are sponsored by the Oak Bluffs Association. The series of classes runs for three consecutive Tuesday and Wednesday nights from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School.

A Spring Palate

The arrival of spring promises a fresh new palate of colors, tastes and textures, and plates as pretty as pictures. Fading from the canvas are the earth-tone stews and roasted root vegetables. Tender crisp is now de rigueur, not fall-off-the-bone, fork tender.

Reflecting these seasonal tastes, Easter dinner heralds spring with a pastel spread of rosy ham, pink lamb, asparagus hollandaise, and lemon meringue pie. A festive side dish that will look much prettier on the plate than mashed potatoes is the following rice recipe.

Six of Martha’s Vineyard’s most loved cultural organizations are pooling their resources and expertise to offer a week of fun, creative learning experiences for children in the Island’s loveliest natural settings. Inspired educators from The FARM Institute, Featherstone Center for the Arts, Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, Martha’s Vineyard Museum, Polly Hill Arboretum and The Yard will introduce children to a feast of activities in a different location every day.

Etiquette Class

Manners and etiquette classes for girls and boys ages 5 to 15 begin April 7 at the Mansion House in Vineyard Haven. Registration is required and forms are available online at mvschoolofetiquette.com. For details, call 508-693-5903.

It’s spring at the FARM Institute already, with activities revolving around new life in the fields, barns and gardens at Katama Farm – caring for new lambs, calves and chicks; planting, cultivating and nurturing little seedlings.

The teaching farm will offer spring programs for kids five days a week beginning Tuesday, April 1. Once again the FARM can offer transportation Tuesday through Thursday via Stagecoach Taxi from designated schools, thanks to a generous grant from Mass Ag in the Classroom.