DIARY: A sailing cruise on Lake Ontario ends with a feast. RECIPES: Red skinned potato salad and Beet and spinach salad with goat feta.
SUMMER SALADS
CHILEAN SEA BASS
Shopping at the world’s best market, according to National Geographic, always turns up something new.
SHAKSHUKA
RECIPE: Poached eggs in tomato basil sauce, Libyan grub … who knew? FOOD DIARY: In search of shakshuka’s origins.
TRIFLE
RECIPES: English trifle, and a quick sponge recipe to make it perfect, plus Zuppa inglese and Tiramisu, two Italian versions. DIARY: Antics in a TV kitchen with Bob McLean.
QUICHE
RECIPES: Quiche Lorraine and cheese and spinach quiche. DIARY: Real men do eat quiche, so there.
WHOLE WHEAT BREAD
RECIPE: Whole wheat bread, whole wheat rolls and whole wheat crescent rolls, for a healthy snack that nothing can beat.
BREAD
RECIPE: Basic white bread. Nothing beats bread and butter … except possibly adding jam. DIARY: Channeling Julia Child.
FRUIT PIE AND PASTRY
RECIPES: Never-fail pie pastry and blackberry and apple pie delight.
MAC AND CHEESE
RECIPES: Original macaroni and cheese, bacon mac and cheese, lobster mac and cheese and budget crab mac and cheese add gourmet versions to an old favourite.
RATATOUILLE NIÇOISE
RECIPE: Ratatouille Niçoise, an aromatic veggie casserole from Nice in the south of France. DIARY: How to Eat Well and Stay Single, a cookbook for batchelors, gets published … long, long ago.
Gentlemans Portion 