Taste of the Week
Slow Cooker Romano Beans With Tomatoes, Arugula and Goat Cheese
If you're looking for a lighter in style meal, and have a slow cooker, you’ll want to try my recipe for Romano Beans With Tomatoes, Arugula and Goat Cheese. To do so, click on “dig in.”
Dig In
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
Super Bowl Feast! | February, 2011 | Food column
My column this week in the Victoria Times Colonist offers a complementary menu of recipes for a Super Bowl feast. If you make, while you watch the game, you and your guests can enjoy dishes such as Sticky, Tender and Succulent Pork Back Ribs, Stovetop Beans with Beer and Bacon, Skillet Cornbread with Buttermilk, Cheddar and Green Onion, Creamy Coleslaw, and Homemade Zucchini Pickles To read the story, click here timescolonist.com.
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 is Roast Lamb with Spinach, Garlic and Raisin Stuffing, Grilled Romaine Hearts with Caesar Dressing, Strawberry and Rhubarb Puff Pastry Galette and Large Batch Chili. To view those recipes click here Thrifty Foods.
Stories online
If you missed them, I have a wide range of recent columns online you can read by clicking on this link to canada.com. Some of the many topics include my recent trip to San Francisco, potatoes, rice, soy sauce, Asian vegetables, and how slow cookers work.