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Eric Akis: A fruity summer sauce for chicken

Eric Akis: A fruity summer sauce for chicken

Sometimes when I’m selecting items for dinner my eyes do the shopping, as they did the other day at my corner food store. Not long after walking in, I spied some plump Vancouver Island-raised chicken and sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½
Eric Akis: How to preserve fresh herbs

Eric Akis: How to preserve fresh herbs

If you have an herb garden, or buy fresh herbs, these things are often true: You’ll have leftover herbs after using some for a recipe. Or, you’ll have so many herbs growing in your garden you only use a fraction of them during the growing season.
Eric Akis: Sausage buns, dressed up for summer

Eric Akis: Sausage buns, dressed up for summer

Grilling and serving sausages in buns can yield a casual, but very satisfying summer supper. That’s especially true if you dress those sausages up with tasty Southern European-style toppings.
Eric Akis: Celebrate strawberry season with a tasty, eye-catching dessert

Eric Akis: Celebrate strawberry season with a tasty, eye-catching dessert

You know summer is just around the corner when local, just-picked, ripe, sweet, heavenly aromatic strawberries are in season.
Eric Akis: A springtime soup 'n' sammy combo

Eric Akis: A springtime soup 'n' sammy combo

A soup and sandwich has long been a popular meal combination. When I serve it, seasonality often determines what I’ll prepare. That’s exactly what happened when creating today’s recipes.
Eric Akis: sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ spot prawns, the Louisiana way

Eric Akis: sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ spot prawns, the Louisiana way

Like a recipe I did a few weeks ago for Cajun-style fish fry, this week’s dish is also inspired by a trip I took to Louisiana several years ago.
Eric Akis: A flat-out delicious roasted chicken

Eric Akis: A flat-out delicious roasted chicken

If you want spice-up your life, a tasty way to do that is to make piri piri-style chicken. Piri piri, also spelled pere pere, is the Swahili term for the spicy bird’s-eye chili used in Africa.
Eric Akis: Pork back ribs, with a Carolina twist

Eric Akis: Pork back ribs, with a Carolina twist

I cook pork ribs in all sorts of ways, but one of my recent go-to methods starts by me setting out some sheets of aluminum foil.
Eric Akis: Pandemic pancakes for two

Eric Akis: Pandemic pancakes for two

In past years, when pancakes were on the menu at my house, I’d often served them to a table full of family and/or visiting friends.
Eric Akis: Roasted fish, with an Asian twist

Eric Akis: Roasted fish, with an Asian twist

If you’re in the mood for an Asian-style fish dish accented with an in-season vegetable, you’re in luck — that’s exactly what I’ve prepared for today. The fish is salmon fillets that I put in a pan, simply seasoned and roasted.