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Ask Eric: How to handle onions

Ask Eric: How to handle onions

Red, yellow and green, sweet or strong, the allium bulb has an important role in the Canadian kitchen
Eric Akis's eighth book is all about rotisserie chickens

Eric Akis's eighth book is all about rotisserie chickens

For many of us, a best- remembered comfort food came not from mom’s oven, but direct from the supermarket: that ready-cooked rotisserie chicken.
Ask Eric: Steak pudding without suet

Ask Eric: Steak pudding without suet

Butter and lard are substituted in this savoury meat-filled pudding
Eric Akis: Pecan pie to die for

Eric Akis: Pecan pie to die for

If you have a sweet tooth, have been behaving yourself and are now officially ready for a treat, it’s hard to go wrong with a good pecan pie. Just be sure folks are around to share it.
Ask Eric: Making bone broth

Ask Eric: Making bone broth

Meaty bones are slowly simmered to make a deeply delicious soup base
Ask Eric: Is it OK to cut back on sugar?

Ask Eric: Is it OK to cut back on sugar?

Changing the recipe can change the way the cookie crumbles
Eric Akis: Saigon sub combines French, Vietnamese flavours

Eric Akis: Saigon sub combines French, Vietnamese flavours

There are many instances of dishes that have been created and become widely popular when cuisines are successfully fused together. One tasty example is bánh mì, pronounced “bahn mee,” according to the sources I checked.
Cookbooks help you make veggies the main meal

Cookbooks help you make veggies the main meal

TORONTO — With trend-watchers predicting that more people will be making vegetables as the mains for their meals, Jessica Nadel’s new cookbook is timely.
Eric Akis: Hail the humble salad shrimp

Eric Akis: Hail the humble salad shrimp

I receive numerous recipe requests, and those using salad shrimp have been in my inbox lately.
Eric Akis: Eggs offer protein, minerals and vitamins

Eric Akis: Eggs offer protein, minerals and vitamins

On the list of foods it would be hard to live without, for me, eggs are near the top of the list.