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Eric Akis: Mustard and horseradish crust elevates top sirloin roast

Eric Akis: Mustard and horseradish crust elevates top sirloin roast

With a bit of embellishment, a less pricey cut makes a tasty Sunday dinner
Eric Akis: Caramel sauce and apple cake make divine, decadent dessert

Eric Akis: Caramel sauce and apple cake make divine, decadent dessert

Dense, nicely spiced cake is packed with bits of apple and walnuts
Eric Akis: Small Cornish game hen big on flavour

Eric Akis: Small Cornish game hen big on flavour

Many cooks, including me, have long thought that Rock Cornish game hens were something to serve on a special occasion. And we can thank the late American chicken baron Donald John Tyson for instilling that notion.
Eric Akis: Getting to the pulse of lentil soup

Eric Akis: Getting to the pulse of lentil soup

I was driving in rural Saskatchewan in the summer a few years ago and pulled into a rest stop to stretch my legs.
Eric Akis: Giving thanks for the club sandwich

Eric Akis: Giving thanks for the club sandwich

I sometimes wonder if the club sandwich was invented after Thanksgiving. When someone somewhere had leftover meat from a plump roast chicken or turkey sitting in their fridge and found a tasty way to use it up.
Eric Akis: Pumpkin cheesecake a Thanksgiving crowd-pleaser

Eric Akis: Pumpkin cheesecake a Thanksgiving crowd-pleaser

If you need a splendid dessert for Thanksgiving or other autumn occasion pumpkin cheesecake is crowd-pleasing option.
Eric Akis: Make time for oxtail soup

Eric Akis: Make time for oxtail soup

When I was growing up every once in while my father would enjoy a can of oxtail soup. As a kid it sounded exotic to me and later on in life, while attending chef school, I learned why busy guys like him choose this no-fuss version of it.
Eric Akis: Tuna casserole goes gourmet

Eric Akis: Tuna casserole goes gourmet

Although hearty and comforting, tuna casserole is not exactly 鈥済ourmet.鈥 But it can get there that if you dress it up, Italian-style. I know, because that鈥檚 what I did when recently making a batch of it.
Eric Akis: Seared and roasted sausages with grainy mustard sauce

Eric Akis: Seared and roasted sausages with grainy mustard sauce

Sausages are a versatile ingredient that, for example, can be fried up and served as a side dish for breakfast, or be cooked, sliced and added to soups, pastas, pizza and myriad other dishes.
Eric Akis: Chinese-style barbecued pork enhances cabbage and corn soup

Eric Akis: Chinese-style barbecued pork enhances cabbage and corn soup

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.