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Fruit native to Mediterranean region has starring role in martinis and other cocktails

Three ways to add zest to wiener-and-bun combo: Asian, Canadian and Chicago style

Dear Eric: What is freekeh? How do you cook it? Mary Freekeh, pronounced 鈥渇reek-kah,鈥� and also spelled frikeh, fireek and farik, is a cereal grain made by roasting and cracking immature and soft green wheat.

I use phyllo pastry in many ways, but if I could only choose two recipes to make with it, one would definitely have be halibut baked in聽phyllo. The other would be spanakopita, a Greek-style creation with a spinach and feta聽filling.

Canadians are a pretty obedient bunch when it comes to eating what the government says we should be eating. Over the last three decades, we鈥檝e upped our intake of fruits and vegetables while reducing fat and dairy.

East Coast mollusk a quick and easy culinary treat 鈥� just don鈥檛 overcook them

For years, I thought capers were a curious food. I did not know exactly what they were and how we started eating them; I simply knew they could add a lot of flavour to a range of dishes. Are they a seed, a berry or something else, I wondered.

No fun city? Not any longer. It seems that happy hour has put a big ol鈥� smiley face on the town once known for being, oh, let鈥檚 be politely Canadian and call it 鈥渞eserved.

Dear Eric: I enjoyed an article you published many years ago on cooking the perfect hard-cooked egg. Please let me know how this is done again.

If you like your desserts to聽be聽both sweet and tangy, you鈥檒l likely find it hard to resist a slice of lovely lemon layer cake. And if you make it yourself, you鈥檒l take pride in creating a pretty cake just right for聽a special occasion, such as聽Easter.