Spring leeks have shown up at the market and I am desperate for their sweet, oniony flavour… so chicken and leek pie in single serving dishes.
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GREAT BALLS OF ORANGE
My search for small plates, suitable for entertaining, continues with an Italian treat: arancini.
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The fun of eating small dishes from small plates.
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Celebrating the sublime joy of eating pancakes before the Lenten Fast.
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There’s no reason to be afraid of risotto, but a lot of home cooks stay clear of it because it appears tricky. Here’s a great alternative.
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Here our wine scribe Jim Walker recounts his first wine tasting experience that had real consequences. It wasn’t exactly a pretty sight, but the outcome was both favourable and flavourful.
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Even though restaurants have reopened, dining out is still an ordeal with only 50 per cent occupancy allowed in Toronto, for example. Time for more comfort food; in this case pasta with an Alfredo sauce.
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If the bleak midwinter* is getting you down, it’s time for a comfort food feast that will appeal to your vegetarian (or at least pescatarian) friends.
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The venerable British food emporium, Fortnum & Mason, has launched a nationwide competition to create an original dessert to salute the 70th anniversary of Her Majesty’s reign.
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Our wine scribe Jim Walker introduced Laure Pinatel-Gilles and her family’s Château de l’Isolette in his third contribution to Gentleman’s Portion. Here he continues Laure’s story and that of her storied vineyard.
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Gentlemans Portion 