Spot Prawns 101

Victoria Times Colonist | May, 2013 | Food column

B.C. spot prawns are in season and if you would like to learn how to cook these tasty crustaceans read my newspaper column today, which also includes three fine recipes. To see the story click here timescolonist.com

All about leeks

My Victoria Times Colonist newspaper column May 15 was all about leeks and offered three tasty recipes to use them in a soup, dip, and baked oyster dish. To see that story click timescolonist.com

Seafood Crepes

In my Ask Eric newspaper column May12, I answered a reader's request for a seafood crepe recipe. The one I cooked up sees a fine ricotta mixture rolled into crepes with shrimp and crab. After baking, the crepes get topped with a full-flavoured, yet easy to make creamy tomato pesto sauce. To see the story click here timescolonist.com

Sumptious Butter Chicken

In my Victoria Times Colonist newspaper column May 5, I assisted a reader who was looking for an easy Indian butter chicken recipe by providing one. To see the story click here timescolonist.com

Everyone Can Cook Everything

The Canadian Press did a story on Everyone Can Cook Everything that ran in many Canadian newspapers and included three sample recipes. Click here to read the story on the Winnipeg Free Press website winnipegfreepress.com. Click here to see the recipes winnipegfreepress.com. You can order this photo-rich, 400-page-plus hardcover book by clicking on books above. The book is also availble as an ebook at itunes

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 lentil and chickpea salad; polenta pizza with sausage, fennel and asiago cheese; grilled lamb chops with minty marmalade sauce; and banana cupcakes with chocolate chips and pecans.  To view those recipes click here thriftyfoods.com.