Summer

A delicious homemade no-egg, no-cook strawberry ice cream recipe with ribbons of dark chocolate, that tastes just like a chocolate covered strawberry. [...]

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 lovely, sweet yeast bread, topped with sweet, fresh cherries, cream cheese and a crumble topping. A great bread for breakfast or tea time. [...]

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, quick and fruity dessert. This version features caramelized peaches baked into the batter and a topping of a wild blueberry sauce. [...]

Pressed Italian sandwich recipe, featuring roasted red peppers, Italian cold meats, Bocconcini and arugula, all on a ciabatta bun. Perfect for summer picnics! [...]

This is really a strawberry jam, with a bit of raspberry juice added, to heighten the berry flavour. Balsamic vinegar and black pepper add great, subtle flavour. [...]

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 [...]

I love fruit but there are are a couple of fruits that I only like when they’re cooked. On that list … blueberries and cherries. I never eat them raw. To me, they just taste like totally different things when they are cooked though. But my family loves them and they’re around when they’re in [...]

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 [...]