Appetizers and Snacks

Our readers love this now-legendary recipe for perfectly chewy chocolate chip cookies from Canadian baking star Anna Olson. 

Instructions These pair nicely with our maple rye and ginger. Get more of our favourite pub-style snack recipes .

Here's a chewy toasted-coconut classic from Tait's Bakery. What a great way to use up glaceed fruit left from holiday baking.

When we decided to write this book, our first thought was, “You know what the world needs right now? Another take on vitello tonnato!” Just kidding— nobody needs another version of this classic Piedmontese dish. But because tomato season is so special and because Ryan’s and Steph’s moms really love this version, in which savory beefsteak tomatoes play the part of thinly sliced veal, we just had to include it.—Janice Tiefenbach, Stephanie Mercier Voyer, Ryan Gray and Marley Sniatowsky of Elena

Good-quality chorizo can be hard to find, so we’re making our own. If you’d prefer to use store-bought, make sure you’re buying fresh Mexican chorizo, not the cured Spanish kind.