?A round-up of some of our favourite recipes and food-related features this week including an interview with chef Eric Akis about his new cookbook Everyone Can Cook Everything, and recipes for an Eggnog Tart and colourful holiday side dishes.
Photo: Whitecap Books
Professional chef and pastry chef Eric Akis strongly believes that it?s a myth that some people can?t cook. So much so that he has written the seven-part Everyone Can Cook series of cookbooks to help dispel it. We talk to Akis about his new book Everyone Can Cook Everything and share three recipes:?Whipped Shortbread, Quick Tomato Soup with Pesto and Feta, and Cranberry Maple Chicken.
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We?ve put together a collection of sweet, savoury and boozy recipes featuring this under-appreciated fruit, including Persimmon and Hazelnut Brownies, Persimmon Squash Salad, and a Persimmon Smash.
Ensalada de Noche Buena (Christmas Eve Salad) Photo: Ian Lindsay/The Vancouver Sun
Step up your holiday side dishes this year and try some of these colourful recipe options from Karen Barnaby: Sweet Potato Spoon Bread, Onions Baked with Bacon, Balsamic Vinegar and Cream, Maple Mustard Glazed Carrots, and Ensalada de Noche Buena (Christmas Eve Salad, pictured).
Barnaby also offers some ?simple equals sane? party snack ideas to ease the stress of holiday entertaining, with recipes for Salt Cod Ceviche, Beet Hummus, Bacon Rice Krispies, and Masala Roasted Chickpeas.
Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO ? Egg Farmers of Ontario
Feature the festive flavour of eggnog in dessert form. This tart uses a ?pat-in, cookie-like pastry is easy for novice bakers yet will look as if you?re a pro.?
Photo: Four Seasons Hotels
The bourbon-based Turkey Hunter was?created by Justin Taylor at the Four Seasons Hotel in Vancouver. The cocktail features a cherry shrub ? a drinking vinegar syrup ? that ?adds a bright note of acidity to a drink just brimming with Christmas spices.?
Photo: Stefano Tiraboschi/Fotolia.com
Wine expert Michael Godel shares his picks for top 10 under and top 10 over $30 wines of 2012.
And to finish, some tasty inspiration from the blog world:
Photo: Adrian Lam/Postmedia News
- Four decadent cheese plates for holiday entertaining from Saveur
- Spicy Gingerbread Cookies with Citrus Glaze from Reclaiming Provincial
- Chambord Cherry Cake from The Boys Club
- Panforte di Siena from Rachel Eats
- Seasonal Snowball Truffles from Rachel Khoo
- Homemade Marshmallows from The Fauxmartha
- A cheat sheet to wine for Christmas dinner from That Sweet Burn
Source: http://o.canada.com/2012/12/21/best-of-food-and-drink-this-week-31/
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