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The pelting rain late last week got me in the mood to make a pot of hearty, comforting soup. I had sa国际传媒-grown savoy cabbage and corn on hand and decided to build a soup around them, Asian in style.

Wild sa国际传媒 chanterelle mushrooms are in-season and, if you鈥檝e not harvested them yourself from a nearby forest, you鈥檒l find them available at farm markets and some grocery stores.

I鈥檓 a Blue Jays fan and when planning to watch one of their games the other day, I decided to make a TV-style dinner to enjoy while doing so.

Duck pairs well with fruit. French-style preparations that highlight that are duck 脿 l鈥檕range, and duck with cherry sauce. When recently harvesting pears from my backyard tree, I remembered that it鈥檚 another fruit that works well with it.

If you love cooking with fresh garlic, and you鈥檝e not grown your own, now and well into fall is a great time to be buying it, locally grown. Farm stands, farm markets and smaller food stores specializing in local produce will all be selling it.

If you want infuse the flavour of your favourite ale into pork loin chops, get ready to brine. That technique will deliciously do that; while at the same time make those often lean pork chops juicier.

Local corn, shucked, cooked, plated and slathered with butter is a classic, simple and splendid summer dish.

If you鈥檝e grown or bought a bushel of lovely ripe tomatoes, turning some into sauce for pasta or other uses is a flavourful way to use some of them. I did that recently and started by making roasted tomato sauce.

If you鈥檙e in need of a brunch dish that incorporates an in-season fruit you can harvest for free, I have something for you to try.

The word bruschetta is derived from the Italian 鈥渂ruscare,鈥� which means, 鈥渢o roast over coals鈥� or 鈥渢o toast.鈥� When you鈥檙e making bruschetta, what you鈥檙e roasting/charring or toasting is sliced bread.