Spring Vegetable Risotto News Today

Reconsider using frozen vegetables this spring — a new recipe demonstrates that when frozen vegetables were put to the cooking and taste test, "they passed with flying colors"; that's according to a new book, "Food IQ: 100 Questions, Answers, and Recipes to Raise Your Cooking Smarts," by Daniel Holzman and Matt Rodbard.

There will be a Rhodium Cocktail Dinner with three courses paired with three craft drinks made with the artisanal spirit at the the Rooftop at the Providence G, 100 Dorrance St., Providence, (401) 632-4904, on Thursday, April 22 at 6 p.m. The cost is $65 and there is complimentary valet parking. The setting is on the west terrace. The dinner is in partnership with Rhodium Spirits of Pawtucket. To reserve a seat, visit rooftopattheg.com/events  A Kentucky Derby event for May 1, from 5 t...