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Eric Akis: It’s time to pop the bubbly

Eric Akis: It’s time to pop the bubbly

The August long weekend will soon be here and there will be weddings, family parties and gatherings of friends. Good reasons to pour a bubbly cocktail and make a toast to summer.
Eric Akis: Cool, savoury Vietnamese-style rolls perfect for summer

Eric Akis: Cool, savoury Vietnamese-style rolls perfect for summer

Dear Eric: I’m wondering if you have a recipe for rolls made with rice wrappers that are not fried? Would you also have a peanut sauce to serve with them? Diane Dear Diane: You are referring to Vietnamese-style summer rolls, which are also called sal
Eric Akis: Books for summer cooks

Eric Akis: Books for summer cooks

It’s summer, so we have time off and more occasions to leisurely prepare meals. If you’re looking for inspiration on what to prepare, the five Canadian cookbooks reviewed below will provide many tasty ideas.
Ask Eric Akis: Clams on the pizza shell

Ask Eric Akis: Clams on the pizza shell

Dear Eric: Have you tried clam pizza? Would you have a recipe? Barb Dear Barb: The idea to put clams on a pizza is said to have first occurred at Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana in New Haven, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½icut.
Eric Akis: Eat like a true Canadian

Eric Akis: Eat like a true Canadian

The last question of my sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Day food quiz asked sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ readers to list what they thought were sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s top-five, best-known foods and email their selections to me.
It's summer, so throw another cake on the barbie

It's summer, so throw another cake on the barbie

The last place you want to be on a perfect summer day is in a hot kitchen, especially if you’re entertaining. Which is why the grill gets so much love this time of year. We grill burgers. We grill steaks. We grill chicken, fish, ribs and vegetables.
Go on, have ‘ice cream’ for breakfast

Go on, have ‘ice cream’ for breakfast

Like many of us, I was first exposed to the taste of matcha green tea without really any thought on my part: green-tea ice cream was the only dessert offered at our local Japanese restaurant, and since it was included in the price of the meal (even t
Nothing plain about this home cooking

Nothing plain about this home cooking

MIAMI — Bryan Voltaggio’s new cookbook may be titled Home, but these are not the breezy, 30-minute meals you might expect from a book named with an everyday ethos.
How do you bottle a moose? Eric Akis’s sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Day food quiz

How do you bottle a moose? Eric Akis’s sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Day food quiz

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Day is almost here, and that means it’s time for another edition of my annual food quiz. Give it a try and see how you do. Good luck, eh! You’ll find the answers to the quiz on the bottom of this page. 1.
Eric Akis: S’more ways to make a camping treat

Eric Akis: S’more ways to make a camping treat

Take three readily available ingredients on a camping trip, add some inventive Girl Scouts and watch them create something sweet to eat. That appears to be how s’mores were invented a century or so ago.