Chicken pot pie has long been a favourite of home cooks everywhere as a way to use up chicken dinner leftovers. And with this similarly inclined, delicious soup, a new classic is born. Maintaining many of the same principles that a traditional chicken pot pie follows,...
Soups are wonderful, versatile and personal. They can be simple and elegant, hearty and rustic, and most of all adaptable. Every good soup begins with a good stock: chicken, beef, vegetable or fish. Whether homemade or store bought, it provides the base for the layers...
My wife, Grayce, and I were in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, enjoying the swim-up pool, sun and margarita after margarita. While there, we visited the resort’s authentic Mexican fine-dining restaurant on a recommendation from a friend, who raved about the poblano...
An excerpt from "The Food Lover’s Garden: Growing, Cooking and Eating Well" by Jenni Blackmore. GREENS “Greens” is a catch-all description of a huge and wonderfully diverse range of plants that really do deserve a whole chapter (if not a whole book) to themselves, but...
Here is a time-honored recipe for leek soup that has been given a little flavour boost with the addition of blue cheese. It’s a great late-season recipe, using leeks, potatoes and herbs that are still growing in the garden. Serves 6.