Food and Drink

Grilled, Mediterranean-style sausages and vegetables are served with a zesty, vibrant green mayo for dolloping alongside them once plated.

These cool, refreshing margaritas are richly flavourful and hued with fresh B.C. blackberries.

Marinated, grilled lamb chops with silky hummus and cherry tomato cucumber salad make for a fine Mediterranean-style meal.

In this easy dessert, a fine mix of B.C. summer fruit is baked topped with a buttery, crumbly topping

This colourful, cool — and somewhat retro — dish featuring shrimp, boiled eggs and local summer vegetables is perfect for warm summer evenings.

Chilled salmon is served with a tangy-sweet chutney yogurt sauce and a curried rice salad — a perfect meal to make in advance when it's hot out.

Fire up the BBQ: These tender pork side ribs are slathered and served with cola barbecue sauce.

Fresh fillets of sockeye salmon and lingcod, chopped, seasoned and formed into patties, are grilled and set in buns with complementary ingredients.

When you overdo it at the farmers market, it's a fine time to make vegetable soup

If you need an unpretentious, classic, everyone-will-enjoy dessert to bring to a potluck, family gathering or other get-together, you can't go wrong with a good bundt cake.