Cauliflower Makes a Smart Soup By Marie Simmons, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Simmons is the author of the "Fresh & Fast" cookbook (Chapters Publishing, 1996)
This Grainy Season By Marion Cunningham, Cunningham is a cookbook author. Her latest book is "Cooking With Children" (Alfred A. Knopf, 1995)
With Avocados, Less Is More By Mary Carroll, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Carroll is the author of the "No Cholesterol (No Kidding!) Cookbook" (Rodale Press, 1991)
The Hidden Chefs of Turkey By Steven Raichlen, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Raichlen is the author of "High-Flavor, Low-Fat Vegetarian Cooking" (Viking, 1995)
Say It With Cocoa By Michael Roberts, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Roberts is the corporate chef of Southern California's Twin Palms Restaurants
When It's Butternut Time in Boston By Betty Rosbottom, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Rosbottom is a cooking school director and author of "American Favorites" (Chapters, 1996)
The Moral Case for Feeding an Enemy By Tony P. Hall, Rep. Tony P. Hall (D-Ohio) has been active in hunger-related issues abroad since the 1980s famine in Ethiopia. He is the founder of the private, nonprofit Congressional Hunger Center
At Least My Patients Gave Consent By Jack Kevorkian, Dr. Jack Kevorkian lives in Southfield, Mich. He has been present at 45 suicides since 1990 and has been acquitted in three trials since 1994