Ginger Rhubarb Coffee Cake
It's late spring, and with spring comes rhubarb. Alleluia! The trick with rhubarb is to cook it with sufficient sugar...
Chocolate Mousse Cake with Raspberries
An intensely moist and fudgy cake filled with chocolate mousse and fresh raspberries smothered in rich chocolate...
Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake
Zesty lemony, buttery cake studded with tangy blueberries—a perfect afternoon pick-me-up or dessert. It could even...
Lemon Soufflé Pudding
A silky smooth, tangy lemon sauce sits below a light-as-air soufflé. What could be more delightful? Easy to make, this...
Green and Sugar Snap Pea Salad with Prosciutto
The combination of sugar snap and English peas is crunchy and satisfying. Peppery notes of arugula with salty...
Succulent Strawberry Salad
Looking for a no-fail starter for a dinner party? This colourfully fresh salad pleases foodies and veggie-haters...
Farro Salad with Asparagus and Grape Tomatoes
Easy to prepare and studded with colourful vegetables, this healthy salad is hearty enough for a summer main course....
Sugar Transfer Cookies
Buttery, crisp sugar cookies are welcome at any time of year. Fail-safe and endlessly adaptable, here they are...
Spring Quarterly—New Complimentary Format
After a decade of creating content for Entertablement, I have learned a number of things, principally about the...
Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
Remember when muffins were breakfast food? Before they began their Incredible Hulk transformation into a disguised...
Rhubarb Tartan Cake
I’ve been intrigued with the idea of decorating a cake with thin strips of rhubarb since I saw Heather Baird’s...
Cranberry, Pistachio & Orange Biscotti
Our virtual baking session just before Christmas produced more than Orange Chocolate Cake. My friend Leanne had...
Dried Cherry Panettone
I"m a glutton for slightly sweet bread. Not the super-sweet-sticky stuff like iced cinnamon rolls, but scones, date...
Lemon Honeycomb Cake
The honeycomb pan for this cake has been lurking in my cake pan cupboard for a couple of years, waiting for its debut....
Cherry Blossom Cake
Our neighbour's flowering cherry tree is just breaking into bloom. For a few glorious days, its graceful branches...
Baklava Pull-Apart Bread
Baking is a very soothing activity. Baking bread with scads of butter, sugar, cinnamon, and nuts is the epitome of...
Deconstructed Black Forest Cake
Birthday cakes don't always have to be in cake form. Our son, Adam, has a great fondness for Black Forest cake which...
Asparagus, Tomato and Goat Cheese Frittata
This is one of our favourite weekend breakfasts. It comes together in minutes and uses up whatever leftovers we...
Blueberry Cucumber Salad
This versatile salad makes a great starter for an elegant dinner when served in a champagne coupe or martini...
Strawberry Trifle with Chocolate Mousse
This scrumptious trifle combines the intensity of rich chocolate cake and chocolate mousse with the creamy lightness...
Greek Salad
Colourful bell peppers and heirloom tomatoes jostle an English cucumber, Kalamata olives and Feta cheese in a lemony...
Skillet-Baked Eggs with Spinach
Eggs baked in a skillet atop smoothly melted leeks and tasty spinach for a weekend brunch. Such a healthy and virtuous...
Strawberry Rhubarb Torte
Strawberries and rhubarb are a classic combination for good reason. When strawberries are at their peak, their sweet...
Sultana Tea Bread
I spotted the picture for this recipe in Tea Time Magazine, and just had to try it. More cake than bread-like, it has...
Cock a Leekie Soup
Chicken and leek soup is a Scottish staple, and there are as many variations on the recipe as there are Scots, it...
Raspberry Cranachan Parfaits
Raspberry Cranachan is a traditional Scottish dessert, though I would imagine it was made with bottled or preserved...
Lemon Curd
My daughter Kirsten and her husband Mike had invited us over for dinner one evening, and I decided to bring a Tarte au...
Tagliatelle with Prosciutto and Fresh Peas
We got the last of this season's fresh English peas from Picone's, our local family-owned green grocer. I'd used most...
Farro Salad with Asparagus, Sugar Snap Peas and Tomatoes
Grain salads are a wonderful option for summer meals, and this one is bursting with flavour and nutrition. I served it...
Braised Halibut with Fennel, Zucchini & Tomatoes
On a recent trip to New York, I fell in love with the Steamed loup de mer at Benoit's Bistro in Manhattan. It was...
Cliveden 66 Cocktail
On one of our UK jaunts, we dined at Cliveden, a National Trust property which is also a wonderful hotel....
Shrimp Salad with Potatoes and Green Beans
Another Cape Cod weekend was upon us, and guests were arriving Friday night after a long, hot drive on the interstate...
Linguine with Clams
I'd always loved this dish, and then I had it in Venice and became spoiled for life. Linguine con Vongole, as it's...
Sweet Pea Soup with Early Chives
This soup is simple and quick to prepare. Light and delicate in taste, it’s the perfect start to a spring dinner. You...
Trout with Smashed Fingerling Potatoes, Peas, Prosciutto & Pistachios
I had a version of this dish at Mercatto in Toronto and attempted to recreate it, substituting crisp prosciutto for...
Cornbread with Fresh Corn, Red and Jalapeño Peppers
Looking through Weber’s Art of The Grill recently, I came across the recipe for Cast Iron Skillet Cornbread. It...
Paella
Paella is a gorgeous dish, the rice beautifully coloured with saffron and studded with delicious seafood, chorizo rice...
Oysters
One of the (many) wonderful things about Cape Cod is our ready access to great seafood. Famed for its Wellfleet...
Tigger’s Pasta
Our marmalade cat, Tigger, considers himself to be human, although if asked, I’d bet he’d shudder at the thought of...
White Bean & Shrimp Salad
This wonderful salad makes a tasty starter course for dinner and works equally well as a main course for lunch....
