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It’s June and our cooking has switched to summer mode. You may have noticed this, but many foods we enjoy during this season taste better accompanied or slathered with a sauce. Today I present four examples.

This grilled cauliflower dish is adapted from a recipe from the Wallace restaurant in Culver City, Calif. Owner and executive chef Michael Teich said: “The real key to this recipe is having a very hot grill and allowing the cauliflower to cook.

Dear Eric: I have an amazing crop of spinach this spring and I would love to try some new recipes.

Spring is time to try something new and unfamiliar such as cardoons or zucchini flowers

Coming soon to a freezer aisle near you — balsamic vinegar ice cream. Plus, hot sauce ice cream. And maybe even tomato.

Dear Eric: Why do beets — and some other vegetables — sometimes taste like dirt? Pat Dear Pat: The beet is sometimes classed as being like cilantro in that people seem to either love it or loathe it.

I discovered the joys of oysters fresh off the flames at a recent food and wine festival in Florida. This recipe was originally created by Hung Huynh, the chef at a Miami restaurant and winner of the third season of Bravo’s Top Chef.

As we searched for a fresh way to offer Mom a delicious brunch, we took some of our favourite lasagna ingredients — ricotta cheese, spinach, thyme and Asiago cheese — but instead of layering them with noodles, we mixed them together in a rich, but st

Dear Eric: Would you have a good recipe for granola? Susan Dear Susan: I certainly do. And a sleepy Sunday is the perfect time to make granola. You can leisurely shop for its ingredients.

Dear Eric: Slow cooker recipes usually give you a choice of using, for example, the low setting for seven to nine hours, or the high setting for 3.5 to 4.5 hours.