Spring ushers in a seasonal cycle of new rituals March 20 including “Very Hungry Caterpillar Day” in honor of storyteller and illustrator Eric Carle’s classic children’s book of the same name. This ...

Carle once told a young fan that if he were not an illustrator, he’d want to be a chef, and his love of food pervaded many of his works. “For Eric, food and cooking was really a way of connecting with ...