Photos and Written by Jenny of Cook Like Ina.

Hi Daring Kitchen readers!! My name is Kara from Happy When Not Hungry. I am honored to share a tasty, seasonal recipe with you. Hope you enjoy!

Spring has officially arrived here in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area and so have the farmer's markets!! The farmer's market I go to in Old Town Alexandria is actually open year-round, but I just went this past weekend for the first time this season to check out what they have. When I saw the beautiful red/pinkish stalks of rhubarb I knew I had to bake something delicious with them. I love rhubarb and I owe this love to the fact that my parents have a gigantic rhubarb bush at home. Every year, my Mom makes rhubarb jam, strawberry rhubarb pie, etc. I decided to bake a Rhubarb Cardamom Upside Down Cake.

Written by Susie Petitti Tilton of Sweetie Petitti

I remember that July morning like it was yesterday. Everyone is quiet in the morning, and the ground was cool and damp so as the sun rose there was a fog that blanketed the blacktop road. For as far as the eye could see was a line of cyclists. Most clad in the traditional spandex bike shorts, but very few could be classified as cyclists as we know them. College kids, moms, grandpas and grandmas, dads, every age, every shape, from about every state and many foreign countries, even a few famous faces.
It is probably no later than 7:00 am, and suddenly the smoky smell drifts towards me. From a distance I can see the old converted school bus and can hear the “Pork Chop Man” and his familiar call of poooorrrrk choooops. As we ride nearer there are at least 20 people in line and we pull off as well. Who wouldn’t want a fresh grilled Iowa chop for breakfast?