parmesan

Food director Claire Tansey demonstrates how to make crispy fennel with smoked salmon, and Spanish-inspired parmesan crisps with prosciutto and cantaloupe.

Interested in taking your cheese plates up a notch? Make fancy homemade crackers! Here are two tasty recipes that'll make your cheese plates the envy of the party circuit: Parmesan, garlic & thyme pita crisps, and cranberry-hazelnut crisps.

Two of our all-time favourites: Molten goat cheese dip and mini guacamole tomato crisps. Mmmmm.

I am now a new fan of the Caesar salad! I don’t know about you, but I shied away from ordering Caesar salad at restaurants years ago. There were just too many sub-standard Caesars out there that I figured my palate and my wallet would be better served trying something completely different from the menu. Then I wouldn’t be disappointed expecting a mouthful of garlicky, cheesy Caesar salad goodness but being met with soggy, wilted leaves drenched in poorly disguised mayonnaise. So I was very excited to try out this recipe for Classic Caesar salad.

The Herbed chicken meatballs with spaghetti dish would definitely impress my parents. My mother would love the simple yet flavourful tomato and wine pasta sauce, while my father would dig right into the meatballs and likely not say a word until after his second helping. (Correction: it would likely be three words, “What’s for dessert?”)