With backyard gardens and farmers’ markets bursting forth with beautiful produce, there is no better time to love vegetables than right now. How glorious it is to wander into your garden and pluck off a variety of veg for your summer supper! Or, if the farmers’ market is more your thing, a Saturday morning is well spent when tucking a variety of garden goodies into your basket. For me, the summer months are all about eating fresh and local, savouring and celebrating the mome

The potato will always be my carb of choice. Mashed, fried, roasted, I’m here for this tasty tuber in all of the ways. And then there is...

It’s always fun to come up with secret weapons in the kitchen. We all have them. Mine include store-bought gnocchi and naan. The former...

If you want to sound posh, just tell your dinner guests that you’re serving a seafood bisque for dinner. Guaranteed they’ll accept your...

With the blasting of the furnace and the first snowflakes fluttering down comes the desire to surround oneself with cold weather...

In honour of the Queen’s Jubilee, and because I’m always looking for a reason to bake (and eat!) cake, I whipped up the simple yet...

Cheesecake is one of those classic desserts that’s very adaptable when it comes to filling flavours, toppings, and crust ingredients. To...

One thing I like to make ahead for holiday snacking are cheese gougères. If you’re not familiar with gougères, think of them as savoury...

The unfortunate eggplant has been fighting off a bad reputation for centuries. Some folks thought it would give them leprosy, cancer,...