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This is a great recipe for summer entertaining, since you can make everything the night or morning before and simply have to grill up the meat to serve. the sauce is delicious and the cumin spiced pumpkin seeds are a great addition. [...]

A quick and easy summer salad, featuring barbecued steak on a bed of arugula, topped with a balsamic and shallot glaze and shaved parmesan. [...]

A delicious, homemade vegetable pizza recipe, featuring roasted red onions, artichokes, tomatoes, garlic, goat cheese, balsamic and arugula. [...]

A fork-tender beef curry, featuring warm spices such as ginger and cinammon. Made with coconut milk and tomatoes, for a flavourful sauce. Served with rice. [...]

Quintessential comfort food, this perfect macaroni and cheese is creamy and full of cheese flavour, thanks to a combination of really great cheddars. The only macaroni and cheese I'll make from now on! [...]

An easy way to enjoy perfect meatballs in a rich tomato sauce, baked in the oven in your cast-iron frying pan. A great weeknight meal. [...]

A delicious pizza, topped with roasted cauliflower, bechamel sauce and prosciutto. Adapted from a Jim Lahey recipe, this pizza is made with a no-knead pizza dough. A different and surprisingly delicious pizza! [...]

Every day now is getting a little bit warmer. In Muskoka, that’s both good and bad. The good, of course, is that summer is coming. The bad is that so are the black flies. Do you have black flies where you are? I hope not. I wouldn’t wish them on anyone. They make me crazy [...]

One of the downsides of living in Muskoka is that some great ingredients are just not available. But rather than do without, I’ve just learned to adapt. Every time I take a trip to Toronto, I make a couple stops on the way home. One is to Grande Cheese (web site currently under construction), where [...]

After spotting this recipe in the latest edition of Saveur, I just couldn’t wait to try it. And once I tried it, I had to make it again within the same week (yes, it was that good!). The only way I can describe this dish, is that it is like a crispy pizza on the [...]