Taste of the Week
Everyone Can Cook Everything
Here's a sneak preview of the cover of a new book I'm working on: Everyone Can Cook Everything. It's going to be a thick, hardcover, photo-rich book filled with my top recipes, cooking tips and techniques. It will be published in the fall. It's now available for pre-order. Click on "dig in" to do so and also learn more abou the book.
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Taste of the Week
Sweet and Sour Rhubarb Sauce
Rhubarb is in season and most people use it in desserts or preserves, such as pies, crumbles or jam. However, rhubarb can also be used in savoury ways, such as in a sweet and sour rhubarb sauce to serve with such things as grilled chicken breasts. The sauce also works well with grilled pork chops or pork tenderloin, roast pork, baked ham, and fish, such as halibut or salmon. If the sauce sounds appealing, then click on “dig in” to find the recipe.
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Can everyone cook? That’s a question I’ve been asked frequently since I published the first cookbook in my Everyone Can Cook series in 2003. More than seven years later, and six books into the series, my response to that query has remained the same: Yes, they can!
To me, it’s not whether or not you can cook; it’s whether or not you have the desire, the confidence and the inspiration to do so. If you have those traits, learning to cook, or improving the cooking skills you already have, can be a very tasty experience.
If you don’t have those traits, I hope that my cookbooks and this website will help you develop them. But I’m also writing for those of you who already enjoy cooking, but are seeking a reliable source of straightforward but delicious recipes, great cooking tips and other practical culinary information. See "What's Cooking" below for links to my recent newspaper columns, recipes and other exploits.
Thank you for visiting my website!
Eric Akis
What's Cooking
A Taste of Bermuda | May, 2012 | Food column
In this week Victoria Times Colonist I talk about my recent trip to Bermuda and the foods enjoyed there. It's a wonderful place with a pretty intersting history. To read the story, click here victoriatimescolonist.com.
Make Ahead Three Course Spring Lunch
The Vancouver Sun published my story on making a delicious three course lunch featuring dishes that could be readied partially or entirely in advance. The recipes include Curried Root-Vegetable Soup with Mint Raita; Salmon Caesar salad with Focaccia Croutons; and Rhubarb Tarts with Coconut and Lemon Sorbet. To read the story click here vancouversun.com.
Thrifty Foods Recipes
I create four recipes each week for Thrifty Foods, an ever-expanding British Columbia-based supermarket chain. They appear in their flyer each week and on their website. On the menu this week are recipes designmed for a long weekned feast, they include Cedar Plank Salmon with Margarita Marinade; Shrimp and Avovado Salsa; The Ultimate Burger Buffet; and Mini Strawberry Shortcake. To view those recipes click here thriftyfoods.com.